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Post by deepsea on Feb 28, 2011 19:18:42 GMT -8
Hi!
I am going to Victoria this weekend. I plan on being on board the New West. I probably will try to get home on the CC. I have never been on her, yet.
Do you guys have anything, in particular that you'd like me to shoot at? I have a new DSLR that I have been itching to use on the ferries. ;D
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Post by lmtengs on Feb 28, 2011 21:08:34 GMT -8
What make and model is your camera? I have, as everyone here knows, a special soft-spot for Nikons.... If you happen to pass by the SoVI, try and get a photo of her starboard bow, near where the foot passengers disembark. I want to see how good of a fixing job the workers did on that area after they welded it back together: Taken January 23rd:
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Post by deepsea on Feb 28, 2011 22:15:25 GMT -8
Hehe, sorry to say, but it's a Canon XS. I will never go near a Nikon. No offence.
I'll try to get pictures of the SOVI. Hopefully, I can catch her before she gets into Active Pass, so I can shoot her starboard side.
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Post by deepsea on Mar 3, 2011 15:29:18 GMT -8
Sorry guys, no dice on the SOVI. I am on the New West now. Kind of weird to be surfing the net, whilst I'm floating on water.
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Post by deepsea on Mar 3, 2011 16:23:58 GMT -8
Shot all over the New West. I found, quite a few interesting things to shoot.
The weather is incredibly dreadful. It's completely socked in and rainy. Luckily, the ship still offers great opportunities to take pictures.
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Post by Low Light Mike on Mar 3, 2011 17:35:35 GMT -8
Shot all over the New West. I found, quite a few interesting things to shoot. If you'll be posting photos, please remember to keep them to within 800px wide, and then double-check. Thanks.
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Post by deepsea on Mar 3, 2011 22:19:55 GMT -8
I haven't been doing that? Sorry!!
One interesting thing that I noticed on the main car deck, there are 4 flat steel running from the top to the bottom. 2 per side. Any idea what they are? Are they covering the platform that used to be there?
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Post by lmtengs on Mar 3, 2011 22:33:08 GMT -8
I don't know what you mean. Do you have pictures of these steel plates?
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Post by Low Light Mike on Mar 4, 2011 1:32:43 GMT -8
I haven't been doing that? Sorry!! That's why we changed your NorEx picture to a link.
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Post by deepsea on Mar 5, 2011 20:33:01 GMT -8
Yep.. already back on the New West. I guess, I'll try for SOVI next weekend. At least, it's not busy tonight. I'll take more pictures of these steel walls, that I mentioned earlier.
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Post by Ferryman on Mar 5, 2011 20:48:54 GMT -8
I've just spent 19 hours on the SOVI over the past two days. I managed to snap a photo just for you tonight, Luke. It looks to me like the gates were modified to accomodate the new overhead walkway in Berth 4?
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Post by lmtengs on Mar 5, 2011 21:11:11 GMT -8
Thanks, Ferryman!
I like the smooth corner on the new railing. It's a nice modern touch.
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Post by deepsea on Mar 5, 2011 21:26:38 GMT -8
Funny, I didn't notice anything new about the railing. It was blue before, wasn't it? Berth 4 looks to be almost done. I'll take pics of the waiting area too.
I managed to do night shots before the ship left. Once we got under way, pictures turned horrible! Darned vibrations.
SOVI is hitting 18 knts in active pass! We just did 16. I thought, ferries are supposed to be slower than that?
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Post by deepsea on Mar 8, 2011 5:02:19 GMT -8
I don't know what you mean. Do you have pictures of these steel plates?
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Post by Ferryman on Mar 8, 2011 8:11:55 GMT -8
That paneling is for making that section of bulkhead fire resistant. On the outside of that section could be either where an MES station is or a Shepherd Boat. The idea is so that there isn't going to be flames licking the slide or rescue boat while they're deployed.
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Post by deepsea on Mar 8, 2011 12:33:16 GMT -8
That paneling is for making that section of bulkhead fire resistant. On the outside of that section could be either where an MES station is or a Shepherd Boat. The idea is so that there isn't going to be flames licking the slide or rescue boat while they're deployed. Thanks! That makes sense to me now.
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Post by Retrovision on Mar 8, 2011 21:34:50 GMT -8
It's nice to hear an (semi) official expanation about this, thanks.
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Post by deepsea on Mar 10, 2011 18:51:06 GMT -8
Finally am on the Coastal Celebration! I've started doing photo tour of her.
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Post by deepsea on Mar 12, 2011 19:45:52 GMT -8
Now, I am on the SOVI. I just finished my photo tour of her. She sure leans a lot, but otherwise a smooth cruise. I took a set of night shots again. Will upload in a while. My Flickr acct is already maxed out, need to go pro
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Post by lmtengs on Mar 12, 2011 20:33:24 GMT -8
Now, I am on the SOVI. I just finished my photo tour of her. She sure leans a lot, but otherwise a smooth cruise. I took a set of night shots again. Will upload in a while. My Flickr acct is already maxed out, need to go pro Note that you don't need to go pro when your account maxes out. That's a common misconception. The way it works, is Flickr only displays your most recent 200 photos on your photostream if you're a non-pro user. All the photos older than those first 200 are still kept in their database, they are not deleted from the site. The only thing is that they aren't displayed in your photostream. If you've linked your older flickr photos to other websites, like the forum, they WILL stay there. It's ONLY displaying on the Flickr site that's disabled, and ONLY for other people. YOU can still see your older photos on the Flickr site. So don't bother paying for the pro upgrade if you just use your account for forum stuff, and don't care if people see your older photos on the Flickr site or not.
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Post by deepsea on Mar 12, 2011 22:24:31 GMT -8
Yeah, I knew about that part of Flickr. I'm fine with the 200 display. Actually, I need it for the upload. BC Ferries isn't the only thing that I shoot. I am also getting into commercial photography.
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