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Post by Retrovision on May 15, 2007 0:10:50 GMT -8
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Post by Retrovision on May 16, 2007 0:39:47 GMT -8
Here's one that I recently published on my fotopic site  Orion V 'Express Bus' sitting on Dunsmuir at Howe downtown, waiting to leave as a #311 via Hwy. 99 as far as Hwy. 10 and Scott Rd. / 72nd Ave.
www.masstransport2010.fotopic.net/p41118692.html |
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Post by Retrovision on May 16, 2007 23:46:06 GMT -8
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Post by Retrovision on May 23, 2007 7:31:17 GMT -8
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Post by Retrovision on Jun 13, 2007 18:00:42 GMT -8
CMBC's Orion V R9203, formerly the second TrainBus, adding a morning trip parallel to West Coast Express, having blue paint on the bus changed to purple for the time (Note the horizontal hinge along the side advertisement; for TrainBus service this pannel was flipped to show the WCE logo)
Orion V R9265 northbound on Hwy. 99, near the soon-to-be terminus for all suburban routes south that currently go all the way to downtown Vancouver at the Oak Street Bridge
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Post by Scott on Jun 15, 2007 18:59:49 GMT -8
Is this a special capability built into your camera or do you actually have to move the camera with the object and "hope" for the best?
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Post by WettCoast on Jun 15, 2007 19:36:00 GMT -8
 Panning is done by viewing the subject in the camera's viewfinder while moving the camera as the subject (train, bus, etc.) moves, trying to keep the subject in about the same place in the viewfinder frame. While doing this you release the shutter button. Cameras which take multiple pictures as the shutter is kept depressed help in the process. The other item is the shutter speed. It needs to be relatively slow - say 1/50 of a second so that the background ends up being motion blurred. |
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Post by Retrovision on Jun 15, 2007 19:41:36 GMT -8
Is this a special capability built into your camera or do you actually have to move the camera with the object and "hope" for the best? Personally I'm a 'hope for the best' kind of photographer, along with judging lighting conditions, etc., ahead of time, when it comes to panning photography, making one attempt usually per pass of whatever vehicle it may be, mainly because of the number of opportunities I'm afforded as a transit user. |
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Post by Retrovision on Jul 9, 2007 7:08:45 GMT -8
This photo is probably my lowest light and earliest in the morning successful panning shot yet, taken at just before 0500 in the morning the day that I went to the bluffs of Tsawwassen to capture images of the ' Alberni before going back into service recently after her MLU. It was taken from the fist bus of the morning south, turning from southbound Hwy.17 onto southbound 56th Street. This sight, a northbound bus with a Vancouver destination sign, will soon be a thing of the past as once the Canada Line between Vancouver and the airport and Richmond is completed in 2009 all suburban bus services from the south that now terminate in Downtown Vancouver will terminate at Bridgeport Station next to the River Rock Casino in Richmond at the Oak Street Bridge, forcing commuters to change from a nice air conditioned bus on those routes to a crowded train. Unfortunately, with transit users long marginalized in the Vancouver area due to lack of funding, this is the way things have been done since the days of the original SkyTrain line and extentions, a way of justifying the line through numbers of people riding, even though most similar major city centres around North America have embraced the concept of appealing to the business commuter by operating a network of express buses parallel to rapid transit lines in order to not alienate people who would go back to their cars in a heartbeat rather than have to not only transfer midway but be packed onto trains where a choice of seats has been given to those who have already boarded at earlier stops if they even find one and don't have to stand, which eventually will be a standard expectation of all commuters on the line, not finding a seat at rush hour, as we see on our current SkyTrain system today.  |
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Post by Retrovision on Jul 9, 2007 11:35:48 GMT -8
Same bus after mine had completed the turn
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Post by Retrovision on Jul 9, 2007 19:33:35 GMT -8
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Post by Retrovision on Aug 3, 2007 17:15:24 GMT -8
CMBC's Orion V R9203, formerly the second TrainBus, adding a morning trip parallel to West Coast Express, having blue paint on the bus changed to purple for the time (Note the horizontal hinge along the side advertisement; for TrainBus service this pannel was flipped to show the WCE logo) Soon after posting this I realized that my memory on this is actually hazy and I seem to remember that being a difference with 9203 as it was the second TrainBus of its type, now served by traditional highway coach (ironically the same kind of 'highway coach' that was advertised in line drawings before the arrival of our fleet of the same 9200s, Orion V units branded as 'Express Coach' service). 9203 didn't, I don't think, have the blue in its colour scheme painted purple like the first, 9201. |
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Post by Mike C on Aug 4, 2007 18:53:24 GMT -8
Ah, the thread says 'Panning for Transit', not specifying any particular system (that's right Mod-Squad, you can't bust me for THIS daring move  ) So, without further ado, I present to you: TheBus in Hawaii, the local transit system of The Aloha State's Oahu Island, providing service in and around Honolulu, and connecting towns for a dirt cheap fare of $1. This is a D60-LF, the same type of bus served on Vancouver's 98/99 B-Lines. |
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Post by BreannaF on Aug 31, 2007 17:57:20 GMT -8
This sight, a northbound bus with a Vancouver destination sign, will soon be a thing of the past as once the Canada Line between Vancouver and the airport and Richmond is completed in 2009 all suburban bus services from the south that now terminate in Downtown Vancouver will terminate at Bridgeport Station next to the River Rock Casino in Richmond at the Oak Street Bridge, forcing commuters to change from a nice air conditioned bus on those routes to a crowded train. Unfortunately, with transit users long marginalized in the Vancouver area due to lack of funding, this is the way things have been done since the days of the original SkyTrain line and extentions, a way of justifying the line through numbers of people riding, even though most similar major city centres around North America have embraced the concept of appealing to the business commuter by operating a network of express buses parallel to rapid transit lines in order to not alienate people who would go back to their cars in a heartbeat rather than have to not only transfer midway but be packed onto trains where a choice of seats has been given to those who have already boarded at earlier stops if they even find one and don't have to stand, which eventually will be a standard expectation of all commuters on the line, not finding a seat at rush hour, as we see on our current SkyTrain system today. I was just giving this concept some thought, and there seems to be something of a misunderstanding among our planners about best solutions for different purposes. There is a need for services such as the Canada Line, but we are fooling ourselves if we don't understand just what it's purpose is. This line serves a function similar to that of the B-Line buses, or to a certain extent, most of the Skytrain System. It does serve to get people to a local destination faster by cutting out many of the stops along the way. Perhaps we can call this a "local express" service of some sort. But the point is, it serves a purpose closer into the city. The Canada Line seems to also serve this same purpose. To that end, having a 601 drop off its passengers off at a Canada Line Station for the rest of the trip in to Vancouver makes no more sense than dropping off the passengers at a random 98-B stop along the way. The express buses from the suburbs serve a purpose similar to the West Coast Express train -- a true express with limited or no stops between the outlying areas and downtown. That is a service that needs to be preserved. Actually, if they wanted to build a train that was non-stop from Richmond to Vancouver, and have some of the current express routes feed into it, that might make some sense. But the current system doesn't seem too broken at this point. A West Coast Express to Richmond, Delta, South Surrey, wherever? With more feeder routes to get passengers to it? Why not. But that's a lot different than transferring people to the Canada Line. It was just designed for a different purpose. Aaaawww -- just keep the buses. |
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Post by Retrovision on Sept 3, 2007 1:36:38 GMT -8
I appreciate your support of my point, BryanK. Subscription premium transit services have been well-established even now in North America, in the U.S. specifically, when it comes to the demand out there already (just check out the Bay Area of California, for example, www.sanjoaquinrtd.com/commuter/default.htm - each of these buses you must either subscribe to (reserve ahead of time for a set period of time) or pay a premium price for a return ticket for the day - or even just a general google search for 'subscription-transit', www.google.ca/search?hl=en&q=subscription-transit&meta=), let alone when it comes to the potential demand for regular commuter express services utilizing actual "highway coaches" that have been brought to practically every major city centre on our continent - not modified coaches on transit bus chassis like here in the Vancouver area where comfort is priority well behind looks - and it's about time that we as a province stop clinging to the fad of investing in flashy yet impractical forms of rapid/other transit as we have until now through SkyTrain technology and unfomforable yet sometimes enjoyably air conditioned "express coahces", as they are branded as. |
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Post by Mike C on Sept 3, 2007 10:33:26 GMT -8
 Again, TheBus - Oahu Islands' dirt-cheap transit system |
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