Poll
Question:
Photo of the Month - voting
Option 1: 420 - Woden Bus Station
votes: 1
Option 2: 643 - Mort St City
votes: 1
Option 3: 971 & 644 - City West
votes: 1
Option 4: TRAM 009 - Flemington Road
votes: 5
Option 5: 311 - Flemington Road
votes: 1
Option 6: 109 - Bowes Street
votes: 5
Option 7: 302 & 464 - Flemington Road
votes: 3
Option 8: 977 - Flemington Road
votes: 3
Option 9: 108 - Brierly Street
votes: 5
Option 10: 644 - Bradley Street
votes: 7
Option 11: 579 - London Circuit
votes: 2
Option 12: 452 - Camilleri Way
votes: 2
Option 13: 575 - Erindale Drive
votes: 1
Option 14: 920 & 921 - Tuggeranong Depot
votes: 2
Submissions are open for Photo of the Month (October). And here's the rules:
The winning photo will be loaded to the actbus.net website and posted to ACT Bus on Facebook. The winner and runner(s)-up will also be included in the Photo of the Year vote. By submitting a photo, you are giving permission for it to be loaded onto the ACT Bus Gallery and Facebook page.
- two* photographs may be submitted by any one person, provided they have not been submitted before
- photos must be "owned" by the person submitting it (if not, you must have the permission of the photographer to submit the photo - and identify the photographer)
- photos must be have taken legally - ACT Bus does not encourage or condone trespassing
- submitted photographs must prominently feature:
- public transport infrastructure (such as bus stop, bus station, bus depot, Light Rail line, tram depot) within the ACT / Queanbeyan region (location must be specified)
and/or
- a bus or tram from the ACT or Queanbeyan (taken within the region or a former ACT/Queanbeyan bus) where -
- the vehicle is in focus
- the fleet or registration number is identifiable (or supplied by photographer if not visible in photograph)
[li]photos narrower than 640 pixels will not be accepted
If possible, please supply date or month of photo.
Refer here (http://actbus.net/gallery-submissions/) for full ACT Bus photo submission conditions.
Photos can be submitted four ways: (1) by posting to this forum topic (2) by posting on ACT Bus Facebook page (http://www.facebook.com/ACTBus) (and mentioning POTM) (3) by tweeting to @actbus or @actbusspotter (4) by contacting ACT Bus (submit a "contact us" form, send a message to our Facebook page or send me a Private Message) - and we'll send you an email address.
Unhosted photos may be uploaded into the ACT Bus Gallery which will apply a watermark. Requests to remove the watermark will not be considered.
* To update our Wiki images, this month we are seeking photos of
- Irisbus Agora Line (near-side image)
- Scania L94UB (off-side image)
- MAN 18.310 CNG (near-side image)
- MAN 18.320 (off-side image)
- 301 303 or 319 in current AOA wrap
If you submit a photo (or two) meeting any of these criteria#, you may post up to three photos but you may only submit a maximum of 2 photos of the same bus.
To ensure consistency, photos must be displayed with a width of 640 (or height if 640 if a "portrait" aspect) - photos wider than 640 are required to use the option width=640 or height=640 in the image tag. For example: [img width=640] instead of [img].
Submissions close midnight 26 September, Australian Eastern standard Time.
Voting will commence on 27 September. Voting will close on 1 October.
# additional requirements: photo must be from 2018, for Irisbus Agora Lines desto must be Hanover LED; excludes buses in AOA livery
(https://i.imgur.com/2laWyeu.jpg)
420 at Woden
(https://i.imgur.com/aJLctcf.jpg)
643 at City
(https://i.imgur.com/OuwNdQ8.jpg)
971 & 644
(https://c2.staticflickr.com/2/1866/29799545697_04d7b7de32_z.jpg) (https://c2.staticflickr.com/2/1866/29799545697_04d7b7de32_h.jpg)
Transport Canberra LRV 009 is seen on Flemington Road before Wizard Street undergoing daylight testing
(https://c2.staticflickr.com/2/1862/44686815462_994f62b246_z.jpg) (https://c2.staticflickr.com/2/1862/44686815462_994f62b246_h.jpg)
BUS-311 (Irisbus Agoraline) is seen on Flemington Road before Wizard Street
(https://c2.staticflickr.com/2/1874/29799561317_5c177de223_z.jpg) (https://c2.staticflickr.com/2/1874/29799561317_5c177de223_h.jpg)
BUS-109 (Renault PR100.3) is seen departing Woden Interchange on a route 6 service to City West. The demolition of 15 Bowes Street to make way for a new apartment block is just beginning
(https://c2.staticflickr.com/2/1890/44738625691_77bfdf8bca_b_d.jpg)
BUS 302 (https://flic.kr/p/2bap9Kn) by Zac Mathes (https://www.flickr.com/photos/zacmathes/), on Flickr
BUS 302 on Flemington Road operating a route 252 trailed by BUS 464 operating a route 200
(https://c2.staticflickr.com/2/1898/44738624771_ee3e76470e_b_d.jpg)
BUS 977 (https://flic.kr/p/2bap9tv) by Zac Mathes (https://www.flickr.com/photos/zacmathes/), on Flickr
BUS 977 on Flemington Road operating a route 259
(https://c2.staticflickr.com/2/1856/42928977930_60fc0347b6_b_d.jpg)
BUS 108 (https://flic.kr/p/28puevU) by Zac Mathes (https://www.flickr.com/photos/zacmathes/), on Flickr
BUS 108 departing Cooleman Court on a city bound route 182
(https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1865/43618853614_9558dd8a0f_k.jpg)
644 lays over on Bradley St at Woden Bus Station under the full moon.
(https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1892/29843309817_717f26875a_k.jpg)
579 lays over on London Cct near University Avenue.
(https://www.actbus.net/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Factbus.net%2Fgallery%2Fzp-core%2Fi.php%3Fa%3DACTION-Buses-Current%2FMAN-18-320%2FBus-452%26amp%3Bi%3DBus-452-Camilleri-Way.jpg%26amp%3Bs%3D640%26amp%3Bcw%3D0%26amp%3Bch%3D0%26amp%3Bq%3D85%26amp%3Bwmk%3DW18%26amp%3Bcheck%3Dcb10e5f22ac901e47333372e82c3ab4de17bb344&hash=57bdb2cf8ba43e5e7dc9d6cebb2a10183e024a05)
452 operates the final stretch of a route 200 into Gungahlin along Camilleri Way.
(https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1927/43072506610_fca7f54bda_z.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/28CaRAj)
Bus 575 (Erindale Dr) (https://flic.kr/p/28CaRAj) by Ryu Callaway (https://www.flickr.com/photos/156342155@N08/), on Flickr
Bus 575 dead runs on Erindale Dr (15/9/18)
(https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1817/42049249275_7876d64957_z.jpg)
Trainer buses 921 and 920 jailed at Tuggeranong Bus Station (https://flic.kr/p/274KoQt) by Ryu Callaway (https://www.flickr.com/photos/156342155@N08/), on Flickr
Trainer buses 921 and 920 jailed at Tuggeranong Bus Station (8/1/18)
Voting is open. You can vote for up to 6 photos.
Voting may close anytime after midnight 1 October if there is a winner.
To mark the upgrade of all the Irisbuses to Hanover LED displays, the bonus category for next month will be Irisbus Agora Lines with an LED display - but only where a photo doesn't already exist - and also Bus 301 in its AOA wrap. The full list will be published when the POTM topic for November is posted.