POTM September 2024

Started by Barry Drive, August 25, 2024, 09:42:51 AM

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Photo of the Month

750 - Cohen St
3 (50%)
593 - Gungahlin Pl
0 (0%)
979 - Woden Interchange
2 (33.3%)
980 - Templestowe Av
5 (83.3%)
758 - Cowper St
0 (0%)
356 - Sutherland Cres
1 (16.7%)

Total Members Voted: 6

Voting closed: September 02, 2024, 10:53:00 PM

Barry Drive

Nominations for Photo of the Month now open.

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 - or any AOA bus or tram. 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 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 27 August, Australian Eastern standard time unless fewer than 6 photos have been submitted.

Voting will commence on 28 August. Voting will close 31 August/1 September.

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.

Barry Drive

#1
I'll start us off:


Bus 750 - Cohen Street


Bus 593 - Gungahlin Place

743


Renault PR100.2 Mk2 BUS 979 at Woden Temporary Interchange on a rare evening outing, 24 July 2024.


Renault PR100.2 Mk2 BUS 980 has just turned on to Templestowe Avenue, Conder, 2 August 2024.


Bonus category - AOA Renault PR100.2 Mk1 BUS 758 on Cowper Street, Dickson, June 2010.

Barry Drive

Nominations will remain open for a further 24 hours.

L94UBbusfan

#4
BUS 356 in Defence Bank AOA on Sutherland Crescent



https://drive.google.com/file/d/137U6c9zEscIZXF8Y6MVImCc1i7VxOhaH/view?usp=sharing


Sorry if I am too late, or the photo does not work. If the photo is not working I am happy to email it somewhere for submission.


⚠️ photo uploaded to a free image hosting site (postimages.org)

Barry Drive

Voting is now open. Votes close on Monday night.