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