2014 Week 40 Photos

2014 Week 40 Photos

By Corey Lablans Photography

(18^th week, Year 2 – 490 days)

2014 09 29 – A raggedy looking fox sits on the front porch of a house off Union Street. Behind the light sensitive cells of a fox’s eye is a layer called the tapetum lucidum (bright tapestry), which reflects light back through the eye. This layer is what causes their eyes to glow when light shines on them at night.

(Nikon D7000 w 28 manual f2.8 @28mm f4 1/1250 I.S.O. 200)  

2014 09 30 – A mold at the Miller Museum of Geology at Queen’s University displays the ecology of the Ediacaran biota, roughly 542 million years ago. This mold comes from Mistaken Pint, Newfoundland, in this particular photograph it shows Fractofusus, the most common of the fossils.

(Nikon D300 w 50 f1.8 @50mm f2 1/80^th I.S.O. 800) 

2014 10 01 – Flint corn decorates the vegetable coolers at Leondar Cafeteria, along with various gourds creating a nice fall feel. Flint corn is also referred to as Indian corn.

(Nikon D300 w 50 f1.8 @50mm f2.8 1/50^th I.S.O. 800) 

2014 10 02 – Students work on their laptops while sitting in the Bioscience Complex at Queen’s University.

(NikonD300 w 50 f1.8 @50mm f2.8 1/100 I.S.O. 800)

2014 10 03 – Shane gets some height after launching from a wave while Kiteboarding off Break Water Park in Kingston, Ontario.

(Nikon D300 w 70-200 f2.8 @135mm f3.2 1/2500 I.S.O. 400)

2014 10 04 – Several paleontology and carbonate sedimentology students observe as Professor Narbonne describes how to read the paleoecology based on fossil types and arrangement.  

(Nikon D7000 w 28 manual f2.8 @28mm f4 1/640^th I.S.O. 400) 

2014 10 05 – The agenda that I use to try and keep life organized. It was 11:40 p.m., I was brushing my teeth and said, “Oh, I need a photos!” and this was taken.

(Nikon D300 w 17-35 f2.8 @35mm f2.8 1/6^th I.S.O. 160 tripod) 

THANK YOU
Corey Lablans
cldailyphotos@gmail.com

2014 Week 39 Photos

2014 Week 39 Photos

By Corey Lablans Photography

(17^th week, Year 2 – 483 days)

2014 09 22 – Two students sit and chat outside the Print & Copy Centre in the John Deutsch University Centre Monday morning. The current building was built in 1947 after a fire destroyed the original. 

(Nikon D300 w 50 f1.8 @50mm f2.8 1/40^th I.S.O. 800) 

2014 09 23 – A student updates the bulletin board inside Stauffer Library. In 1997 it was awarded the Governor General’s Award for architecture. 

(Nikon D300 w 50 f1.8 @50mm f2.8 1/80^th I.S.O. 500) 

2014 09 24 – Various students from lower Roy Miller House at Jean Royce Hall, Phase 2 get their photo taken during the annual High Table dinner. Every High Table dinner has a key speaker; ours was Colin McAuslan, Queen’s new head strength and conditioning coach, on the right.

 (Nikon D300 w 17-35 f2.8 @17mm f4 1/50^th I.S.O. 400) 

2014 09 25 – Two students enjoy the beautiful weather while sitting outside of Leonard Cafeteria, which can seat over 650 students.

(Nikon D300 w 50 f1.8 @50mm f2 1/6400^th I.S.O. 200) 

2014 09 26 – The evening sun lights up a tree outside of Jean Royce Hall, Phase 2. Jean Royce Hall consists of two phases, the second holding just fewer than 300 students.

(Nikon D300 w 50 f1.8 @50mm f5 1/500^th I.S.O. 200) 

2014 09 27 – A student examines the cliff face at Kingston Mills before climbing during one of two Introduction to Outdoor Climbing sessions run by the Queen’s Climbing Club. It is a great place to introduce climbing with easy access to set up top ropes. 

(Nikon D300 w 70-200 f2.8 @175mm f4 1/500^th I.S.O. 400) 

2014 09 28 – Yong Shin, the don for upper Miller Roy enjoys making a s’more while at the Wolfe Island Corn Maze. The s’more is a contraction of “some more,” with the first recorded use of the word in 1927 in “Tramping and Trailing with the Girl Scouts.”

(Nikon D300 w 17-35 f2.8 @35mm f2.8 1/50^th I.S.O. 1600)

THANK YOU
Corey Lablans
cldailyphotos@gmail.com

2014 Week 38 Photos

2014 Week 38 Photos

By Corey Lablans Photography 

(16^th week, Year 2 – 476 days)

2014 09 15 – Two students walk in front of the John Deutsch University Centre with a wooden U and D in the background. The U and D stands for the University District, a rebranding passed by the Alma Mater Society on September 15^th, 2011.

(Nikon D300 w 50 f1.8 @50mm f2.5 1/3200^th I.S.O. 100) 

2014 09 16 – A type of vine grows outside the Queen’s School of Music building. The Harrison-LeCaine Hall opened in 1974. 

(Nikon  D300 w 50 f1.8 @50mm f3.5 1/2000^th I.S.O. 100) 

2014 09 17 – A student looks through various posters during the Queen’s Imaginus poster sale. Imaginus, a Toronto based company, which began in 1975 setting up poster sales at various Canadian Universities and Colleges.

(Nikon D300 w 50 f1.8 @50mm f2.2 1/160^th I.S.O. 800)

2014 09 18 – The sun shines on a poplar at Queen’s University.  Populus is a genus of deciduous flowering plants that include poplars, aspens and the cottonwood.

(Nikon D300 w 50 f1.8 @50mm f2.8 1/160^th I.S.O. 160)

2014 09 19 – A model trilobite, the ancestor to modern day arthropods, is seen in this model of the Ordovician seas crawling. The Ordovician is one of six periods within the Paleozoic ranging from 488 to 453 million years ago.

(Nikon D300 w 50 f1.8 @50mm f2.2 1/160^th I.S.O. 800) 

2014 09 20 – Queen’s University structures professor explains how marble and other rocks react to stress to form particular strain patterns. This particular outcrop on Highway 7 near Highway 38 illustrates the difference in rock competence.

(Nikon D300 w 50 f1.8 @50mm f4 1/1250^th I.S.O. 400)

2014 09 21 – A few collectors from various mineral clubs associated with the Central Canadian Federation of Mineralogical Societies looks through Ordovician limestone at the St. Mary’s Cement Inc. in Bowmanville.

(Nikon D7000 w 70-200 f2.8 @110mm f5 1/1600^th I.S.O. 400) 

THANK YOU
Corey Lablans

cldailyphotos@gmail.com

2014 Week 37 Photos

2014 Week 37 Photos

By Corey Lablans Photography 

(15^th week, Year 2 – 469 days)

2014 09 08 – A student looks over books in the newly renovated main level of the Campus Bookstore. In 1909 two engineering students opened the “Technical Supplies Store” to offer low cost drafting supplies. In 1973 it was officially named the Campus Bookstore.

(Nikon D300 w 50 f1.8 @50mm f1.8 1/60^th I.S.O. 200) 

2014 09 09 – A student takes a photograph amongst a sea of other students while at the Tricolour Open House in the Athletics & Recreational Centre’s main gym. The open house showcases a wide array of extracurricular clubs/activities students can get involved in.

(Nikon D7000 w 70-200 f2.8 @180mm f2.8 1/250^th I.S.O. 3200)

2014 09 10 – A Queen’s student hops onto one of the Kingston Transit buses at west campus. There are four main buses that lead from west campus to main campus, #1, #2, #17 & #18.

(Nikon D300 w 50 f1.8 @50mm f2 1/1000^th I.S.O. 100) 

2014 09 11 – I did not take a photo throughout the day, so I decided to do a self-portrait in the evening. Since my last photo of myself on August 17^th I have rearranged my room on West Campus, this is it.  

(Nikon D300 w 17-35 f2.8 @17mm f4 1/30^th I.S.O. 400 w SB800) 

2014 09 12 – A Kingston Police officer stands at the corner of University and Union at Queen’s University to raise awareness about bike and laptop theft. They were providing useful information such as recommending people to record their serial numbers.

(Nikon D300 w 50 f1.8 @50mm f2.8 1/2500^th I.S.O. 400) 

2014 09 13 – Western Mustang #32, Josh Woodman, comes close to intercepting the ball as Queen’s Gaels #2, Curtis Carmichael is unable to catch it during a home game at Richardson Stadium. The Mustangs came ahead defeating Queen’s 43 to 12.

(Nikon D7000 w 70-200 f2.8 @110mm f3.5 1/3200^th I.S.O. 3200) 

2014 09 14 – Two women’s soccer players go for the ball during a regular season Ontario University Athletics game while Queen’s University took on University of Ontario Institute of Technology (UOIT). Queen’s lost to UOIT 0 to 1.

(Nikon D7000 w 70-200 f2.8 @200mm f3.5 1/1000^th I.S.O. 100) 

COREY LABLANS
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THANK YOU

2014 Week 36 Photos

2014 Week 36 Photos 

By Corey Lablans Photography 

(14^th week, Year 2 – 462 days)

2014 09 01 – A student takes a selfie with a sea of first years students in the background after partaking in a world record capture the flag game. Over 2000 Queen’s students partook, surpassing University of Victoria’s record of 700.

(Nikon D300 w 70-200 f2.8 @155mm f4 1/1000^th I.S.O. 200) 

2014 09 02 – First year students read messages on various coloured tiles while on a campus tour. Every first year student was given a tile to lie down at the Agnes Etherington Art Centre to create a large Queen’s University flag.

(Nikon D300 w 50 f1.8 @50mm f1.8 1/200^th I.S.O. 1600) 

2014 09 03 – A mix of first year and upper year students enjoy Queen’s in the Park, an event during Orientation Week that highlights many of the clubs students can get involved with. Queen’s has the second largest number of clubs in North America, just behind Harvard.

(Nikon D300 w 70-200 f2.8 @200mm f4 1/2500^th I.S.O. 200) 

2014 09 04 – One of the upper year engineers is covered in thunder sludge, a mixture of oatmeal and flour, while partaking in the thundermugs race. It is a team event where first year engineers build contraptions to keep nurses clean.

(Nikon D300 w 70-200 f2.8 @200mm f4 1/2000^th I.S.O. 200) 

2014 09 05 – Two first year concurrent education students paint their coveralls during orientation week at Queen’s University.

(Nikon D300 w 17-35 f2.8 @30mm f4 1/320^th I.S.O. 200) 

2014 09 06 – A member of the Queen’s cheerleading team is caught by two other members after performing a routine during a home football game at Richardson Stadium.

(Nikon D300 w 17-35 f2.8 @28mm f4.5 1/3200^th I.S.O. 400) 

2014 09 07 – A Columbian Rainbow Boa, named Shim, looks through the glass of his tank after it was cleaned. Shim was bought at the Mississauga Reptile Expo back in April 2001.

(Nikon D300 w 50 f1.8 @50mm f1.8 1/320^th I.S.O. 1600)

THANK YOU
Corey Lablans
cldailyphotos@gmail.com