2014 Week 17 Photos

2014 Week 17 Photos

By Corey Lablans Photography

(47th Week, 329 Photos)

2014 04 21 – A beer bottles lies on the forest floor at the Parrott’s Bay Conservation Area off Taylor Kidd Boulevard. It is amazing the amount of garbage that can be found in the middle of the forest.

(Nikon D300 w 70-200 f2.8 @200mm f2.8 1/100^th I.S.O. 1000)

2014 04 22 – The Kingston Cineplex Odeon at the Gardiners Road RioCan Centre. Today is cheap day ($5.80 with scene card), so Charles and I saw Transcendence, a movie based on artificial intelligence excelling human capabilities.

(Nikon D300 w 70-200 f2.8 @110mm f4 1/6400^th I.S.O. 400) 

2014 04 23 – An 8x10 bellow camera in the background with a 4x5 Korona Spec in the foreground made in 1901 by the Gundlach Optical Corporation based out of Rochester, New York.

(Nikon D300 w 50 f1.8 @50mm f1.8 1/125^th I.S.O. 1000)

2014 04 24 – A YORX stereo with an 8-track player, cassette player and turn table lies rusted away amongst the trees at Parrott’s Bay Conservation Area. I came across an image of the same type of stereo on Ebay, which sold on September 10^th, 2013 for $106 U.S. after 21 bids.

(Nikon D7000 w 55 macro f2.8 @55mm f4 1/800^th I.S.O. 200) 

2014 04 25 – A stand with various coloured Fujifilm INSTAX Mini 8’s on display at Camera Kingston. These Polaroid style cameras, released in early 2013, have been quite popular. 

(Nikon D300 w 50 f1.8 @50mm f1.8 1/100^th I.S.O. 1000) 

2014 04 26 – Members of the Niagara Peninsula Geological Society look through the southern clay pit at Hungry Hollow. This is a well-known locality for collecting Devonian age fossils (older then 360 million years) such as: corals, trilobites, brachiopods and much more. To collect there now, you must seek permission.

(Nikon D300 w 50 f1.8 @50mm f4 1/500^th I.S.O. 200) 

2014 04 27 – These are a few of the fossils in Bob O’Donnell’s, “The Fossil Guy,” collection in London, Ontario. Bob has been exhibiting his collection for many years for schools, clubs and libraries. If you are interested in him doing a talk check out The Fossil Guy online.

(Nikon D300 w 17-35 f2.8 @17mm f4 1/6400^th I.S.O. 200)

THANK YOU

Corey Lablans

If you have any comments or suggestions please email: cldailyphotos@gmail.com

2014 Week 16 Photos

2014 Week 16 Photos

By Corey Lablans Photography

(46th Week Photographing, 322 Photos)

2014 04 14 – Top: King Street looks like a scene from the early 1900’s with muddy streets and old vehicles as Legendary Pictures films Haunted Peak. Centre: Extras partaking in the filming of a horror movie at Spring Market Square bring to life what it might have looked like 100 years ago. Bottom: Mia Wasikowska, acting as Edith Cushing, takes a break between takes. 

(Nikon D300 w 17-35 @17mm f8 1/1000^th I.S.O. 400)

(Nikon D7000 w 70-200 f2.8 @160mm f4 1/400^th I.S.O. 400)

(Nikon D7000 w 70-200 f2.8 @155mm f4 1/125^th I.S.O. 400)

2014 04 15 – This galena crystal on quartz is from the Palomo Mine in Peru and is one of the newer specimens to my collection. The crystal is about 2cm x 2cm. Galena’s is a lead ore but other elements are associated with it such as: zinc, cadmium, antimony, arsenic and bismuth.

(Nikon D7000 w 55 f2.8 macro @55mm f16 1/80^th I.S.O. 400)

2014 04 16 – The other day I won $10 on this Lucky Lines ticket. According to the media release this is 1 of 4364 tickets with a $10 bonus win. The odds of winning are 1 in 3.27 and over 3,000,000 tickets were produced.

(Nikon D7000 w 55 f2.8 macro @55mm f11 1/60^th I.S.O. 100)

2014 04 17 – A red squirrel peers over a branch at the Collins Bay hiking trails. The average life span of a red squirrel is 7 years.

(Nikon D300 w 70-200 f2.8 @200mm f4 1/640^th I.S.O. 400) 

2014 04 18 – A titanite crystal (CaTiSiO5) collected in 2012 near Eganville, Ontario at the Lost Mine, part of the Smart Mine. Titanite is monoclinic and can be found in a wide array of colours: transparent, reddish brown, grey, yellow, green or red.

(Nikon D7000 w 55 f2.8 macro @55mm f11 1/60^th I.S.O. 100 w 2 Aurora Orion 400W Studio Lights) 

2014 04 19 – A chocolate Easter egg is hidden behind a painting ready to be found in the morning. The word “Easter” comes from Eastre, the Anglo-Saxon goddess of spring. A festival was held in her honour every year at the vernal equinox.

(Nikon D300 w 50 f1.8 @50mm f2.5 1/40^th I.S.O. 2000) 

2014 04 20 – An amazing lemon cake created by my cousin for Easter dinner. Cakes have been around for hundreds of years but the nice fluffy cakes we enjoy are due to technological advances in food production around the mid 1800’s.

(Nikon D300 w 50 f1.8 @50mm f2 1/40^th I.S.O. 1000) 

THANK YOU

Corey Lablans (if you have any requests or suggestions please email: cldailyphotos@gmail.com)

2014 Week 15 Photos

2014 Week 15 Photos

By Corey Lablans Photography

(Week 45, 315 photos)

2014 04 07 – Apophyllite and stilbite on druzy quartz from Jalgaon, India. This specimen was acquired at the Kingston Lapidary and Mineral Club show in October 2010, ever since I have bought a new one each year.

(Nikon D300 w 55 f2.8 macro @55mm f11 1/80^th I.S.O. 100 w Aurora Orion 400s) 

2014 04 08 – Dr. Meghan McFadden demonstrates how to determine the charality of an isomer (R or S) by using three fingers during the first day of CHEM112 CourseCram. Over 200 students attended the two-day exam preparation.

(Nikon D300 w 50 f1.8 @50mm f5 1/60^th I.S.O. 800)

2014 04 09 – A few spring crocus are in full bloom on Aberdeen Street, as warmer temperatures finally melts away most of the snow in Kingston. The Genus Crocus is part of the Iridaceae family and can be found from sea level to alpine tundra.

(Nikon D300 w 50 f1.8 @50mm f2 1/5000^th I.S.O. 100) 

2014 04 10 – Springer Market Square in downtown Kingston is stepping back in time, as it is transformed into a movie set based on the early 1900’s. Guillermo del Toro is directing this gothic horror film that is scheduled to release next year.

(Nikon D300 w 70-200 f2.8 @120mm f8 1/250^th I.S.O. 100)

2014 04 11 – Members of the Kingston Lapidary and Mineral Club examine various minerals, fossils and jewelry at the annual auction. The club offers a wide array of activities from silversmithing to mineral/fossil field trips.

(Nikon D300 w 17-35 f2.8 @17mm f4 1/80^th I.S.O. 800) 

2014 04 12 – Making our way down a sand pile while exploring Wolfe Island. The island is 29km long and 9km across at its widest. 

(Nikon D300 w 17-35 f2.8 @17mm f7.1 1/500^th I.S.O. 200) 

2014 04 13 – Crew work on the finishing touches while turning downtown Kingston into the early 1900’s for tomorrow’s filming. According to IMDb the new horror movie “Crimson Peak,” is about a young author, Edith Cushing, who discovers that her charming new husband is not who he appears to be.

(Nikon D300 w 70-200 f2.8 @175 f4 1/800^th I.S.O. 400) 

Thank You

Corey Lablans (CLdailyphotos@gmail.com) 

2014 Week 14 Photos

2014 Week 14 Photos

By Corey Lablans Photography

(Week 44, 308 Photos)

2014 03 31 – As the evening sun sets, an area of open water at the Glenora Ferry is calm, making for an excellent reflective surface along the channel edges. An icebreaker came through the other day to keep the channel open.    

(Nikon D7000 w 70-200 f2.8 @160mm f5 1/500^th I.S.O. 200) 

2014 04 01 – Students take a break to work on their artistic creativity at a painting event in the John Deutsch University Centre. The event is part of this weeks Umbrella: Student Arts Festival that runs through until Friday featuring plays, films and an art sale.

(Nikon D7000 w 28mm f2.8 @28 f4 1/100^th I.S.O. 400) 

2014 04 02 – A beautiful fossilized fern (Neuropteris) collected near St. Clair, Pennsylvania. Last spring a couple of friends and I went on a collecting trip through Pennsylvania and Herkimer, New York.

(Nikon D7000 w 55 f2.8 Macro @55mm f8 1/100^th I.S.O. 100) 

2014 04 03 – A person runs along the path at MacDonald Park. The lake remains frozen and in the distance you can see the Wolfe Island ferry crossing.

(Nikon D7000 w 28 manual f2.8 @28mm f8 1/250^th I.S.O. 100)

2014 04 04 – CourseCram started in 1999 and offers condensed learning to prepare students for upcoming exams. This is the first day of a two-day calculus exam preparation at Confederation Place Hotel.

(Nikon D7000 w 28 manual f2.8 @28mm f4 1/40^th I.S.O. 4000) 

2014 04 05 – Students line up at the Subway off Ontario Street, while taking a supper break during calculus CourseCram. In 1968 the restaurant known as “Pete’s Super Submarines” changed their name and “subway” was founded. 

(Nikon D7000 w 28 f2.8 manual @28mm f2.8 1/320^th I.S.O. 4000)

2014 04 06 – A student is covered in colourful powder during the Hindu spring festival Holi, also known as “The Festival of Colours and The Festival of Love.” The throwing of coloured powder occurs the day after the Holika bonfire, a symbolic victory of good over evil.

(Nikon D7000 w 70-200 f2.8 @180mm f4 1/1000^th I.S.O. 100)

THANK YOU

Corey Lablans 

(dailyphotos@coreylablans.com)