Quatchi
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Post by Quatchi on Feb 16, 2010 21:25:35 GMT -8
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Post by nolonger on Feb 21, 2010 17:23:16 GMT -8
I've often wondered about this sight while driving along River Road in Delta. It suggested vaguely an old ferry boat, perhaps a double ender with one wheelhouse removed, but I never had the time while driving by to get a good look. Recently I stopped and entered the property for a better view. As soon as I saw the hull, it was apparent it had never been a ferry, despite the similarity in the superstructure. A friendly chap working on the site told me it had indeed been built originally as a dredge, and had been retired fifteen or twenty years ago. The upper deck had been used as crew accommodation when it was away from home base, hence the row of windows that had suggested a lounge. He couldn't tell me exactly where it had worked; I'm assuming the wheelhouse means it had been self powered. Wow, I was board or bored and googled my old boats and found this. I work on the 322 in 1969, 17 years old just out of high school. The upper deck was indeed crew accomodation with a galley and crew and officers mess Can't remember exactly how many crew cabins but approx. 15 or so. There was a small tug named the "Keluk" and a tender called the "Hussie" which accompanied the 322. The Keluk was the vessel which towed the dredge from jobsite to jobsite, the Hussie towed sections of pipeline. We worked the river at Chilliwack just off Lickman RD exit where the Langley concrete Products site is, then Crescent Beach where the Serpentine river empties, Between Annacis Island and River Rd.,then we had a refit at the yard at the foot of 8th St. in New West. Then I got laid off. It was a liveaboard vessel, monday to Friday, 3 days on 2 off, and 2 on 3 off the following week.
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Post by nolonger on Mar 4, 2010 6:26:54 GMT -8
in better days Attachments:
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Post by nolonger on Mar 4, 2010 6:28:28 GMT -8
DPW 322 Attachments:
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Post by Low Light Mike on Apr 3, 2010 18:19:30 GMT -8
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Post by Kahloke on Apr 3, 2010 22:01:16 GMT -8
Great photos, Flug! Especially the sunset ones.
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Post by Kahloke on Apr 11, 2010 10:36:38 GMT -8
I did a very different sort of trip yesterday from the typical ferry excursions we usually do: I decided to go to the desert - well, shrub/steppe at least. Here are some pics from my Eastern Washington tour: Columbia River Gorge at Vantage. That's I-90 crossing the river Wild Horses Monument above the Columbia River near Vantage. As you can see, I did a little editing here. I cropped the photo and turned it into a black and white Alkali Lake - Sun Lakes Rec Area. This really shows off the coulees that this part of Washington is known for Dry Falls. During the last ice age, this was the largest known waterfall in the world. It was 10x the size of Niagara Falls and was caused by the Lake Missoula Floods, which occurred close to 40 times over a 2000 year period, scouring out much of Eastern Washington. Lake Missoula, itself, was approx. 3000 square miles (7700 sq km) and contained over 500 cubic miles of water (2100 cu km). It was formed by ice dams from one of the lobes of the glaciers, which would periodically recede or fail, hence the flooding. Grand Coulee Dam: constructed from 1933-1942 as one of President Roosevelt's largest public works projects, this is the largest hydroelectric dam in the United States (Hoover Dam is the tallest). It's nearly a mile long at 5223 feet (1586m), and it's 550 feet tall (168m) Leavenworth - we returned back to Western WA via Leavenworth and Stevens Pass
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Nick
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Post by Nick on Apr 11, 2010 10:46:28 GMT -8
I went through that part of eastern Washington last summer on the way to Yellowstone. What an amazing region, in particular all the geologic features everywhere. Dry Falls was very cool. Unfortunately, photos do not do it justice.. you just can't get the sense of scale. I found the visitor's center there very informative and well worth the visit.
For information's sake, they do a laser light show on the Grand Coulee dam's spillway every night during the summer, where they open the floodgates a little bit to allow the water to form the white screen. I found it somewhat corny, but it was kinda cool to see.
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Neil
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Post by Neil on Apr 24, 2010 22:02:34 GMT -8
Blazing moon and the lights of Courtenay on a cold, clear starry night last month at Grassy Point on Hornby. Photo by Laura.
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Post by Nick on Apr 24, 2010 22:16:53 GMT -8
Wow, Neil, that's an amazing shot. Thanks for posting it. I've always loved taking night shots like that, and the closest I've ever gotten is this one that I took at Steamboat Rock in Eastern Washington last summer.
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Post by Mike C on Apr 26, 2010 9:20:25 GMT -8
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Post by Mill Bay on Apr 27, 2010 21:37:35 GMT -8
Wow! This one is beautiful! I was just thinking, you should definitely take this one, find a photo contest somewhere and enter it. This shot is definitely contest winning material.
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Post by Low Light Mike on Jun 5, 2010 22:26:10 GMT -8
Lovely ship, near Nanaimo shipyard in Newcastle Channel. June 5, 2010.
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Post by D'Elete BC in NJ on Jun 7, 2010 3:10:57 GMT -8
Lovely ship, near Nanaimo shipyard in Newcastle Channel. June 5, 2010. Oh Flug, I so expected you to call her a swell little boat! ;D
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Post by lmtengs on Jun 7, 2010 13:07:05 GMT -8
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Post by Low Light Mike on Jun 20, 2010 20:34:30 GMT -8
A comparison of DeHavilland aircraft: - Otter in Harbour Air livery, and Beaver in West Coast Air livery. ----------- And the scene of the seaplane base at Nanaimo waterfront.
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Post by lmtengs on Jul 4, 2010 12:58:02 GMT -8
Today's serving of assorted photography, all taken by yours truly... A starfish, taken at Horseshoe Bay Terminal Pigeons, also at Horseshoe Bay Two photos of a ramp leading from the Horseshoe Bay Pier down to a little dock. Low tide was VERY low. A scarecrow and her dogs, pictured from Nanoose Bay A wispy red cirrus cloud floating by... I like the reflecting effect that the sea gives this picture A slightly blurry image of a heron flying around Nanoose Beach. My first ever attempt at macro-museum style photography. The oyster shell turned out quite well in my opinion. The worship hall at Nanoose Bay Camp, where I stayed for the week... The campfire.
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Post by Mike C on Jul 13, 2010 18:03:23 GMT -8
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Post by lmtengs on Jul 13, 2010 18:17:38 GMT -8
A couple of weeks ago, as a graduation present, I recieved a Nikon D5000 DSLR. Great shots! I envy your camera! I'm waiting for the D90's replacement to come out, then I'm going to wait a little bit longer so any glitches can be soothed away, then i'll be getting it. Right now, my D60, who I have named Pandora, is doing just fine for me What equipment do you have to go with your camera, so far? How's she making out?
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Post by Kahloke on Jul 13, 2010 18:17:41 GMT -8
Excellent photos, as usual. You have real eye for photography, and I'm sure your new camera helps in that endeavor. I still like my D80, so I guess I'll be hanging on to it for awhile.
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Post by Mike C on Jul 13, 2010 22:28:02 GMT -8
Great shots! I envy your camera! I'm waiting for the D90's replacement to come out, then I'm going to wait a little bit longer so any glitches can be soothed away, then i'll be getting it. Right now, my D60, who I have named Pandora, is doing just fine for me Is that before or after Avatar came out? What equipment do you have to go with your camera, so far? I've got 2 lenses - the 18-55 mm VR stock lens, and a 55-200 mm VR kit lens. I also scrounged about 15 filters from my parents (who used to be avid photographers), several lens hoods and a tripod. I'm very impressed. The results are vivid in colour, the movie-mode is crisp and the user interface is stellar. I can also edit photos on-camera for colour, straightening, lighting, red-eye and more. Excellent photos, as usual. You have real eye for photography, and I'm sure your new camera helps in that endeavor. Thank you It's still taking some getting used to, but I'm sure I will get it right one of these days...
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Post by lmtengs on Jul 14, 2010 13:15:31 GMT -8
Is that before or after Avatar came out? I'd named her before I'd even heard of Avatar. Many people have asked me that question. I've got 2 lenses - the 18-55 mm VR stock lens, and a 55-200 mm VR kit lens. I also scrounged about 15 filters from my parents (who used to be avid photographers), several lens hoods and a tripod. Nice! I've got the same lenses, and I'm currently looking for a lens with longer zoom, preferably ending somewhere around 400mm. In the future, I'd also like a fish-eye lens. I've got a few filters, plus my SB600 flash, a tripod, three camera cases, a lens hood, and two back-up cameras, one being an old Canon AE-1 FSLR. I've got multiple lenses and a flash for that one. I have an Aquapac, which is a waterproof casing I can put on my camera that makes it waterproof to 15 meters underwater, although I will never purposely bring it underwater, except for maybe a test to see how crisp the image turns out. I bought the Aquapac for my Tallship trip last summer in case I wanted to take photos when there was spray. I'll definitely bring it again when I go this August. I currently have 17.5 gigabytes of memory cards, the biggest being an 8gb card and the smallest being two 256 megabyte cards, and I'm getting a 1 terabyte external hard drive to store all my pictures on for my birthday. I'm very impressed. The results are vivid in colour, the movie-mode is crisp and the user interface is stellar. I can also edit photos on-camera for colour, straightening, lighting, red-eye and more. The D60 doesn't have any movie mode, but that's okay for me, because I'm looking into buying a proper camcorder in the future. The D60 also has the colour and lightening editors, although probably not as advanced as those on yours, but there's no straightener or red-eye feature, although there's a red-eye reduction setting for the camera-flash. Have fun with your camera, and treat it well! (make sure to name her!)
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Post by D'Elete BC in NJ on Jul 15, 2010 3:47:50 GMT -8
Nice! I've got the same lenses, and I'm currently looking for a lens with longer zoom, preferably ending somewhere around 400mm. In the future, I'd also like a fish-eye lens. I recently purchased a Tamron 75-300 f4-5.6 zoom for my Sony A200, and I'm pretty happy with it, especially given the fact it was under $150. Sigma also make a similarly spec'd lens which gets good reviews, too. If you really want to spend some money though, look for the Sigma APO 50-500...just don't fall over when you see the $1600 price tag! I've also been researching fish-eyes, too, and have found you can spend a little and get a screw on adaptor which I would think would give dubious results, or you can spend $400-800 and get a quality lens.
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Post by Kahloke on Jul 19, 2010 11:55:21 GMT -8
A few photos from this weekend: Mt. Rainier in her "pink moment" at sunset as seen from my girlfriend's house in Gig Harbor. It would be better without the power lines, but there's no way around that from this location. Maple Tree canopy at Point Defiance Park, Tacoma Sunlit Maple leaves at Point Defiance Park, Tacoma
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Post by EGfleet on Jul 19, 2010 14:06:06 GMT -8
A few photos from this weekend: Mt. Rainier in her "pink moment" at sunset as seen from my girlfriend's house in Gig Harbor. It would be better without the power lines, but there's no way around that from this location. Yeah...have that same problem from my front yard...different volcano, though. ;D That shot of the maple leaves is beautiful!
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