2013 Week 34 Photos

2013 Week 34 Photos

 By Corey Lablans Photography

This past week was eventful with the Coe Hill fair Friday night, the pig roast Saturday followed by karaoke and Toronto on Sunday for the first football game of the 2013 season. Life will soon get busier with frosh week in less then a week. Can’t wait for that week of photos but until then; enjoy last week’s photos.

2013 08 19  - The sunsets as I drive back to Bancroft. According to the Internet there was 13 hours and 43 minutes of daylight with the sun setting around 8:03 p.m.

2013 08 20 – People on tour with the Bancroft and District Chamber of Commerce sort through the CN Rock Pile off Station Street in Bancroft. The material is from the Goulding-Keen Quarry mined in the early 1900’s for nepheline.

2013 08 21 – A dog looks out towards the crowd as spectators watch David Francey, a Scottish-born Canadian folk singer perform. A good crowd came out for the second last Mineral Capital Concerts. For more information on David Francey check this link: http://www.davidfrancey.com/press.html

2013 08 22 – A large American Bullfrog at Marble Lake in Bancroft, Ontario. Was photographing a smaller frog when it jumped away and saw this one hiding under the dock.

2013 08 23 – A mother and daughter watch on as people ride the “Ring of Fire,” an amusement ride at the Coe Hill Fair. Many people came out to enjoy the fair, which has been running since 1882.

2013 08 24 – Over a hundred people attended this year’s pig roast at the Bancroft Tent and Trailer Camp. Every year they hold the event starting off the evening with a dinner, complete with salad, beans and dessert, followed by karaoke.

2013 08 25 – Giovanni Aprile (11) takes the last few strides just before making the first touch down of many during Sunday’s football game against the York Lions in Toronto. Queen’s ended up winning the game 52-1.

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2013 Week 33 Photos

2013 Week 33 Photos

By Corey Lablans Photography

This past week’s photos had no consistency, a jumble of various events and subjects. The photos mimic the way the week went, as one thing after another went on. Nothing bad happened, the usual, go on tours, come back and do things in Bancroft. Here are the photos from last week’s photos: 

 

2013 08 12 – A homemade Sicilian pizza with an assortment of peppers, pepperoni, tomatoes and onion is about to be cooked. Got the recipe a few years back from one of my relatives in New Brunswick.

2013 08 13 – Two young kids remove soil around a large boulder at the MacDonald Mine near Bancroft, Ontario. They were trying to remove the boulder but were unable to, as it extended deep into the soil. MacDonald mine was in operation in the early 1900’s for feldspar. 

2013 08 14 – A member of The Heavyweights Brass Band plays the trumpet while performing at the Mineral Capital Concerts on Wednesday evening. For more information on the band check out their website: http://www.heavyweightsbrassband.com/band.html

2013 08 15 – While digging at Millar’s Mine, Tory Hill I came across this spotted salamander. Female spotted salamanders can lie up to 100 eggs on the underside of a water plant.

2013 08 16 – One of the kids at the campground takes photos during a potluck.

2013 08 17 – One of the groups on Saturday’s mineral tour poses for a photo at the CN Rock Pile our first location for the day. It is amazing how much work collectors have done to the Schickler Fluorite collecting site, the main location for the day.

2013 08 18 – A lady feeds the seagulls and ducks at Confederation Park in front of City Hall off Ontario Street. 

THANK YOU - please suggest themes if there is something you think would make for a cool week's worth of photos. 

2013 Week 32 Photos

2013 Week 32 Photos

By Corey Lablans Photography 

Photographing at night offers a unique look at everyday things. What might look mundane during the day comes to life with different types of lights, casting unique shadows. Here are this past week’s photos with the theme of night photography.

2013 08 05 – The first train to arrive at the Bancroft Train Station was in November 1900 with the last one to leave in 1975. Since then a fire almost destroyed the station and in 2006 it was condemned due to age. In the last few months after renovations and an entire uplift it once again opened as the information centre and hosting the new mineral museum.

2013 08 06 – After moving campsites for the Gemboree, I am back at my original spot at the Bancroft Tent and Trailer Camp. This was the first night that I have had a campfire. Having to photograph a night photo, I decided to have fun with the flash, doing some light painting.  

2013 08 07 – The Milky Way lines the sky as a storm rumbles on in the distance. Sever thunderstorms rolled on through the region with a tornado touching down north of Orillia. Although the top of the storm was visible, the closest one was down in Marmora.

2013 08 08 – A good crowd attends Summer Movie Mania: Madagascar III put on by Youth in Action. Every Thursday evening they show a movie at Millennium Park with next week’s being Escape From Planet Earth and the August 22^nd being Star Treck. $5 admittance

2013 08 09 – A couple at the Bancroft Tent and Trailer Camp pose for a photograph while having a fire.

2013 08 10 – Many of those staying at the Bancroft Tent and Trailer Camp enjoyed the music last night at the Gazebo after a fun day of kids events. The camp holds events every weekend from a mock Fear Factor to Christmas In July.

2013 08 11 – The Isabel Bader Centre of the Performing Arts, located along Kingston’s waterfront with some of Ontario’s oldest heritage sites, is expected to be open in 2014.

THANK YOU for checking out this week's photos. 

2013 Week 31 Photos

2013 Week 31 Photos

By Corey Lablans Photography

This past week I was able to keep with a theme for the most part. There were some slight adjustments, such as incorporating amphibians. The first day was not going to fit; I did not have a theme at that time.  

Themes are an excellent way to make you think about what you want to photograph. It causes you to explore new areas and keep your eyes open for particular scenarios. As my past teacher told us at Loyalist College in Belleville: Think, Think, Shoot, Think (Something along those lines). 

2013 07 29 – A person walks along University Avenue at Queen’s University in Kingston, Ontario. There are approximately 21,500 students that go to Queen’s with approximately 76% of the students coming from Ontario.

2013 07 30 – A carpenter ant walks across some foliage examining some small insects. The carpenter ant gets its name from its preferred living locality, inside wood.

2013 07 31 – A bumblebee tries to get nectar out of a flower at the garden in Millennium Park, Bancroft. There are over 250 different species of bumblebees belonging to the genus Bombus. They are well known by their yellow and black bodies but can be orange, red and sometimes completely black.

2013 08 01 – A milkweed beetle perches on top of a leaf behind Foodland in Bancroft. Commonly found on milkweed, which is their predominant diet, they are toxic to other animals. The red colour is aposematic trait warning other animals they are toxic to consume.

2013 08 02 – A very fascinating pattern on this American toad found at Craigmont Mines, Craigmont. A close species is the Fowler’s Toad but it is found in extreme southern Ontario. The Fowler’s Toad has a white under belly, where as the American Toad is white with black spots.

2013 08 03 – Attempting to flip over a decaying log revealed a hornet’s nest when it split in half. Waiting about five minutes numerous Bald-faced hornets started crawling out. Supposedly the females defend the hive by stinging repeatedly but none of them came after me. That is why I was able to take this photograph a few inches away. 

2013 08 04 – A leopard frog sits beside a pond at the Rose Quartz Quarry in Quadeville, Ontario. They are found across North America from Canada to Mexico and in Europe.

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