2018 Week 15 Photos

2018 Week 15 Photographs

by Corey Lablans Photography

(46^th Week, Year 5 – 1778 days – 1 missed) 

2018 04 09 – The next step for this pulverized material will be fire assay and LECO. The fire assay determines the gold concentration and the LECO determines sulfur and carbon concentration.

(Nikon D7000 w 50 f1.8 @50mm f3.2 1/400^th I.S.O. 2000) 

2018 04 10 – The dried blast hole material in the tins will eventually be crushed and placed into bags like the ones in the background, awaiting pulverizing. 

(Nikon D7000 w 50 f1.8 @50mm f5 1/160^th I.S.O. 2000)

2018 04 11 – A red-tailed hawk (Buteo jamaicensis) perches on a hydro pole east of Emo, Ontario.

(Nikon D7000 w 80-400 f4.5-5.6 @400mm f5.6 1/500^th I.S.O. 640) 

2018 04 12 – I wanted to add a little greenery to my basement apartment, so I picked up another tulip, this time a Tarda Dasystemon.

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

2018 04 13 – A little ice remains along the sidewalk as warmer weather slowly clears the reminents winter away. 

(Nikon D7000 w 50 f1.8 @50mm f3.5 1/1600^th I.S.O. 200)

2018 04 14 – Presenters from The Raptor Center at the University of Minnesota talks about the Great Horned Owl (Bubo virginianus) while teaching a crowd about birds of prey during the International Falls Outdoor Expo.

(Nikon D7000 w 80-400 f4.5-5.6 @145mm f5 1/100^th I.S.O. 4000) 

2018 04 15 – A ruffed grouse (Bonasa umbellus) strolls into the forest from a path off Highway 613 west of Fort Frances, Ontario. The ruffed grouse is the state bird of Pennsylvania.

(Nikon D7000 w 80-400 f4.5-5.6 @400mm f6.3 1/400^th I.S.O. 400)

Thank You

Corey Lablans

cldailyphotos@gmail.com

2018 Week 14 Photos

2018 Week 14 Photographs

by Corey Lablans Photography

(45^th Week, Year 5 – 1771 days – 1 missed) 

2018 04 02 – This is my first attempt at making an Indian dish, Chicken Korma. It turned out pretty well; other then a slight bitterness but I would make it again.

http://thewanderlustkitchen.com/indian-chicken-korma/

(Nikon D7000 w 17-35 f2.8 @35mm f5 1/125^th I.S.O. 160 w SB800)

2018 04 03 – A photograph of me scratching an OLG Bingo scratch ticket; It ended up being a winner, only $3, enough to get another one.

(Nikon D7000 w 17-35 f2.8 @17mm f6.3 1/30^th I.S.O. 400 w SB800) 

2018 04 04 – That time at 1:00 a.m. when you decide it is a good idea to take apart your 17-35 f2.8. It took me 1.5 hours to put it back together. I put the aperture ring on the wrong way.

(Nikon D7000 w 50 f1.8 @50mm f4 1/50^th I.S.O. 200 w SB800) 

2018 04 05 – Lead is one of the many materials used as a flux in the assay lab to extract precious metals such as gold.

(Nikon D7000 w Sigma 28 Manual f2.8 @28mm f4 1/125^th I.S.O. 2000) 

2018 04 06 – The tulips that I bought from Safeway are starting to open up. They are Orange Princess tulips, also referred to as a Double Late Tulips.

(Nikon D7000 w Sigma 28 Manual f2.8 @28mm f4 1/40^th I.S.O. 400) 

2018 04 07 – A box of Magic: The Gathering Unstable that I picked up the other day. Unstable is Magic’s third silver-bordered Un-set.

(Nikon D7000 w Sigma 28 Manual f2.8 @28mm f4 1/25^th I.S.O. 400 w SB800)    

2018 04 08 – A McDonalds breakfast sandwich and hash browns that I got for “dinner” after work, working nights.

(Nikon D7000 w 50 f1.8 @50mm f4 1/25^th I.S.O. 200 w SB800)

Thank You

Corey Lablans

cldailyphotos@gmail.com

2018 Week 13 Photos

2018 Week 13 Photographs

by Corey Lablans Photography

(44^th Week, Year 5 – 1764 days – 1 missed) 

2018 03 26 – We use these ALS Minerals booklets to keep track of duplicates, blanks and blind standards that are delivered to the lab. They all help ensure the lab is operating accurately and with precision.

(Nikon D7000 w Sigma 28 Manual f2.8 @28mm f5.6 1/125^th I.S.O. 2000) 

2018 03 27 – It took over two hours but someone eventually came to changed the truck tire. The flat tire occurred at a busy time in the day, they were changing a haul truck tire and a blast was scheduled for that time. 

(Nikon D7000 w Sigma 28 Manual f2.8 @28mm f8 1/100^th I.S.O. 500)

2018 03 28 – Instead of using the typical chocolate chips for these cookies, I used mini Reese's Pieces. Reese's Pieces came out in Canada in 1980, three years after being released in the States.

(Nikon D7000 w 17-35 f2.8 @17mm f5 1/20^th I.S.O. 640) 

2018 03 29 – I cooked up a colourful shrimp stir-fry for dinner. Shrimp contribute approximately $1.2 billion annually to Louisiana. 

(Nikon D7000 w 17-35 f2.8 @35mm f4 1/100^th I.S.O. 400) 

2018 03 30 – Various booster packs of Magic: The Gathering covering the past 3 years is assembled for a chaos draft. The packs are put into a bag and each person pulls a pack, going around until each person has three packs.

(Nikon D7000 w 50 f1.8 @50mm f3.5 1/250^th I.S.O. 2000) 

2018 03 31 – Ryan casts a spell killing Clinton’s creature while playing at Hometown Hobbies and Crafts in International Falls during Saturday Standard Showdown. There are six sets currently in the Standard format: Kaladesh, Aether Revolt, Amonkhet, Hour of Devastation, Ixalan and Rivals of Ixalan.

(Nikon D7000 w 17-35 f2.8 @24mm f4 1/500^th I.S.O. 4000) 

2018 04 01 – I finally got around to cleaning and folding my clothes. There are so many everyday technology advances that make our lives easier; think of the washing machine, how much it has evolved since the mid-18^th century steam powered commercial machines.

(Nikon D7000 w 17-35 f2.8 @17mm f8 1/50^th I.S.O. 400) 

Thank You

Corey Lablans

cldailyphotos@gmail.com

2018 Week 12 Photos

2018 Week 12 Photographs

by Corey Lablans Photography

(43^rd Week, Year 5 – 1757 days – 1 missed) 

2018 03 19 – A little mud darkens the melting snow along the pathway leading to Lakehead University in Thunder Bay.

(Nikon D7000 w 17-35 f2.8 @35mm f5 1/4000^th I.S.O. 400) 

2018 03 20 – An inuksuk stands out on a rock outcrop along Highway 11 between Thunder Bay and Fort Frances. Unlike true Inuit inuksuit that serve a purpose for navigation and certain identification, these are created for fun. 

(Nikon D7000 w 80-400 f4.5-5.6 @330mm f5.3 1/800^th I.S.O. 400) 

2018 03 21 – One of the many large shovels scoop up material from a blasted block at the mine. These shovels can fill a 220-tone haul truck in approximately 2-bucket loads.

(Nikon D7000 w 50 f1.8 @50mm f4 1/6400^th I.S.O. 200) 

2018 03 22 – A drill awaits an operator while on the 280 bench at the mine. 

(Nikon D7000 w 50 f1.8 @50mm f4 1/1250^th I.S.O. 200)

2018 03 23 – The rays of sun, shine from behind the Northeastern mine wall, as drills work away on a pattern. 

(Nikon D7000 w 50 f1.8 @50mm f4 1/1600^th I.S.O. 200)

2018 03 24 – Lime green cones stand out amongst the grey of the surrounding rock, indicating that the pattern is either being loaded or is loaded for blasting.

(Nikon D7000 w Sigma 28 Manual f2.8 @28mm f4 1/4000^th I.S.O. 400) 

2018 03 25 – Yellow stakes are for non-acid generating rock and orange are for potential acid-generating rock. These are two of the seven possible colours that we spray paint the stakes used for ore grade control.

(Nikon D7000 w Sigma 28 Manual f2.8 @28mm f8 1/160^th I.S.O. 2000) 

Thank You

Corey Lablans

cldailyphotos@gmail.com