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Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8L USM

02/23/2012 04:36:31 AM · #54

My flow is empty :(.

LandzEnca

Samsung TL500

Sony SAL-16105 DT 16-105mm

02/23/2012 10:36:00 AM · #55

Whoa! The change was a surprise. No warning, no prior notice. I like the old layout.

HawkinsT

Olympus 55mm f/1.2 Auto-S G-Zuiko

02/23/2012 11:01:38 AM · #56

I'm holding off on linking to my profile because I have a current challenge entry up there, but as far as changes go - I hope it's only half implemented right now! Flow seems to assume you follow many people - now when I visit the main site all I see is several duplicates of ~4 images, because I only have 5 contacts on 500px right now and they're not all uploading photos every hour. I also preferred the old look and the way when you view someones image you get a random selection of several other images of their on the right, instead of just the photo they upload immediately before and after that one. The wall feature being removed I don't understand. The integrated print selling feature, while it could be nice, it a bit troubling at the moment due to lack of information - for starters they state nowhere how much commission they take from each sale!

LandzEnca

Samsung TL500

Sony SAL-16105 DT 16-105mm

02/23/2012 11:13:16 AM · #57

Originally posted by bspurgeon:

I didn't notice the wall and activity page were removed. Strikes me as an odd choice. They are certainly limiting any social component of the site.

Yep. Now i have to remove the 500px filter from my spam folder because the individual email notices are now my only means of telling who did what on which photo of mine.

salmiakki

Apple iPhone 16 Pro

Sony Sonnar T* 35mm F2.8 ZA

02/23/2012 11:22:02 AM · #58

Originally posted by HawkinsT:

I'm holding off on linking to my profile because I have a current challenge entry up there

Ha, don't worry we wouldn't find it anyway!

Originally posted by HawkinsT:

The integrated print selling feature, while it could be nice, it a bit troubling at the moment due to lack of information - for starters they state nowhere how much commission they take from each sale!

The information is directly available if you try to enable prints from one of your images. They take 30% from the "prints" (which are only available as a 36" x 24" or 36" X 36" canvas at a flat price of $500(!!!!!)) and they give you $2.00 for each of the downloaded hi res images. If you choose to sell a canvas print, you have no option but to let the buyer have a hi res image for $2.99 (again a flat rate). you cannot turn that feature off.

//500px.com/store (see the bottom of the page for the rates you receive).

HawkinsT

Olympus 55mm f/1.2 Auto-S G-Zuiko

02/27/2012 07:01:43 PM · #59

Originally posted by salmiakki:

Originally posted by HawkinsT:
I'm holding off on linking to my profile because I have a current challenge entry up there
Ha, don't worry we wouldn't find it anyway!

Originally posted by HawkinsT:
The integrated print selling feature, while it could be nice, it a bit troubling at the moment due to lack of information - for starters they state nowhere how much commission they take from each sale!

The information is directly available if you try to enable prints from one of your images. They take 30% from the "prints" (which are only available as a 36" x 24" or 36" X 36" canvas at a flat price of $500(!!!!!)) and they give you $2.00 for each of the downloaded hi res images. If you choose to sell a canvas print, you have no option but to let the buyer have a hi res image for $2.99 (again a flat rate). you cannot turn that feature off.

//500px.com/store (see the bottom of the page for the rates you receive).

Ah, cheers.

My 500px Page.

03/27/2012 09:46:43 AM · #60

I have just restarted using 500px and upgraded to Awesome. It is great! IPad app and Lightroom 4 plugin are fantastic. Much better than anything else I have seen. I am planning to be much more active and setup my portfolio there.
//500px.com/MargaretN/

Sony 24-70mm F4 Vario-Tessar T* FE OSS

03/27/2012 10:14:20 AM · #61

I love the site too:

here's mine.

//500px.com/MichaelAlestra

I'll follow you guys if you follow me!

ETA, i think i got everyone in the thread followed.

Message edited by author 2012-03-27 10:22:50.

Bear_Music

Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra

03/27/2012 10:47:41 AM · #62

I'm in there though I've never done anything with it, I don't understand it. Just uploaded a couple shots yesterday:

//500px.com/bear_music

Message edited by author 2012-03-27 10:48:50.

Canon EF-S 18-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS STM

03/27/2012 11:00:23 AM · #63

Originally posted by Bear_Music:

I'm in there though I've never done anything with it, I don't understand it. Just uploaded a couple shots yesterday:

//500px.com/bear_music

just an online photo sharing site. in the flow section you get to to see what the people you are following like, upload, favorite, etc.

pretty simple interface with likes and follows.

Denielle

Canon EOS-7D Mark II

03/27/2012 11:02:52 AM · #64

Mine is: Denielle

Haven't done ANYTHING to it yet. But I'm following you guys. :)

GDriver

Canon EOS-600D/T3i Rebel

Sigma 10-20mm f/4-5.6 EX DC HSM for Canon

03/27/2012 11:17:02 AM · #65

mine is //500px.com/GlennDriver

I really like the site as there some quality photogrpahers on there. Very user friendly as well. Dont often get any constructive comments as most people are just trying to generate traffic for themselves. However, I've found that the more constructive comments I make, the more I tend to get back.

Cheers
Glenn

Olympus OM-D E-M5 Mark III

03/27/2012 11:18:18 AM · #66

Originally posted by GDriver:

mine is [url]//500px.com/GlennDriver [/url]

I really like the site as there some quality photogrpahers on there. Very user friendly as well. Dont often get any constructive comments as most people are just trying to generate traffic for themselves. However, I've found that the more constructive comments I make, the more I tend to get back.

Cheers
Glenn

fixed your link,

eta, no i didnt...

Message edited by author 2012-03-27 11:19:20.

Yo_Spiff

Olympus 12-100mm f/4.0 M.Zuiko ED IS PRO

03/27/2012 01:22:00 PM · #67

Originally posted by dyridings:

Haven't done ANYTHING to it yet. But I'm following you guys. :)

I see 4 people added me just this morning. I guess I should start playing over there.

Canon EF-S 18-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS STM

03/27/2012 01:29:42 PM · #68

Originally posted by Yo_Spiff:

Originally posted by dyridings:
Haven't done ANYTHING to it yet. But I'm following you guys. :)

I see 4 people added me just this morning. I guess I should start playing over there.

another cool thing is if i fave an image, people following me see that image in flow, so you can get some great exposure if you have lots of followers who have lots of followers.

Denielle

Canon EOS-7D Mark II

03/27/2012 01:44:40 PM · #69

I just added everyone in this thread this morning. Only three people added me the last time I looked.

Do you guys have the basic/free membership there, or paid? And is it worth it for the paid?

03/27/2012 01:48:53 PM · #70

i just have the basic, the only limitation i found was that i can only add 20 images per week... that's only an issue at first if you have a lot of images to upload.

if you want to create a professional portfolio, then I'd say upgrade, if not basic should suffice for most.

03/27/2012 10:08:10 PM · #71

I went in with a big bang of 17 images. So far the highest rated ones are the same as those that would score highly at DPC. And ironically, the highest scoring one is the one I had as the Best of 2011 till I replaced it in the last minute with another image (I was being silly as usual ;)

My question to those who have used 500px for a while is: what is your strategy with images? Do you delete the lowest scoring ones? With the score going down with age should I replace them on a regular basis? What happens then to faves, comments and affections? I don't think I would like to have more than 2 pages at a time displayed. Any thoughts on that?

I really like Lightroom plugin. Apart from the export function it is also possible to view all stats and read comments in Lightroom! A better way than having to go to the individual image display.

PS I am planning to do some faving and commenting soon.

bspurgeon

Fujifilm x100

Canon EF 50mm f/1.4 USM

03/27/2012 10:23:26 PM · #72

Don't worry about the score. Post the images you want to share and display.

bhuge

Canon EOS-550D Rebel T2i

Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 II

03/27/2012 10:41:19 PM · #73

//500px.com/PixelLux

The whole site just confused me. I only uploaded a few photos. I also don't like how they force a square crop in the thumbnail.

03/27/2012 11:07:15 PM · #74

Originally posted by bhuge:

//500px.com/PixelLux

The whole site just confused me. I only uploaded a few photos. I also don't like how they force a square crop in the thumbnail.

You can change what is displayed in the square