Ferry To Victoria
I had a tripod, my camera bag and a whole ferry ride to wait so why not try a time lapse off the front of the ferry?
A lot of things went wrong or were hard. The sun was in the image for most of the sailing which makes the exposure a pain. The ferry is vibrating I never got a sharp image out of the sequence. Shutter speed was between 1/125 and 1/640th so I think it was the VR elements in the lens that were shaking.
The ferry is not a stable platform but the bright moving water was very attractive to the ffmpeg image stabilization. I was un-unable to stabilize past the opening sequence.
This is 962 images, all shot at f8 with an interval of 6 seconds. I started taking photos at 2:00:37pm and finished at 3:36:43pm. Sunset was probably 4:15.
Taking Cable Ferry To Denman
This cable thing is new to me - it has been running for a few years. By riding cables instead of propellor, the ferry uses 1/4 the amount of fuel. The center cable lasts for 8 months until it is replaced and it replaces a side cable - total cable life is about 2 years. I sure hope those old rusty cables are recycled.
Alaska State Ferry Matanuska
Matanuska is a valley in Alaska and the name of a glacier. I must have been getting a little bored to be taking photos of ships that pass by, but it is a nice looking ship.
