Question:
Photo of the Month - April
Option 1: 724 at Woden Interchange
votes: 3
Option 2: 1105-MO on London Cct
votes: 0
Option 3: 561 at Woden Bus Station
votes: 0
Option 4: 977 entering Woden Bus Station
votes: 5
Option 5: 550 on Forest Dr
votes: 2
Option 6: 557 at Aikman Dr layover
votes: 2
Time to call for entries for Photo of the Month.
The winning photo will be loaded to the actbus.net front page for a month (and added to the POTM archive) and posted to ACT Bus on Facebook. The winner and runner-up(s) 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.
The rules:
- photo 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)
- two* photographs may be submitted by any one person, provided they have not been submitted before
- submitted photographs must prominently feature:
- bus infrastructure (such as bus stop, bus station, bus depot) within the ACT / Queanbeyan region (location must be specified)
and/or
- a bus from the ACT or Queanbeyan (taken within the region or a former ACT/Queanbeyan bus) where -
- the bus is in focus
- the fleet or registration number of the bus is identifiable (or supplied by photographer if not visible in photograph)
- 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 three ways: (1) by posting to this forum topic (2) by posting on ACT Bus facebook page (and mentioning POTM) (3) by emailing ACT Bus (submit a "contact us" form and we'll send you an email address).
*
This month we are seeking photos of: all over advertising buses (current or past). If you submit such a photo, you may still submit 2 other new photos.
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 in the image tag - as follows "[img width=640]".
Submissions close midnight
24 March, Australian Eastern Daylight savings Time.
Voting will commence on 25 March. Voting will be opened to guests as well as members. Voting will close on 1 April.
First submission is this 1991 photo from Peter Kane of 724 at Woden Interchange (ACT Bus Gallery version)
(https://www.actbus.net/gallery/var/resizes/ACTION-Buses-Disposals/Renault-PR180.2-Mk1/Bus-724/Bus%20724%20-%20Woden%20Interchange.jpg?m=1392540793)
And from me, something completely different: NSW 1105-MO, Bega Valley Coaches Denning Phoenix parked outside CMAG.
(https://scontent-lax.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xfp1/v/t1.0-9/1907473_10152773781917945_8943129164119572644_n.jpg?oh=7de51513b02c245eaa278f9308f69d83&oe=55758EF9)
(https://fbcdn-sphotos-d-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-xpf1/v/t1.0-9/11008480_1387995181515526_2162903082306100479_n.jpg?oh=2d8b6905cfefac6a945df6317ce237a9&oe=55738572&__gda__=1434543181_daabf7e99a66ac6f9428898e02ac88e9)
Here is a shot of 561 within a few weeks of entering service at Woden Interchange.
(https://scontent-nrt.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xpa1/t31.0-8/p720x720/11025920_1400751393573238_3481698195143537398_o.jpg)
And 977 with the full AOA on the offside.
(https://www.actbus.net/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ftapatalk.imageshack.com%2Fv2%2F15%2F03%2F14%2F5e26f31fba6f066cdf6d9307c1980f6f.jpg&hash=5cc3e9fe97f5286ffb5b5c80f83fb6413344fbd3)
Bus 550 coming down Dairy Farmers Hill.
(https://www.actbus.net/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ftapatalk.imageshack.com%2Fv2%2F15%2F03%2F14%2F451d7c198de8dd02e4ee0b198b37876d.jpg&hash=07614ed2fd16eb572781dcdd40fe4b0739a3bb52)
For something different, Bus 557 at Aikman Drive Layover.