2015 Week 33 Photos

2015 Week 33 Photographs

By Corey Lablans Photography

(11^th Week, Year 3 – 805 days) 

2015 08 10 – Dr. Guy Narbonne discusses the processes and merit regarding the UNESCO World Heritage Site application for Mistaken Point, Portugal Cove South, Newfoundland in preparation for September’s site visit.

(Nikon D300 w 17-34 f2.8 @25mm f4 1/40^th I.S.O. 1250)

2015 08 11 – Dr. Guy Narbonne and Dr. Alex Dececchi examine Ediacaran fossils on the Queen’s surface at Mistaken Point. The Ediacaran is a time period in the geological time scale ranging from 570-550 millions years ago and signifies when life got big.

(Nikon D300 w 17-34 f2.8 @17mm f10 1/400^th I.S.O. 200)

2015 08 12 – Dr. Alex Dececchi makes his way up a ridge after examining Ediacaran fossils at Lower Mistaken Point near Portugal Cove South, Newfoundland. A previous post-grad referred to this path as the “Road to Mordor” due to the drop-off on both sides.

(Nikon D300 w 17-34 f2.8 @20mm f10 1/160^th I.S.O. 200)

2015 08 13 – Water flows from the Bristy Cover River on its way out to the Ocean at Brisky Cover in the Mistaken Point Ecological Reserve at Portugal Cove South, Newfoundland.

(Nikon D300 w 55 manual f2.8 @55mm f8 1/50^th I.S.O. 100)

2015 08 14 – A photograph of myself setting up my new Mountain Hardwear Drifter 2 tent at the Elliston Municipal Campground. It is an excellent campground located at the end of the Bonavista peninsula and was originally known as Bird Island Cove.

(Nikon D300 w 17-34 f2.8 @26mm f8 1/80^th I.S.O. 400)

2015 08 15 – A photograph of myself sitting on angular siliceous mudstone beds in the Catalina area while doing some fieldwork on Ediacaran fossils. We have been exploring the Bonnavista and Mistaken Point area, trying to understand these complex life forms.

(Nikon D300 w 17-34 f2.8 @35mm f8 1/400^th I.S.O. 160)

2015 08 16 – One of Elliston, Newfoundland’s 135 root cellars at the Puffin Viewing Site is surrounded by stars late in the night. Elliston is known as the “Root Cellar Capital of the World” and it is home to a large gathering of puffins.  

(Nikon D300 w 17-34 f2.8 @17mm f2.8 63sec. I.S.O. 800)

THANK YOU
Corey Lablans
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