2018 Week 24 Photos

2018 Week 24 Photographs

by Corey Lablans Photography

(2^nd Week, Year 6 – 1841 days – 1 missed) 

2018 06 11 – Iris is a genus of flowering plants named after the Greek word for rainbow. Iris is also the name given to the Greek goddess of the rainbow.

(Nikon D800 w 80-400 f4.5-5.6 @300mm f6.3 1/2500^th I.S.O. 400)

2018 06 12 – An aerial view of the Scarborough Junction and the Pine Hill Cemetery and Funeral Centre, as I fly back to Thunder Bay.

(Nikon D800 w 17-35 f2.8 @35mm f8 1/1000^th I.S.O. 400) 

2018 06 13 – Tonight’s dinner, a pan-fried chicken overtop of a Sidekicks Creamy Chicken Fusilli.

(Nikon D7000 w 50 f1.8 @50mm f6.3 1/60^th I.S.O. 400 w SB800) 

2018 06 14 – Checking over ore grading stakes to make sure they won’t break. It is annoying when you are on a blasted pile staking and the stake you hammer in breaks.

(Nikon D7000 w 50 f1.8 @50mm f5 1/125^th I.S.O. 400) 

2018 06 15 – A haul truck carries ore, while an excavator moves down to the bottom of the pit to do some cleaning. In the background the large drills continue working on one of the benches.

(Nikon D7000 w 50 f1.8 @50mm f5 1/2000^th I.S.O. 400) 

2018 06 16 – A rock fragment tray holds blast hole fragments used to make a crude geological map of the blast benches.

Note: someone obviously didn’t set the date and time correctly on this camera.

(Nikon P7800 @11mm f2.8 1/50^th I.S.O. 80) 

2018 06 17 – A killdeer (Charadrius vociferous) egg amongst the gravel at work.

(Nikon D7000 w 50 f1.8 @50mm f5 1/1000^th I.S.O. 400) 

Thank You

Corey Lablans

cldailyphotos@gmail.com

2018 Week 23 Photos

2018 Week 23 Photographs

by Corey Lablans Photography

(2^nd Week, Year 6 – 1834 days – 1 missed) 

2018 06 04 – Spray-painting some high-grade ore stakes outside the mobile trailer at work. Ore grading is important to minimize loss.

(Nikon D7000 w 50 f1.8 @50mm f5 1/2500^th I.S.O. 250)

2018 06 05 – Numerous boxes filled with crushed and pulverized rock material fill sea canisters at work. Every sample that we crush is stored for a period of time.

(Nikon D7000 w 50 f1.8 @50mm f5 1/60^th I.S.O. 500)

2018 06 06 – The Kajama makes its way along Toronto’s shoreline as people watch on, it is a 165 foot three mast schooner. The Kajama is one of the Great Lakes Schooner Company tall ships, which provide cruises in the Toronto area.  

(Nikon D800 w 80-400 f4.5-5.6 @230mm f5.3 1/640^th I.S.O. 200) 

2018 06 07 – Kingston and the Island provincial electoral district changed parties this election voting in Ian Arthur of the New Democratic Party. Ontario took a major change, flipping from the Liberals to a majority Progressive Conservatives leadership.

(Nikon D800 w 80-400 f4.5-5.6 @400mm f8 1/400^th I.S.O. 200)

2018 06 08 – Common starlings (Sturnus vulgaris) take off in flight at Lemoine Point Conservation Area. It is an introduced species, originating in Europe and Western Asia.

(Nikon D800 w 80-400 f4.5-5.6 @400mm f8 1/640^th I.S.O. 400)

2018 06 09 – Members of the Brockville Chinese Dancers perform a Chinese parasol dance at the Riverfront Festival in Napanee.

(Nikon D800 w 80-400 f4.5-5.6 @250mm f5.3 1/500^th I.S.O. 2000)

2018 06 10 – An American red squirrel (Tamiasciurus hudsonicus) searches for food near the waterfront at Lemoine Point Conservation Area in Kingston, Ontario.

(Nikon D800 w 80-400 f4.5-5.6 @270mm f8 1/640^th I.S.O. 400)

Thank You

Corey Lablans

cldailyphotos@gmail.com

2018 Week 22 Photos

2018 Week 22 Photographs

by Corey Lablans Photography

(1^st Week, Year 6 – 1827 days – 1 missed) 

2018 05 28 – A group of American white pelicans (Pelecanus erythrorhynchos) commingle along the shoreline at Point Park in Fort Frances, Ontario. A group of pelicans can be referred to as a: brief, pod, pouch, scoop or squadron of pelicans. 

(Nikon D800 w 80-400 f4.5-5.6 @400mm f8 1/2500^th I.S.O. 400)

2018 05 29 – A Common goldeneye (Bucephala clangula) comes in for a landing at Point Park in Fort Frances, Ontario.

(Nikon D800 w 80-400 f4.5-5.6 @400mm f5.6 1/2000^th I.S.O. 400)

2018 05 30 – A portrait amongst the core racks at work. There is over 600,000 meters of core.

(Nikon D7000 w 50 f1.8 @50mm f5 1/640^th I.S.O. 200) 

2018 05 31 – We apply either silver or red reflective tape to the top of the wooden stakes. Silver is for non-ore based material, while red is for ore.

(Nikon D7000 w 50 f1.8 @50mm f5 1/50^th I.S.O. 500)

2018 06 01 – Each ore grade stake takes time to make, checking them so they won’t break easily, painting them, tying flagging tape and put reflective tap on the top.

(Nikon D7000 w 50 f1.8 @50mm f5 1/1600^th I.S.O. 400)

2018 06 02 – A day of rain has turned many of the benches in the pit into muck. When the drills are working on benches that contain ore a lot of powder is produced, as the material is quartz-sericite schist.   

(Nikon D7000 w 50 f1.8 @50mm f5 1/500^th I.S.O. 800)

2018 06 03 – Equipment operates on many levels at the mine.

(Nikon D7000 w 50 f1.8 @50mm f5 1/6400^th I.S.O. 400)

Thank You

Corey Lablans

cldailyphotos@gmail.com

2018 Week 21 Photos

2018 Week 21 Photographs

by Corey Lablans Photography

(52^nd Week, Year 5 – 1820 days – 1 missed) 

2018 05 21 – The metal pulveriser bowls are used for pulverizing material from the crusher used in fire assay for gold and silver analysis.

(Nikon D7000 w 50 f1.8 @50mm f2.8 1/500^th I.S.O. 2000)

2018 05 22 – Two origami cranes and an origami frog I made during a quiet night of work. Rob and I only had one job to process all night; typically we do 5-7 a night.

(Nikon D7000 w 50 f1.8 @50mm f3.5 1/60^th I.S.O. 400)

2018 05 23 – The evening sun shines through a silver maple leaf on Armit Avenue in Fort Frances, Ontario.

(Nikon D800 w 70-200 f2.8 @200mm f5 1/400^th I.S.O. 200)

2018 05 24 – A self-portrait that I took for Five plus Two, a group on the Project 365 website that assigns selfie themed challenges each week; this week the theme was hands. 

(Nikon D800 w 70-200 f2.8 @190mm f4 1/160^th I.S.O. 400 w SB800)

2018 05 25 – A mother black bear (Ursus americanus) heads across the road with her three cubs near Shebandawan, Ontario, west of Thunder Bay.

(Nikon D800 w 80-400 f4.5-5.6 @360mm f8 1/200^th I.S.O. 400)

2018 05 26 – Johnathan, Adriane and I came across this little café on Dunlop Street in Thunder Bay called Fox on the Run. We all ordered a soup and sandwich combo, very delicious, nice fresh food.

(Nikon D800 w 17-35 f2.8 @17mm f8 1/25^th I.S.O. 400) 

2018 05 27 – Hiking to the top of Mt. McKay provides a good overview of Thunder Bay; this is a view looking down Edward Street South.  

(Nikon D800 w 80-400 f4.5-5.6 @300mm f8 1/1000^th I.S.O. 400)

Thank You

Corey Lablans

cldailyphotos@gmail.com