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Post by Name Omitted on Feb 7, 2011 10:45:41 GMT -8
How about "Separated Sisters," 2 or more ships that started out as sisters, who have been modified differently, or who are in the livery of a new line in the same photo?
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Post by Barnacle on Feb 21, 2011 13:51:51 GMT -8
Have we done a "Heavy Weather" banner? I've got a few nasty shots (from the inside, of course)...
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Post by lmtengs on Feb 25, 2011 23:09:57 GMT -8
Should we be have a Mill Bay flagship again soon, since we're so close to her retirement?
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Post by Low Light Mike on Aug 1, 2011 21:33:55 GMT -8
I'll announce the Sept.2011 flagship theme soon, say next week. - it will be different, and may not even require nominations. For those who are curious, it might be similar to what we did in September 2008...
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Post by D'Elete BC in NJ on Aug 5, 2011 3:06:18 GMT -8
I'll announce the Sept.2011 flagship theme soon, say next week. - it will be different, and may not even require nominations. For those who are curious, it might be similar to what we did in September 2008... My photos from the car-deck of the Texada Queen. - from July 21, 2011, when she was on the Cortes Island route. Towards the bow This photo by Flug gave me a thought for a theme..."Decked Out" i.e. photos taken from deck level while trying to encompass scenery.
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Post by lmtengs on Sept 10, 2011 13:30:57 GMT -8
I actually like these new taller flagship pictures. It puts more focus on the actual flagship photo.
Maybe we could permanently up height limit to 350 px sometime in the future?
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Post by FNS on Sept 10, 2011 21:32:34 GMT -8
I actually like these new taller flagship pictures. It puts more focus on the actual flagship photo. Maybe we could permanently up height limit to 350 px sometime in the future? I'm all in favor of this. But, 350 isn't enough. 400 is good. This is barely enough for me to submit photos like this one: New ferry CHETZEMOKA makes one of her landings in Keystone Harbor on her first day of service in November of 2010. i139.photobucket.com/albums/q309/ferrynutseattle/ferrynutseattle2/CHET_FFSNov2011_Prop1.jpgThis is 960 X 400. While we're on this subject, let's have November's FFS banner feature the new CHETZEMOKA with photos of her on her first day of service. This will be the first anniversary of her going into service on the PTD-KHC run. Yes, I may be the only Forum member who has photos of her on her first day of service. With that in mind, we can bend the rules and have others submit theirs of her taken up to the selection deadline at the end of October of this year. Then, present these photos just like what we see in this month of September with Mr. DOT's photos. Just a thought for the November 2011 FFS.
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Post by Low Light Mike on Sept 10, 2011 21:46:28 GMT -8
Regarding size of banners, keep in mind that a banner-photo should look different than a normal photo. It is intended to spread out across the page, and to be short and wide. The "How short should it be?" is the issue, but we need to keep in mind that a banner photo is intended to be shorter than a regular photo and have a different set of dimensions from a regular posted photo. When I'm out shooting photos, I always remind myself to zoom-out a bit, so that some of my photos can have banner potential. A head-on or corner-angle shot of a close-up ferry is very difficult to use as a banner, and that's just the way it is. ....banners are intended to be different. How short is short enough? That's a good question that I don't have the answer for. There are others far more adept than me at these page-layout issues.
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Post by lmtengs on Sept 10, 2011 22:20:36 GMT -8
I actually like these new taller flagship pictures. It puts more focus on the actual flagship photo. Maybe we could permanently up height limit to 350 px sometime in the future? I'm all in favor of this. But, 350 isn't enough. 400 is good. I was originally going to say 400, but that's just too much. I did some measuring, on Flug's indirect advice, and I came up with 320 as being the 'ideal' measurement of height. It increases the 'in-your-faceness' of the banner without making it too huge, while still retaining the banner-ish look of the image. The reason I say that 400 is too much is because, like Mr. F.H said (again, indirectly), if the picture's too tall, there's more of a possibility that the photos entered in the contests will look too 'ordinary'. So I rephrase my original statement in my last post to "We should change the limit to 320px in height." I heard it through the grapevine (okay, not exactly through the grapevine, but it makes it sound more mysteriously cool) that we *may* be changing the forum display width to 1100px to accommodate the fact that computer screens are growing wider these days, so screens that are only 960 pixels wide are becoming fewer and farther between. If this change does indeed occur, and 1100px does indeed become the width, I'm quite sure that the flagship width would be upped to 1100px as well. My point mentioning this is that the current dimensions are 960x240 for the flagship. If the width of the forum is changed to 1100, then the height change for the flagship to 320 will keep the approximate aspect as it is now, and Flug's point is nulled. So, maybe change the height dimension along with the width dimension when/if the whole-forum widening occurs? That way, I think everyone can be kept happy.
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Post by lmtengs on May 11, 2012 22:21:47 GMT -8
A neat little story reported on by CTV Vancouver Island regarding a wingwall at Berth 3, Swartz Bay... Wingwall/dolphin art. That would be a great one to get prepared for, then eventually do sometime in the next year!
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Post by Low Light Mike on Sept 9, 2012 21:27:42 GMT -8
In case anyone wants a head-start in taking and assembling photos for the November 2012 forum-flagship, here is the simple theme: - S P A U L D I N G
And there will be no worrying about whether the BCFerries C-Class are technically true Spauldings or not. The C-Class are obviously Phil's design, no matter which company or partnership was actually named as the architect and no matter who actually owned the design. Same goes for the BCF Vs.
If it's in-essence Phil's work, then it qualifies (haha, I know that some forum members struggle with the "in-essence" concept...... ;D).
So the theme will be any Spaulding anywhere & anytime, including ships such as the Malibu Princess. All this is to honor what would have been Mr. Spaulding's 100th birthday in November 2012.
Nominations will start on Oktober 1st.
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Post by WettCoast on Sept 10, 2012 19:03:30 GMT -8
In case anyone wants a head-start in taking and assembling photos for the November 2012 forum-flagship, here is the simple theme: - S P A U L D I N G This is GOOD! I am wondering if we can do something about getting a good cross section of his work onto the rotating November flagship? In essence there would be maybe one Coho banner, one or two WSF Spauldings, one or two AMHS 'Blue Canoe' Spauldings, two or three BCF Spauldings (which should include a C class, a Sidney class & a B class; but maybe not a V as we have that in the current month [Sept 2012]). There could be one other banner that is not from the AMHS, BCF, WSF or Blackball fleets. What do others think of this idea, & how could we go about making it happen? WCK/JST
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Post by Low Light Mike on Sept 10, 2012 19:09:25 GMT -8
In case anyone wants a head-start in taking and assembling photos for the November 2012 forum-flagship, here is the simple theme: - S P A U L D I N G This is GOOD! I am wondering if we can do something about getting a good cross section of his work onto the rotating November flagship? In essence there would be maybe one Coho banner, one or two WSF Spauldings, one or two AMHS 'Blue Canoe' Spauldings, two or three BCF Spauldings (which should include a C class, a Sidney class & a B class; but maybe not a V as we have that in the current month [Sept 2012]). There could be one other banner that is not from the AMHS, BCF, WSF or Blackball fleets. What do others think of this idea, & how could we go about making it happen? WCK/JST I like WCK's Proportional-Representation idea. We could accomplish this by asking people to allocate their votes to each of the classes (ie. ask people to vote for at least 1 WSF Jumbo, at least one V/B, at least one Blue-Canoe). - and then, similar to how All-Star teams are selected, moderators can round-out the final choices to ensure that all classes are represented. I agree that we want the November banners to show a good balance of Phil's work.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 10, 2012 19:12:56 GMT -8
This is GOOD! I am wondering if we can do something about getting a good cross section of his work onto the rotating November flagship? In essence there would be maybe one Coho banner, one or two WSF Spauldings, one or two AMHS 'Blue Canoe' Spauldings, two or three BCF Spauldings (which should include a C class, a Sidney class & a B class; but maybe not a V as we have that in the current month [Sept 2012]). There could be one other banner that is not from the AMHS, BCF, WSF or Blackball fleets. What do others think of this idea, & how could we go about making it happen? WCK/JST I like WCK's Proportional-Representation idea. We could accomplish this by asking people to allocate their votes to each of the classes (ie. ask people to vote for at least 1 WSF Jumbo, at least one V/B, at least one Blue-Canoe). - and then, similar to how All-Star teams are selected, moderators can round-out the final choices to ensure that all classes are represented. I agree that we want the November banners to show a good balance of Phil's work. Cool. I agree with it.
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Post by WettCoast on Sept 30, 2012 12:13:05 GMT -8
For me, for the November Spaulding banners, I will submit only one photo for each group/class of Spaulding vessel. These will be, for the most part historical; the photos will be from film originals, except maybe for AHMS. As I am sure others will submit images of Spaulding's BCF vessels in their current livery, I will only submit images in the older liveries.
I will submit images that I took under my name. Any images originating from the camera of Mr. DOT will be submitted under his name.
WCK/JST
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Post by Low Light Mike on Sept 30, 2012 12:28:43 GMT -8
For me, for the November Spaulding banners, I will submit only one photo for each group/class of Spaulding vessel. These will be, for the most part historical; the photos will be from film originals, except maybe for AHMS. As I am sure others will submit images of Spaulding's BCF vessels in their current livery, I will only submit images in the older liveries. I will submit images that I took under my name. Any images originating from the camera of Mr. DOT will be submitted under his name. WCK/JST I will get that nominations thread set up in the next few days, assuming that I'll have forum access.
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Post by WettCoast on Sept 30, 2012 13:32:46 GMT -8
I will get that nominations thread set up in the next few days, assuming that I'll have forum access. Will the real Mr. Flugel Horn please stand up!
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Post by Deleted on Oct 10, 2012 16:17:34 GMT -8
One month can we do the flagship banner for the following vessel; Powell River Queen, Bowen Queen, Manye Queen, the Island Sky, Queen of Capilano, Queen of Cumberland, Howe Sound Queen and the Queen of Chilliwack.
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Post by lmtengs on Oct 10, 2012 21:52:46 GMT -8
One month can we do the flagship banner for the following vessel; Powell River Queen, Bowen Queen, Manye Queen, the Island Sky, Queen of Capilano, Queen of Cumberland and the Queen of Chilliwack. That's an interesting combination. Elaborate as to why, especially regarding the addition of the Queen of Chilliwack to the bunch.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 11, 2012 18:15:46 GMT -8
One month can we do the flagship banner for the following vessel; Powell River Queen, Bowen Queen, Manye Queen, the Island Sky, Queen of Capilano, Queen of Cumberland and the Queen of Chilliwack. That's an interesting combination. Elaborate as to why, especially regarding the addition of the Queen of Chilliwack to the bunch. Because their Intermediate vessel of Sunishine Coast or Southern Gulfs islands vessel.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 11, 2012 19:03:32 GMT -8
One month can we do the flagship banner for the following vessel; Powell River Queen, Bowen Queen, Manye Queen, the Island Sky, Queen of Capilano, Queen of Cumberland, Howe Sound Queen and the Queen of Chilliwack. And for WSF the M/V Hiyu, Steel-Electrics, The Kwa-di Tabil Class, the Evergreen State Class, and the Issaquah Class! For the same month.
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Post by lmtengs on Oct 11, 2012 21:10:04 GMT -8
That's an interesting combination. Elaborate as to why, especially regarding the addition of the Queen of Chilliwack to the bunch. Because their Intermediate vessel of Sunishine Coast or Southern Gulfs islands vessel. I wouldn't include the 'Wack in that. She's classified as a Northern vessel, and only ever subs in for a ship on any other route when she's absolutely needed.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 13, 2012 19:13:22 GMT -8
Because their Intermediate vessel of Sunishine Coast or Southern Gulfs islands vessel. I wouldn't include the 'Wack in that. She's classified as a Northern vessel, and only ever subs in for a ship on any other route when she's absolutely needed. For the Queen of Chilliwack as the only northern vessel that can fill in for the Southern Gulf Island and Sunishine Coast routes.
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Post by Cable Cassidy on Nov 13, 2012 21:24:26 GMT -8
As mentioned yesterday, how about buses at ferry terminals (must be easily recognizable as a ferry terminal)?
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Post by Deleted on Nov 13, 2012 21:27:11 GMT -8
As mentioned yesterday, how about buses at ferry terminals (must be easily recognizable as a ferry terminal)? Would the SeaBuss be OK?
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