(04 Aug 2015, 10:56 am)MurdnunoC wrote You all do realise that taking photographs of buses with the intent of uploading them to Flickr is, in fact, bus spotting.
You are still documenting what you've seen and most of you include fleet-numbers etc. within the descriptions anyway.
Just because you're not jotting things down on a piece of paper or ticking off buses from a fleet-list doesn't make you any less of bus-spotter than anyone who does. You are simply using a different format of engagement with the hobby.
I am fully aware of that, however, I don't like being referred to as a bus spotter because of the stereotypes that are attached to it. For that reason, I'd rather be labeled at Bus Enthusiast.
A bit like when I go to to get my train photos, most people around my age that do so HATE being called a train spotter. So do I, I am a train enthusiast.