ACT Bus Forum

Slightly late this month, so timeframes will be shortened. Welcome to October photo of the month.

The rules:

● two* photographs may be submitted by each member, provided they have not been submitted before

  ◦ * a third photo may be submitted if it meets the criteria shown here (https://www.actbus.net/forum/index.php?topic=4685.0). However you may only submit a maximum of 2 photos of the same bus or of the same location.

● 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, tram or support vehicle 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 (for landscape aspect) 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 by replying to this forum topic and attaching the image; to ensure consistency, photos must be displayed with a width of 640 (or height of 640 if a "portrait" aspect) - photos larger 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].

To submit photos from Instagram, you must post a reply with a caption and paste the URL of the Instagram image. Photos not publicly visible cannot be submitted. We will not accept unhosted photos - they must be stored on a photo hosting site (such as Instagram, Flickr or Facebook).

Submissions close midnight 29 September, Australian Eastern standard time unless fewer than 6 photos have been submitted.

Voting will commence on 30 September (if there are 6 or more photos). Voting will take 3 days and close 2/3 October.

The winning photo will be loaded to the actbus.net website and posted to ACT Bus on Facebook and Instagram. 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 and Instagram pages.

(https://www.actbus.net/wp-content/gallery/bus-377/Bus377-Kippax-1.jpg)
Bus 377 in its former AOA

(https://www.actbus.net/wp-content/gallery/tram-003/Tram003-Northbourne-Antill.jpg)
Tram 003 crossing Antill St

(https://www.actbus.net/wp-content/gallery/bus-748/Bus748-BelcCBS-1.jpg)
Bonus category: Bus 748 at Belconnen Community Interchange

(https://i.postimg.cc/44Ds8cTL/IMG-0979.jpg)
BUS800 at Chapman Terminus

(https://i.postimg.cc/DfJ7dgR4/IMG-1270.jpg)
BUS476 on Melbourne Ave

(https://i.postimg.cc/65BtJXyn/IMG-0480.jpg)
BUS349 at Chapman Terminus

We have the required minimum quantity of photos. Voting is now open, winner revealed Thursday morning.