The comparison between those two pictures brings up an issue that surprised me in the 2015 IBR. One of the two riders above did not try and match the picture provided in the rally book.
I have ridden in quite a few rallies. If the rally book says to take a picture of the "Fredericksburg Battlefield Visitors Center", I would have taken a picture similar to Barry's picture. If there is a sign in the picture that clearly reads "Fredericksburg Battlefield Visitors Center", then I would suggest that there can be little doubt in the scorer's mind that I took a picture of the correct building. However, Paul's photo more closely resembles the picture in the rally book here.
I do not remember any instructions from the 2015 IBR rider meeting where the rally books were handed out that we were to attempt to best match the picture provided in the rally book. So, I went through Leg 1 giving those pictures little thought. Many others apparently did the same as at the rider meeting before Leg 2, we were "reprimanded" as a group for NOT matching the photos and therefore making the scoring process more difficult. Other than the Big Money Rally, I had never ridden in a rally where matching the provided picture was the bonus requirement. I made a point of doing that on Legs 2 and 3, but had to change my normal bonus stop routine. Not a big deal, it probably added 30 seconds to a minute at each bonus stop. I tried to look at the picture for the next bonus as I was leaving every bonus, that way I would be more likely to ride up and park in a good spot to take the desired photo (I do the same thing for the Big Money Rally). Taking the time to match the photos definitely made scoring fly by much more quickly. I think my Leg 3 photos were scored about 20 minutes faster than my Leg 1 photos were scored.
An example from Leg 1 which made scoring challenging. Take a photo of your motorcycle with the Alan Bible Visitor Center in the background. Photo from rally book:
My photo (about four people took a photo from the same perspective while I was at this bonus). There were no identifying words or signs on the actual building:
The scorer has the sample photo on his computer screen. It is not clear that my photo is taken at the correct location. Now, it is reasonable to make that assumption given the shape of the roof, the presence of the palm trees, etc... but it still involves a lengthy conversation.
A second example regarding the sample photos provided in the IBR rally books. If I have time when planning my route (typical 24 to 36 hour rallies and Leg 1 on a multi-day rally), I typically put the info from the rally pack on a particular bonus into the Notes field of the wayoint. That way, I can pull up the bonus requirement on my GPS as I'm approaching the bonus and I do not have to open the rally pack at all. On the 2013 IBR, I made it to my second to last bonus on Leg 1 without every opening the rally pack. At that particular bonus, the requirement was to take a picture of a museum, and I had the name of it on my GPS screen. None of the buildings in the vicinity of the bonus lat/long had that name. I called Lisa Landry asking for clarification. She asked, "Is there a building that looks like the building in the picture we provided in the rally packet?". Ummm....I responded that I didn't realize there were pictures in the rally pack.....oops. After looking at the picture, I was in fact calling her from in front of the correct building.