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Post by Low Light Mike on Jun 5, 2010 21:20:33 GMT -8
Photos of Oakie, taken from Newcastle Island on a lovely Saturday June 5th. Photos from Giovando lookout, which is close to the entrance to Departure Bay. - Approaching Oakie. Nice sunny day, wake is straight.  - Ready for her approach into Departure Bay.  - Close-up: looking nice  - With the 5-Fingers islands in the background. Nice clouds.   - Entering Departure Bay   Then later, she's leaving on her 12:30(approx) sailing, bound again for Horseshoe Bay - taken from near Tyne Point.  |
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Post by Scott (Former Account) on Jun 9, 2010 22:49:40 GMT -8
Queen of Oak Bay and Queen of Chilliwack. Queen of Oak Bay approaching Departure Bay.
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Post by Scott (Former Account) on Jun 28, 2010 10:57:20 GMT -8
Oak Bay en route to Departure Bay.
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Post by Kahloke on Jun 29, 2010 18:37:06 GMT -8
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Post by lmtengs on Jul 4, 2010 12:28:07 GMT -8
Some pictures of the Oaky, taken on June 28th, 2010: I'm getting kind of bored of taking so many photos of the ferries that look exactly the same, so I've decided to lean towards less-seen angles of the ships now...  Approaching Horseshoe Bay   Her Zodiac  Lifering  Loudspeakers  more liferings:  |
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Post by Kahloke on Aug 5, 2010 17:34:24 GMT -8
Oak Bay as seen from Giovando Lookout on Newcastle Island - Aug 4, 2010:   |
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Post by FerryDude2012 on Aug 19, 2010 22:14:11 GMT -8
One pic of the Queen of Oak Bay, taken while boarding the Queen of Alberni:  |
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Post by novabus9228 on Sept 5, 2010 19:46:55 GMT -8
I Got the perfect opportunity to catch the Oak Bay's arrival into Berth 3 at HB from the Picklefork of the Queen of Cowichan on Sept 3, 2010. What is so cool, is I am so close to the ship and As the Oak Bay arrives, We depart on the 2:30pm sailing to Departure Bay.
See link for video
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Post by Low Light Mike on Sept 11, 2010 20:02:15 GMT -8
Early 1980's photos of the Oak Bay, from the booklet "BC Ferries - Exploring British Columbia's Coastal Waterways". The photography and publishing was done by John L. Barnard Photographs Ltd. of Sidney BC.  - in Active Pass  |
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Post by Alberni on Sept 15, 2010 18:50:53 GMT -8
Some pics from the summer of 1991 at Horseshoe Bay on board QofCoquitlam.  With New West which was the extra ship for route 2 that summer.  |
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Post by lmtengs on Sept 15, 2010 19:42:09 GMT -8
The 'Surrey and 'Obay look so much more distinguished with their visors on. They should've kept them, and just made them more reliable. Maybe change the operating system to the kind they use on the S-twins.
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Post by WettCoast on Sept 15, 2010 20:14:31 GMT -8
The 'Surrey and 'Obay look so much more distinguished with their visors on. They should've kept them, and just made them more reliable. Maybe change the operating system to the kind they use on the S-twins. The nicest looking of all these UCD 'end gates' were the original arches used on the Coquitlam & Cowichan.  Apparently they were not very reliable and were removed a year or two after 1976. |
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Post by Alberni on Sept 15, 2010 20:32:03 GMT -8
I wish had a chance to see those at work. I was still a toddler back then when QofCoquitlam and Cow had them.  |
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Post by lmtengs on Sept 15, 2010 20:46:28 GMT -8
The 'Surrey and 'Obay look so much more distinguished with their visors on. They should've kept them, and just made them more reliable. Maybe change the operating system to the kind they use on the S-twins. The nicest looking of all these UCD 'end gates' were the original arches used on the Coquitlam & Cowichan. Apparently they were not very reliable and were removed a year or two after 1976. Do you know why they couldn't have just perfected the machinery, or replaced the bad part with something different? Or was the bad part the visor in itself, and the replacement was removing it? |
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Post by mrdot on Sept 16, 2010 10:48:14 GMT -8
thinking about the original visors on the first double enders way back then, takes me back to the very first BC ferries, the Sidney and Tsawwassen, as built in 1960. At first the had the solid bow rail plateing and looked very good if not practical, as the bridge view became much better when they were modifyed. and the same thing applied on the double enders. mr.dot.
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Post by Low Light Mike on Sept 22, 2010 23:24:19 GMT -8
I took 2 sailings on the Oak Bay on 9/21/2010, just because of the timing of my travels on a day-trip to UBC. I tried to find some unique or off-beat photo opportunities. Here's what I found: ---------- I set up at one of the main car-deck windows, to take photos as we left Departure Bay. - here's the view towards the terminal.  Here are a couple of pano-stitches from the car decks: - from end of main car deck:  - from the gallery-deck ramp, looking back towards the stern-end of the main car deck.  --------------- When I explored the upper car-deck, I found the articulating ramp and thought of Luke. So here are a few photos of this interesting feature to the C-Class ferries. - the articulating ramp is on the inside lane.    ---------------- From the walkway below the bridge: - looking down at the coin-box  Oak Bay arriving at Horseshoe Bay at 7:00pm.  A neat spot to watch the forward (or backward) scenery, out of the wind. - this is on the Nanaimo end of the ship. At the other end, there is a crew smoke-pit here instead.  |
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Post by lmtengs on Sept 23, 2010 16:09:03 GMT -8
Are they not allowed to park vehicles on top of the ramps?
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Post by ferryfanyvr on Sept 23, 2010 18:13:24 GMT -8
Are they not allowed to park vehicles on top of the ramps? I know in the past I've seen cars parked on the ramp, once my own. It makes it quite difficult to extricate youself from your vehicle since the guardrails prevent your door from opening very far. Plus if they parked cars on the ramp and needed to use it unexpectedly due to an upper ramp malfunction at the terminal, they may not be able to lower it with cars already on it. |
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Post by Low Light Mike on Oct 2, 2010 8:08:13 GMT -8
Some more Oakie photos from a summer-like October 1st 2010: ------------ Morning sun as she arrives at 8:00am at Departure Bay:  Vehicles parked at the ends of the gallery-deck ramps:  Gallery-deck ramp, on the starboard side, as we head to HSB. - this provides a nice view on a nice day. - there are no such windows on the port-side.  Funnel and a DHC-2  ....with the Queen of Cowichan in the background.  photos from one of Oakie's solariums:   ------------ Photos from shore at Snug Cove, Bowen Island:   |
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Post by Low Light Mike on Oct 2, 2010 8:36:32 GMT -8
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Post by Scott (Former Account) on Oct 2, 2010 9:42:30 GMT -8
That's West Van on her port side, so this photo shows her outbound from Horseshoe Bay en route to Nanaimo. |
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Post by Kahloke on Oct 2, 2010 15:23:03 GMT -8
Some more Oakie photos from a summer-like October 1st 2010: ------------ Morning sun as she arrives at 8:00am at Departure Bay:  I really like this photo. Well done, sir! |
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Post by Low Light Mike on Oct 2, 2010 17:49:06 GMT -8
I really like this photo. Well done, sir! Thanks Brandon. You yourself took " The historical photo" of Chetzemoka, so far, earlier today. As for my "Oakie in the morning sun" photo, I had my light-setting left on as "fluorescent indoor" by mistake. I guess it was ok.... ;D |
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Post by glasseye on Oct 2, 2010 20:59:40 GMT -8
As for my "Oakie in the morning sun" photo, I had my light-setting left on as "fluorescent indoor" by mistake. I guess it was ok.... ;D FYI: It's pretty easy to fix white balance errors in Photoshop. Add a curves layer. Use the white point eyedropper to set the white point to the brightest, whitest, part of the image. Use the gray point eyedropper on any part of the image that should be a 50% gray. Some trial and error may be required on the gray point but it's almost always possible to get passable results. |
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Post by Low Light Mike on Oct 2, 2010 21:18:57 GMT -8
FYI: It's pretty easy to fix white balance errors in Photoshop. Add a curves layer. Use the white point eyedropper to set the white point to the brightest, whitest, part of the image. Use the gray point eyedropper on any part of the image that should be a 50% gray. Some trial and error may be required on the gray point but it's almost always possible to get passable results. Thanks Mr. Eye. - I use Google Picasa, because I don't have Photoshop, and because it's what I'm familiar with. There's likely a similar fix in Picasa, and I'll eventually get there. I'm taking it "one new tip at a time", and I thank you for yours. Much appreciated. ps: I was in your Howe Sound neighbourhood on Friday, and it was sure a spectacular weather day. A great day for photography. |
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