Another month gone by, so it's time for nominations for Photo of the Month for October 2014. In addition to being shown on the actbus.net front page for a month (and added to the POTM archive), the winning photo will also be loaded to ACT Bus on Facebook and will be used as the "cover" photo for the ACT Bus Facebook page (for at least 1 week). The winner and runner-up(s) will also be included in the Photo of the Year vote.
Photos can be submitted three ways: (1) by posting to this forum topic (2) by posting on ACT Bus facebook page (3) by emailing ACT Bus - refer to "contact us".
The rules:
- photo must be user's own work or submitted with permission of the photographer
- a user may submit up to two photographs, provided they have not been submitted before
- in addition, a user may submit a photo which was previously submitted (by the same user) more than 12 months ago, provided that photo did not win Photo of the Month or Photo of the Year
The photographs must 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 the main subject of the photograph (or features prominently)
- the bus is in focus
- the fleet or registration number of the bus is identifiable (or supplied by photographer if not visible in photograph)
If possible, user should supply date or month of photo.
Refer here (http://actbus.net/?p=263) for full ACT Bus photo submission conditions.
Photos posted here need to be displayed with a width of 640 (or height if 640 if a "portrait" aspect). Photos narrower than 640 pixels will not be accepted; photos wider than 640 are required to use the option width=640 in the image tag - as follows "[img width=640]".
Submissions close midnight 23 September, Australian Eastern Standard Time.
First submission comes via twitter, from @traindriveriago:
(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BxUvdG_CYAAe8gf.jpg:large)
A further two submissions sent from Facebook, both of Bus 996:
(https://www.actbus.net/gallery/var/resizes/ACTION-Buses-Current/Renault-PR100.3/Bus-996/996_Alinga.jpg?m=1411436243)
(https://www.actbus.net/gallery/var/resizes/ACTION-Buses-Current/Renault-PR100.3/Bus-996/996_Barton.jpg?m=1411436243)
And two Facebook entries, from Peter Kane -
(https://fbcdn-sphotos-b-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-xpa1/v/t1.0-9/10636029_10154630032795150_83183162410989340_n.jpg?oh=328429c26442595f19ac812e186e3e44&oe=548AA8B8&__gda__=1417846016_60b923a9295db4a360133b2f227966e9)
(https://scontent-b-dfw.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xfp1/v/t1.0-9/10600455_10154630047550150_391771845061035951_n.jpg?oh=afe40c6e473d11197088b77cedc87ef0&oe=548D33FD)
(https://fbcdn-sphotos-e-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-xfp1/v/t1.0-9/10534165_691273614287772_5195676722041527806_n.jpg?oh=1ad397d1546871808ca299a0ed282789&oe=548CAF60&__gda__=1418273769_16ea48791cad57f8552a8f613ad67978)
Bus 322 on Plunkett Street, Chifley.
(https://fbcdn-sphotos-a-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-xap1/v/t1.0-9/10686618_691273900954410_6691771020475916569_n.jpg?oh=ef6d64fca995a6ca09c641c8cfd9c931&oe=54C31877&__gda__=1422331819_3854ed9c8d05ac0843e0cc0990be0c13)
Bus 554 on Hibberson Street, Gungahlin.
Voting has commenced - through ACT Bus on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/ACTBus). However, if you do not have a facebook account or wish to vote anonymously, simply send me a private message nominating which photos you wish to vote for (no limit) and your votes will be added to the count.
Voting will close at midnight on 30 September.