Monthly #157 - Buses Old or New Competition

I was worried there for a while. One entry for most of the month, but then, just like buses are supposed to do, they all turn up at once. Thank goodness for that!

Well sueriley started us off and she did a fine job as well. Craquelure Bus takes a Manchester Bee bus and adds an interesting texture effect that lifts the interest in the subject. Excellent handling of the tones as well.

SSF1997's Bright Bus explodes onto the scene and there's no ignoring what the focal point of the image is. This is quirky, direct and that bus is an intriguing item in itself.

gibis offers us the same feeling I had with this competition at first, that is, a place for buses but no buses...When I was but a lad I waited for buses, but never for long as it was too tedious, so I walked instead. It may be that these passengers-to-be would have too far to walk so are destined to wait.....great bit of lateral thinking.

Head On by simonmac shows the opposite situation - a pack of buses. The colour of the main player here is dramatic and works well. Hope your girlfriend arrived safe and sound!

All Wrecked by noelcmn appeals to me as I do like dereliction as a subject. Derelict and abandoned buses have a charm of their own, maybe not the same as derelict theatres and old houses, but just as fascinating.

To Make or Not to Make by Lubbyman is another very different approach. I am impressed to hear of that trip to the loft, a dangerous place to go that can result in hours of reading old letters, being amazed by fifteen year old credit card bills and findng all sorts of long forgotten treasures. This kit is a treaure in itself, but will you do it? If you do, I promise that at some future tile I will set a competition of "Models I have made" just for you!

In the end, that was interesting. I did wonder if anyone would post an image of a Universal Serial Bus or something along those lines, but there were plenty of alternative ideasthat stretch the concept of buses. This is such a difficult chpice as the images all hit the spot, but in the end the choice has to be made.

The WINNER is gibis, with his great alternative approach of no buses.

SECOND PLACE goes to sueriley for her excellent photo manipulation.

THIRD PLACE is a draw between SSF1997 and simonmac with two bold visual statementsthat have their own stories to tell.

So thanks again all who entered, and over to gibis for our next Monthly challenge!

Thank you John for setting the competition and your insights.

I do like that winning shot!

All the best

Thank you John, and Simonmac.
My first one

Just set up the next Monthly challenge.

So the John Riley loft is similar to the one at Lubby Mansions...

Thank you, John, for a fascinating topic that I thought at first would be impossible. Then a deeply buried memory cell fired... Will I eventually make the model? Well, I've just read the first couple of pages of the instructions. And I'm confused!

Steve