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Canberra Region Multimedia => Photo of the Month => Topic started by: Barry Drive on June 20, 2020, 10:44:50 AM

Poll
Question: Photo of the Month
Option 1: 110 - Cowper St votes: 3
Option 2: 962 - Wanganeen Ave votes: 1
Option 3: 688 - Box Hill Ave votes: 1
Option 4: 113, 946, 979, 968 & 964 - Woden votes: 2
Option 5: 123 - Kambah Pool Rd votes: 1
Option 6: 115 - Hoskins St votes: 4
Title: POTM July 2020
Post by: Barry Drive on June 20, 2020, 10:44:50 AM
Good news everyone. Photo of the Month is accepting new photos.

The rules:

● two* photographs may be submitted by any one person, provided they have not been submitted before

● * This month we are seeking photos of "Renault PR100.3s"¹. If you submit a photo (or two) meeting this criterion, you may post up to three photos but you may only submit a maximum of 2 photos of the same bus.

● 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)

● photos narrower than 640 pixels will not be accepted

If possible, please supply date or month of photo.

efer 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 (and mentioning POTM) (3) by tweeting to @actbus or @BarryDrive2601 (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 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 June, Australian Eastern standard time.

Voting will commence on 27 June. Voting will close 1 July.

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.

1 - bonus category includes "PR100.3a" and may be recent or old photos.
Title: Re: POTM July 2020
Post by: Snorzac on June 20, 2020, 11:35:22 AM
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49900963717_f37aac1cc4_z.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2j2ztZp)
BUS 110-1756 (https://flic.kr/p/2j2ztZp) by Zac Mathes (https://www.flickr.com/photos/zacmathes/), on Flickr
BUS 110 is seen on Cowper Street, Dickson operating the 1018 school service

(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49900139103_3b873d4718_z.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2j2vfRV)
BUS 962-1635 (https://flic.kr/p/2j2vfRV) by Zac Mathes (https://www.flickr.com/photos/zacmathes/), on Flickr
BUS 962 is seen on Wanganeen Ave Ngunnawal operating a route 27 to Gungahlin.

(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49900963607_d82cde9834_z.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2j2ztXv)
BUS 688-1953 (https://flic.kr/p/2j2ztXv) by Zac Mathes (https://www.flickr.com/photos/zacmathes/), on Flickr
BUS 688 is seen opposite to Lanyon Market Place prior to operating a Tuggeranong bound route 80
Title: Re: POTM July 2020
Post by: King of Buses on June 20, 2020, 10:52:08 PM
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50025143778_433e7520cb_o.jpg)
4/6 of which are now withdrawn: 113, 946, 979, 970, 968 and 964 lay over at Woden Interchange.

(https://www.actbus.net/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Factbus.net%2Fgallery%2Fzp-core%2Ffull-image.php%3Fa%3DACTION-Buses-Disposals%2FRenault-PR100-3%2FBus-123%26amp%3Bi%3DBus123-Kambah-Pool-Road.jpg%26amp%3Bq%3D75%26amp%3Bwmk%3Dzenlogo%26amp%3Bdsp%3DProtected%2520view%26amp%3Bcheck%3Da057e65482fc7459bddfa0bedc5941649911c420&hash=f087c3dba4156a9a6b4d75c89c5013f009112f6d)
123 operates a route 71 to Woden along Kambah Pool Road, Kambah.

(https://www.actbus.net/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Factbus.net%2Fgallery%2Fzp-core%2Ffull-image.php%3Fa%3DACTION-Buses-Disposals%2FRenault-PR100-3%2FBus-115%26amp%3Bi%3DBus115-Hoskins-Street.jpg%26amp%3Bq%3D75%26amp%3Bwmk%3Dzenlogo%26amp%3Bdsp%3DProtected%2520view%26amp%3Bcheck%3Da057e65482fc7459bddfa0bedc5941649911c420&hash=8b08418c4eaec1b3b778ec92bd0a9e4b589308f2)
115 operates a route 18 along Hoskins Street, Mitchell.
Title: Re: POTM July 2020
Post by: Barry Drive on June 27, 2020, 10:15:56 AM
Was hoping for more than 6 photos, but anyway: voting has commenced.