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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