Photography is the documentation of life, once that shutter has clicked, the moment has passed and history is made. Some may be familiar with project 365, a simple concept, take a photograph everyday for 365 days. This blog is an extension of the project; the goal is to keep photographing every day, who knows how long? It is an excellent archive to look back on, see how things change. Change can be subtle, such as different coloured flowers being planted each year to a changing landscape with buildings being demolished and new ones built. This blog archives life’s diversity and my encounters.

Thursday, October 29, 2015

2015 Week 43 Photos

2015 Week 43 Photographs
By Corey Lablans Photography 
(21st Week, Year 3 – 875 days – 1 missed) 

2015 10 19 – A photograph of the computer screen while watching the votes come in during the 2015 Canadian Federal Election. This was taken close to midnight after the Liberals gained enough votes to take the Majority, replacing the previous Majority Conservative government.

(Nikon D7000 w 17-35 f2.8 @32mm f2.8 1/50th I.S.O. 200) 

2015 10 20 – Students surround an individual “preaching” about the sins of our world at the corner of Union Street and University Avenue at Queen’s University.

(Nikon D7000 w 70-200 f2.8 @160mm f2.8 1/250th I.S.O. 400) 

2015 10 21 – Two elderly individuals determine where they are going after looking over the campus map in front of the John Deutsch University Centre.

(Nikon D7000 w 50 f1.8 @50mm f3.2 1/640th I.S.O. 400) 

2015 10 22 – A first year Queen’s University student attempts to play Mario Kart with “Beer Goggles” during a pre-Homecoming event at Leonard Hall. The event had many activities that promoted responsible drinking and choices.

(Nikon D7000 w 50 f1.8 @50mm f1.8 1/100th I.S.O. 4000) 

2015 10 23 – An elderly person enjoys a cup of coffee while others stand around during a talk in front of the Integrated Learning Centre (ILC). This weekend is the 2015 Homecoming with many returning for various festivities.

(Nikon D7000 w 70-200 f2.8 @190mm f4 1/1600th I.S.O. 200) 

2015 10 24 – A student holds up the Queen’s University flag while wearing a jump suit during the homecoming game against Laurier. Queen’s lost to Laurier 26-49.

(Nikon D7000 w 70-200 f2.8 @70mm f4 1/400th I.S.O. 500) 

2015 10 25 – Emily models a dress in front of Ontario Hall for a clothing event at Queen’s University.

(Nikon D7000 w 50 f1.8 @50mm f2.5 1/400th I.S.O. 250 w Reflector) 
THANK YOU
Corey Lablans
cldailyphotos@gmail.com

Wednesday, October 21, 2015

2015 Week 42 Photos

2015 Week 42 Photographs
By Corey Lablans Photography
(20th Week, Year 3 – 868 days – 1 missed) 

2015 10 12 – The morning sun shines through a sugar maple leaf (Acer saccharum) up in Coe Hill, Ontario. Carotenoids in the leaves are what provide the pigmentation.

(Nikon D7000 w 17-35 f2.8 @35mm f2.8 1/1000th I.S.O. 250) 

2015 10 13 – Dr. James discusses the trace fossil, Rusophycus, while explaining biological activity along the ocean platform margin during GEOL301 field course.  

(Nikon D300 w 17-35 f2.8 @26mm f4 1/200th I.S.O. 500) 

2015 10 14 – Queen’s University students examine submarine turbidite Bouma sequences along the St. Lawrence River at I’Islet, Quebec.  A Bouma sequence is a package of sediment with distinct characteristics based on particle settling velocity and flow.

(Nikon D300 w 17-35 f2.8 @356mm f4 1/3200th I.S.O. 400) 

2015 10 15 – Queen’s University students examine an Ordovician debrite (underwater debris flow) near the Lauzon Cemetery in Quebec City. These debrite flows contain clasts of material from shallower water, providing insight into the platform fauna assemblage.

(Nikon D300 w 17-35 f2.8 @22mm f8 1/80th I.S.O. 400) 

2015 10 16 – Dr. James explains magnesium fluctuations in ocean chemistry and how it is directly linked to mid-oceanic rifting. The class is standing on material directly from the mantle, which is magnesium rich due to hydrothermal alterations. The mantle is at a depth of approximately 2,900 kilometers; the deepest whole drilled to date is approximately 12 kilometers deep.

(Nikon D300 w 17-35 f2.8 @17mm f4 1/640th I.S.O. 400) 

2015 10 17 – Dr. Godin points out the various features associated with pillow lava. This outcrop located near Mont Adstock, Quebec is an excellent example of Paleozoic pillow lava produced at the mid-oceanic ridge of the Iapetus Ocean. 

(Nikon D300 w 17-35 f2.8 @19mm f4 1/400th I.S.O. 400) 

2015 10 18 – A group of kids look over a wide variety of minerals for sale during the 46th annual Gemstorm fossil, mineral and jewelry sale at the Portsmouth Olympic Harbour.

(Nikon D7000 w 50 f1.8 @35mm f2.8 1/1600th I.S.O. 2000) 
THANK YOU
Corey Lablans
cldailyphotos@gmail.com

Saturday, October 17, 2015

2015 Week 41 Photos

2015 Week 41 Photographs
By Corey Lablans Photography
(19th Week, Year 3 – 861 days – 1 missed) 

2015 10 05 – Two students in Soils, Environment and Society pour a soil slurry into a graduated cylinder. As time passes particles fall out of suspension reducing viscosity, this was measured during different intervals over a day.

(Nikon D7000 w 50 f1.8 @50mm f4 1/125th I.S.O. 2000) 

2015 10 06 – Sometimes referred to as false grapes, Boston Ivy (Parthenocissus tricuspidata) covers the sides of many building walls at Queen’s University.

(Nikon D7000 w 50 f1.8 @50mm f4 1/160th I.S.O. 400) 

2015 10 07 – Members of the Gem and Mineral Club of Scarborough examine various mineral specimens up for silent auction. After the break I presented on mineral/fossil collecting in Ontario.

(Nikon D7000 w 50 f1.8 @50mm f4 1/125th I.S.O. 2500) 

2015 10 08 – A red maple leaf (Acer rubrum) rests amongst the grass at Break Water Park along the shores of Lake Ontario. It is recognized as the most common tree in North America (U.S. Forest Services).

(Nikon D7000 w 50 f1.8 @50mm f2.8 1/800th I.S.O. 200) 

2015 10 09 – Carruthers Hall is reflected in a puddle. Built in 1890, it is one of the oldest buildings at Queen’s University.

(Nikon D7000 w 50 f1.8 @50mm f4 1/500th I.S.O. 400) 

2015 10 10 – Portions of a maple tree, along Westbrook Road north of highway 2, are shades of bright orange and red, as fall colours set in. The red, yellows and orange colours come from pigmentation in carotenoids, usually masked by chlorophyll.

(Nikon D7000 w 17-35 f2.8 @17mm f5 1/1600th I.S.O. 400) 

2015 10 11 – Johnathan stands in a pseudo-carbonatite vein (calcite) that has dissolved over thousands of years and then in filled with soil. These veins are excellent for mineral collecting, as well preserved crystals can be found in the soils.

(Nikon D7000 w 17-35 f2.8 @22mm f5 1/1600th I.S.O. 250) 
THANK  YOU
Corey Lablans
cldailyphotos@gmail.com

Saturday, October 10, 2015

2015 Week 40 Photos

2015 Week 40 Photographs
By Corey Lablans Photography
(18th Week, Year 3 – 854 days – 1 missed) 

2015 09 28 – Queen’s University students attend an information meeting about the Queen’s chapter of the Society of Economic Geologist (SEG). The society establish in 1919, as a group from the Geological Society of America who were interested in economic geology.

(Nikon D7000 w 50 f1.8 @50mm f2.4 1/100th I.S.O. 800) 

2015 09 29 – A student makes her way across 5th Field Company Lane as it downpours. Approximately 22.8 mm of rain came down as a cold front swept through changing the temperate from the 20’s to the lower teens.

(Nikon D7000 w 50 f1.8 @50mm f3.2 1/1600th I.S.O. 800) 

2015 09 30 – A students is handed a BeaverTail, a fried dough pastry. There are a wide variety of different BeaverTails now from the basic with cinnamon sugar to fancier ones like Oreo and Score.

(Nikon D7000 w 50 f1.8 @50mm f3.5 1/640th I.S.O. 250)


2015 10 01 – Students make their way along the path between Kingston Hall and Nixon Field with Theological Hall in the background.

(Nikon D7000 w 50 f1.8 @50mm f3.5 1/2500th I.S.O. 200)


2015 10 02 – Alf, Johnathan and I stayed in the 3rd cabin at the Herkimer Diamond KOA Resort in Herkimer, New York. Across the road is the Herkimer Diamond mine where you can collect double terminated quartz crystals.

(Nikon D300 w 17-35 f2.8 @35mm f2.8 1/160th I.S.O. 800) 

2015 10 03 – Wedges are in place as a gentleman works on splitting dolostone at the Herkimer Diamond Mine in Herkimer, New York. Located above the wedges is a Herkimer Diamond, a double terminated quartz crystal.

(Nikon D300 w 17-35 f2.8 @30mm f2.8 1/1600th I.S.O. 400) 

2015 10 04 – A couple work at removing large pieces of dolostone (similar to limestone) from the “bench rock,” a section that contains some of the best Herkimer Diamonds.

(Nikon D300 w 50 f1.8 @50mm f2.8 1/4000th I.S.O. 200)

THANK  YOU
Corey Lablans
cldailyphotos@gmail.com

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