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Post by lmtengs on Aug 25, 2012 14:19:03 GMT -8
Wow, so now she's worked for BCF, Victoria Line, Clipper Navigation, and now Staten Island Ferries  |
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Post by Low Light Mike on Aug 25, 2012 14:28:12 GMT -8
I'm very happy with this set of "Burnaby from the Beach" photos. - My spot on the beach ended up being a great sight line for her turn-around. - this set from 6:38am on August 25, 2012.   Awaiting my command.    The shady side of the 'Burnaby  I like how you can see the sunshine through the port-side windows in the forward lounge.  |
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Post by Low Light Mike on Aug 25, 2012 15:14:53 GMT -8
Curves of a Spaulding....   |
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Post by Cat320DL on Aug 25, 2012 17:25:24 GMT -8
Oh wow these are vary nice shot's !
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Post by Low Light Mike on Aug 25, 2012 19:16:01 GMT -8
Queen of Burnaby at sunrise on August 25, 2012. - she's made her turn and is headed for Powell River.     - I'll finish the set tomorrow, with shots of her heading across the strait. I'm pleased with the results of this photo-trip; well worth the drive. ....but the drive was fun too. ;D |
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Post by Queen of Nanaimo Teen on Aug 25, 2012 19:55:35 GMT -8
From my window here in this Hostel in Powell River, I watched the Queen of Burnaby come in and depart. There was a good handful of cars coming off the ship, but only 3 cars loaded for Comox. For a 192 capacity vessel, I felt awfully bad..
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Post by Ferryman on Aug 25, 2012 21:22:49 GMT -8
Wow, that paint job sure didn't last long....
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Post by Low Light Mike on Aug 26, 2012 13:56:21 GMT -8
Final set of 'Burnaby photos from my August 25, 2012 visit to the beach at Comox. - sailing across the strait, shortly after sunrise.    Bye Bye Burnaby  |
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Post by mrdot on Aug 26, 2012 15:07:55 GMT -8
:)your latest posted images of the Bby. sailing off into the sunset, puts me to thinking of a spiritual song Rosemary sings of the beautiful isle of somewhere, let's hope she isn't the next one off to the mexican re-cyclers! mrdot.  |
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Post by Cat320DL on Aug 26, 2012 16:06:07 GMT -8
Wow just wow these shot's are amazing !
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Post by Low Light Mike on Sept 8, 2012 21:43:01 GMT -8
Queen of Burnaby at 8:30pm on Sept.8, 2012, seen from beach at Little River. - she was testing her emergency evacuation systems.  - more photos to come, in the next few days. |
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Post by Low Light Mike on Sept 9, 2012 7:20:11 GMT -8
Queen of Burnaby at dawn, on September 8, 2012. - Little River BC terminal.     --------------------- Her sun-lit Spaulding face, while underway.  |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 9, 2012 12:54:05 GMT -8
Queen of Burnaby at dawn, on September 8, 2012. - Little River BC terminal. --------------------- Her sun-lit Spaulding face, while underway. I really like those first 2 shots Mike! Did you get a new camera? |
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Post by Low Light Mike on Sept 9, 2012 14:19:54 GMT -8
I really like those first 2 shots Mike! Did you get a new camera? Thanks. - No new camera. Same old Canon point-and-shoot, using its sunset-mode, and a tripod. But I am starting to warm-up to the idea of getting a new camera. But I've still got some stuff to learn and use on my current camera, so I'm not in a rush to upgrade. |
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Post by Low Light Mike on Sept 9, 2012 16:55:04 GMT -8
Oddball images from Queen of Burnaby on Sept.8, 2012 Morning good-light view inside the upper mid-ship lounge  Port-side platform deck  Spaulding signature.  |
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Post by Low Light Mike on Sept 9, 2012 20:14:48 GMT -8
The DBC chutes and life-rafts on the Queen of Burnaby were tested on September 8, 2012, in the evening. - the day's final round-trip was cancelled for this regulatory test. I took the 5:15pm sailing from Powell River to Comox, and after the sailing ended at Comox, I simply drove over to Singing Sands Rd. beach in hopes of watching and photographing the action. They backed-up the ship a bit in the berth to do the tests. Well, I couldn't see any of the starboard side action, but eventually people gathered on the port-side and I knew that something was up. I heard the magic words on the loudspeaker "Deploy Deploy Deploy" and then a splash. - I started shooting photos. Here is my photo essay on the event, meant to be viewed as a series of rapid-fire photos showing the stages of the deployment. First off, the Chute deployment: - The time-lapse between my first & last photo of this set is 9 minutes, but most of the action happens in the first 2 minutes. ======================== The chute door looks ajar...  Deploy Deploy Deploy        The chute base is fully inflated now.      Up to this point (3 minutes elapsed time), the chutes were fairly vertical. - Then it took 6 more minutes to pull chutes out to a more diagonal angle away from the base of the ship.    --------------------- (next up, the dropping of the life-raft canister - see next post) |
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Post by Low Light Mike on Sept 9, 2012 20:33:19 GMT -8
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Post by Low Light Mike on Sept 10, 2012 9:20:16 GMT -8
Queen of Burnaby's 8:10am departure from Westview. - Sept.8, 2012 AUDIO of her horn: ---------------      With the Comox Glacier  |
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Post by mrdot on Sept 10, 2012 11:25:26 GMT -8
:)just contemplating having to do a rapid escape on this contraption is mindblowing for this senior citizen, but my morning old style mail includes the latest ferries wave newsletter with Mike's kelsey bay shot of the new northern wonderboot! a real nice shot, from were we used to dock the QPR, all those years ago! :)mrdot.
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Post by Low Light Mike on Sept 10, 2012 18:50:58 GMT -8
Queen of Burnaby seen from the beach at Singing Sands Rd. in Little River BC. - The evening of September 8, 2012 Her final round trip of the day was cancelled, so that they could do a regulatory test of her evacuation systems. Nice angle of her backing out of the berth for the test. I like the bottom hull form  Series of photos with the changing evening sky (yes the 'Burnaby is in there, somewhere....)    Just before I left, to drive home. I'm glad that I had packed my head-lamp.  |
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Post by lmtengs on Sept 10, 2012 20:50:46 GMT -8
I absolutely love sunsets like that one, Flug. Great series.
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Post by Low Light Mike on Sept 21, 2012 20:37:04 GMT -8
Queen of Burnaby being leashed at Westview berth. - September 21, 2012. Sorry about the grainy photos, I had to crop in order to show the line being tossed and tightened. Tossed:  Grabbed:  Tightened:  Leashed:  |
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Post by Low Light Mike on Sept 23, 2012 7:17:09 GMT -8
Queen of Burnaby nearing Westview, on September 21, 2012. Straight-on Spaulding grin  With Seaspan Commander and her tandem tow   Spaulding face, with NIP in background.  |
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Post by Cat320DL on Sept 23, 2012 11:00:33 GMT -8
Great shot's Love the 1st one.
Kyle
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Post by Low Light Mike on Sept 23, 2012 11:43:28 GMT -8
Great shot's Love the 1st one. Kyle Thanks Kyle. It took me a while, but I'm finally making use of the "rapid fire" mode on my camera, so that I can capture those precise head-on moments of a ship's movement. |
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