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Post by glasseye on Oct 2, 2010 21:35:30 GMT -8
There's likely a similar fix in Picasa, and I'll eventually get there. Unfortunately, I don't think Picasa has a curves tool. If it does have the ability to fix white balance problems, it'll be via a different tool. I don't think you need many more tips to take great shots  . You've got plenty of very good photos already. |
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Post by Mike on Oct 12, 2010 21:01:01 GMT -8
Queen of Oak Bay and Coastal Renaissance viewed from a beach on the Sunshine Coast 
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Post by Low Light Mike on Nov 28, 2010 21:13:12 GMT -8
from an archived 2006 post, done by member Wett Coast: =============  Photo by DOTIt is the Oak Bay at Tsawwassen in her first year of service, then on route 1.
Moderator Edit: Image oversized. Removed and uploaded the image to meet forum rules regarding photo dimensions. |
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Post by Low Light Mike on Dec 11, 2010 10:18:10 GMT -8
Queen of Oak Bay arriving at Horseshoe Bay berth-4, June 30, 2005:
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Post by FerryDude2012 on Dec 12, 2010 22:25:02 GMT -8
Departing Horseshoe Bay:   With the Queen of Surrey approaching:  Behind a lot of sails:  It was a perfect day: 
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Post by lmtengs on Dec 24, 2010 10:22:09 GMT -8
The Queen of Oak Bay at Horseshoe Bay, December 22nd, 2010:  A close-up of what long ago, was one of the prides of the BC Ferry fleet. She still looks better than some, though  |
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Post by Neil on Dec 27, 2010 11:56:45 GMT -8
A Christmas creation from my younger daughter, this little 'Oak Bay (in retro garb, as she described it) is now dangling from my rear view mirror.  |
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Post by Low Light Mike on Dec 27, 2010 16:01:30 GMT -8
A Christmas creation from my younger daughter, this little 'Oak Bay (in retro garb, as she described it) is now dangling from my rear view mirror. Thanks for sharing this gift with all of us. A few questions: - How do you know for sure that this isn't the 'Surrey instead of the Oak Bay? (perhaps it was made with wool from a Sunshine Coast sheep?) - Are some of the loose-threads at the ship's end meant to depict the visors at the ends of the upper car-decks? This would make sense, because of the use of pastel-blue livery. - Do you think that a German or Korean person would have been able to crochet this quicker or more efficiently? Was your daughter somehow able to do this by herself, or did she need to form a consortium with other craftspeople and then merge the components? - Can you find the cotter-pin inside the ship, or has it gone missing already? |
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Post by Neil on Dec 27, 2010 22:41:16 GMT -8
Thanks for sharing this gift with all of us. A few questions: - How do you know for sure that this isn't the 'Surrey instead of the Oak Bay? (perhaps it was made with wool from a Sunshine Coast sheep?) - Are some of the loose-threads at the ship's end meant to depict the visors at the ends of the upper car-decks? This would make sense, because of the use of pastel-blue livery. - Do you think that a German or Korean person would have been able to crochet this quicker or more efficiently? Was your daughter somehow able to do this by herself, or did she need to form a consortium with other craftspeople and then merge the components? - Can you find the cotter-pin inside the ship, or has it gone missing already? 1. I correctly guessed the 'Surrey when she gave it to me. As well, the end window on the car deck is a scale three centimetres shorter than the one on the 'Oak Bay- something that every ferry fan knows about. 2. She put the loose ends there to symbolize the inferior quality of Canadian building compared to what the ferry gods at Flensburger would have produced, had they built the ship. 3. She made this herself, without subsidy, and I think barely finished in time, just like a real Canadian yard. She used materials sourced from offshore, as Canadian wool is expensive, undependable, and hard to get. More realism. 4. The inside of the vessel is apparently made from 'fluff'. That is a good thing, since, unlike cotter pins, fluff has never been known to cause a mechanical breakdown on a BC Ferry. |
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Post by FerryDude2012 on Dec 30, 2010 19:15:26 GMT -8
Taken 2 weeks after my previous batch:     More 'Oak Bay photos can be seen with the Queen of Capilano in the "Queen of Capilano" photo thread.
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Post by Low Light Mike on Dec 31, 2010 23:05:52 GMT -8
Queen of Oak Bay, headed to the mainland on Dec.31, 2010. - photo taken from Malaspina Galleries park on Gabriola Island.  |
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Post by Low Light Mike on Jan 23, 2011 21:09:40 GMT -8
Oakie photos at sunrise on 01/22/2011. Photos taken from Pipers Lagoon park in Nanaimo. - Queen of Oak Bay approaching Nanaimo on her first trip of the morning. --------------- - just behind the 5-Fingers   - with Entrance Island and Seaspan Doris in the background. Queen of Alberni is close-by too, but out-of-frame.  - passing Snake Island.  - With Harmac's smoke in the background  - ready to enter Departure Bay  |
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Post by mrdot on Jan 23, 2011 21:47:57 GMT -8
:)congragulations to mr. horn for his evocative pics. of q. of oak bay in the sunrise/sunset setting, it seems impossible that I attended the inagural at Swartz Bay all those years ago! :)mrdot.
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Post by Neil on Feb 3, 2011 14:30:38 GMT -8
Another view of the June 30, 2005 accident at Horseshoe Bay... this photo from Ward Perrin in the Vancouver Sun, 10-14-10.  |
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Post by lmtengs on Feb 17, 2011 19:25:49 GMT -8
A very distant shot of the Queen of Oak Bay from the top of Soames Hill, near Gibsons. I could've gotten a closer shot, but I saw the Queen of Surrey coming, and decided not to wait and miss the sailing.  |
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Post by WettCoast on Apr 1, 2011 21:20:31 GMT -8
A sparkling new Queen of Oak Bay at Swartz Bay - 13 June 1981, the day of her inaugural voyage. I gather that the Oak Bay's first home port was Swartz Bay.
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Post by Kahloke on Apr 1, 2011 21:34:40 GMT -8
A sparkling new Queen of Oak Bay at Swartz Bay - 13 June 1981, the day of her inaugural voyage. I gather that the Oak Bay's first home port was Swartz Bay. Clicking on the photo will take you to my Flickr site and a larger version of this photo.
 photo © D.O.Thorne - VueScanGreat photo, Wett Coast! That photo brings back memories because the very first BC Ferry I ever rode on was Queen of Oak Bay in late August, 1981, from Tsawwassen to Swartz Bay. My dad took us on a day trip to Victoria to see the Royal Provincial Museum, and he and decided to go via Anacortes and Tsawwassen instead of taking the ferry to Sidney - we lived on Orcas then. I remember being very impressed with the Queen of Oak Bay and the ferry terminal at Tsawwassen. I had never seen such a large ferry or terminal before, especially compared to the likes of Kaleetan and Evergreen State, vessels I was much more familiar with at that time. Of course, I was only 9, so I was easily impressed. We did take the WSF ferry home from Sidney that evening, and I believe it was Evergreen State. |
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Post by mrdot on Apr 1, 2011 21:45:22 GMT -8
:)I took this shot on my way over to the inagural trip, which used one of my drawings for the occasion. I remember sitting with the former highways minster Alex Fraser, and we did a sailing out to the waters off Oak Bay! I have to think hard on those memories! :)mrdot.
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Post by Ferryman on Apr 2, 2011 8:46:36 GMT -8
One thing just to ask about that photo of the Oak Bay there, Jim/Dave.
The Oak Bay was docked in Berth 1 in the opposite direction to what she would be docked to today. Were overhead walkways used on Route 1 yet back then, or did they turn her around for the inaugural voyage? I guess the overhead walkway configuration for those ships would be the only reason why both ends aren't interchangeable to Island and Mainland terminals
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Post by WettCoast on Apr 2, 2011 9:07:35 GMT -8
The Oak Bay was docked in Berth 1 in the opposite direction to what she would be docked to today. Were overhead walkways used on Route 1 yet back then, or did they turn her around for the inaugural voyage? I guess the overhead walkway configuration for those ships would be the only reason why both ends aren't interchangeable to Island and Mainland terminals The overhead walkways were in use back then. I believe that they go back at least ten years prior to the time of this photo. I believe that most people here are aware that the V/B-class cafeterias are the reason that Vancouver Island end walkway access points are further toward midship then is the case with the mainland walkway arrangements. When I looked at this photo I said to myself "The ship is around backward, is it not?" I concluded that the reason for this would likely be due to the inaugural voyage starting and ending at Swartz Bay. Mr. DOT might have more info on this. |
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Post by mrdot on Apr 2, 2011 20:57:17 GMT -8
:)yes, I took that shot from the ferry incoming from Tsawwassen, can't remember which one, but I was shortly to board the new Oak Bay for her innagural run, which there was a complementry sketch of mine that was presented to all guests attending. she was berthed that way for this inaugral cruse, which I recall did a voyage off that municipality's shoreline, and I was chatting with Alex Fraser, and various other esteemed guests. :)mrdot.
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Post by Canucks on Apr 10, 2011 19:32:22 GMT -8
Leaving me behind as the second to last car to not get on... Unlike the rest of family though I was quite happy because that meant more photos .  |
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Post by Scott (Former Account) on Apr 17, 2011 21:57:41 GMT -8
Queen of Oak Bay nearing Departure Bay. (Photo taken this evening)
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Post by Scott (Former Account) on May 3, 2011 17:17:39 GMT -8
A couple photos taken just over an hour ago...
Queen of Oak Bay en route to Departure Bay
Queen's of Oak Bay and Cowichan at Departure Bay (Cowichan is out due to mechanical difficulties)
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. You've got plenty of very good photos already.
