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05/31/2004 07:57:40 PM · #101

Originally posted by timj351:

Is that straight from the camera? That is pretty impressive. Somehow, someway I will get a Canon DSLR soon :)

It turns out that this was not a good example. My focus wasn't right on the money.

//www.pbase.com/image/29605730

Here is another 100% crop where the focus is good. This one was without mirror lockup, but I did another with lockup and could not tell a difference. This is straight out of the camera basically. I shot it in raw but I did adjust the white balance. I didn't add any sharpening because sharpness at 100% (and noise) is what I am trying to see.

Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8L USM

05/31/2004 09:39:57 PM · #102

Originally posted by Fotowereld:

Did I misunderstand him in this? Doesn't he say here that what you see at 100% is what you see on the print also (and at 24% which is printsize) but then in a smaller way???

What he said makes some sense, but the image size on the monitor is simulating print size. It is indeed at 72 ppi, but it is a resampled view which more closely prepresents the actual print.

At any rate, when the printed DPI is tighter, the noticeable noise becomes mostly invisible when comparing it to a 72 dpi print.

steinar

Canon EOS-1Ds Mark II

05/31/2004 09:53:32 PM · #103

Which are you making more money from, iStockPhoto or Dreamstime?
$0.5 or $0.1 seems awfully little... I shot a photo for the cover of some CD yesterday and got $200 for it, which is probably around or less then 1/3 of what professionals charge, but this project took me about 3 hours (with post processing). I uploaded the images to my web server and sent the customer a link (usually I write them on a CD, but he chose to have them uploaded), so there's no cost for me. Seems much more remunerative then this stockphoto struggle you've been descibing.

But... maybe I'll try this out, must be some reason why all of you are so interested in this =)

05/31/2004 10:11:19 PM · #104

Originally posted by steinar:

I have sold 3 images for a total of $2.50 on dreamstime and none so far on istock. Istock is slow to approve and 6 out of my first 9 have been rejected anyway. Its not really a struggle. I'm just learning about their requirements, whether I like them or not. In the future, when I see decent opportunities for 'stock' I will just shoot them and upload them as they materialize.

I just think it's easy money. There is nothign wrong with doing both. You can certainly do work for hire at the same time.

06/01/2004 09:36:15 AM · #105

The thing is it all takes some time to make money..the more images you have up there the more money you will make and the faster you will make it...They say that in a year each image you have on IStockphoto will make a min. of $1.00 each...I have 341 photos there so I hope to make $341.00...But I have already made $180.00 since Feb...

06/01/2004 09:51:21 AM · #106

Originally posted by melking23:

That's a pretty good start :)

Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8L IS USM

06/01/2004 11:26:57 AM · #107

I is great! But since IStock changed there search engine I have been very slow at getting downloads...:(

C-Fox

Canon EOS-20D

06/01/2004 11:53:30 AM · #108

This converstation is inspiring me. Wonder if I can learn to do stock images.

06/01/2004 01:19:27 PM · #109

Originally posted by C-Fox:

This converstation is inspiring me. Wonder if I can learn to do stock images.

I think you can learn to do stock images...Just give it a try and learn as you go!

06/01/2004 01:26:13 PM · #110

Originally posted by melking23:

Originally posted by C-Fox:
This converstation is inspiring me. Wonder if I can learn to do stock images.

I think you can learn to do stock images...Just give it a try and learn as you go!

Melissa, I don't know if it is just me but your web links don't work,
can you check em out.
could be your logged in links maybe ?

Message edited by author 2004-06-01 13:26:46.

06/01/2004 01:44:22 PM · #111

Originally posted by peecee:

Melissa, I don't know if it is just me but your web links don't work,
can you check em out.
could be your logged in links maybe ?

Which web links are you talking about?

06/01/2004 01:47:20 PM · #112

Originally posted by melking23:

Originally posted by peecee:
Melissa, I don't know if it is just me but your web links don't work,
can you check em out.
could be your logged in links maybe ?

Which web links are you talking about?

your photosite,(signature) all I get is a blank page on angelfire and 4 wedding & baby stuff links at the top of the page.

06/01/2004 02:05:16 PM · #113

Try it now I, it works great for me...But I changed it

06/01/2004 02:15:42 PM · #114

Originally posted by melking23:

Try it now I, it works great for me...But I changed it

Afraid not Melissa, white page with a boat tour link,go to your page without logging in and take the link from there.then just try it yourself from the preview option in the forum, I know it is a pain :)
Paul.
p.s. you probably have a cookie on your pc so log out on angelfire first.

Message edited by author 2004-06-01 14:16:26.

06/01/2004 02:20:53 PM · #115

It works fine for me...

06/01/2004 02:29:12 PM · #116

I did all that and it still works for me

here is the link if you want to look
at my Site

Hope this works for you

melissa

06/01/2004 02:30:33 PM · #117

Originally posted by melking23:

I did all that and it still works for me

here is the link if you want to look
at my Site

Hope this works for you

melissa

It works fine for me and I blocked all cookies while it was loading.

One suggestion, there are a few grammatical errors in your bio on the front page that you might want to fix or I just may be picky.

06/01/2004 02:40:02 PM · #118

Nope, just a blank page with two banners at the top.
The address bar was correct.Even turned off my Norton and still the same, no pics, ah well,
Paul.

Colette, the cookies I refer to are just on Melissa's pc, if at all, to save her logging in all the time.

Message edited by author 2004-06-01 14:41:39.

06/01/2004 03:46:35 PM · #119

Could this be browser related?

06/01/2004 03:54:37 PM · #120

Originally posted by cpanaioti:

Could this be browser related?

What are you seeing Colette ? and what browser?
I have no problems normally.

P.S. I get a small member page pop-up too.

Message edited by author 2004-06-01 15:58:24.

06/01/2004 04:36:05 PM · #121

Originally posted by cpanaioti:

Originally posted by melking23:
I did all that and it still works for me

here is the link if you want to look
at my Site

Hope this works for you

melissa

It works fine for me and I blocked all cookies while it was loading.

One suggestion, there are a few grammatical errors in your bio on the front page that you might want to fix or I just may be picky.

If you don't mind can you point them out for me...Maybe sitemail me the Problems with the grammer

Thanks

Canon EF 28-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM

06/01/2004 05:38:30 PM · #122

Originally posted by melking23:

Originally posted by cpanaioti:

Originally posted by melking23:
I did all that and it still works for me

here is the link if you want to look
at my Site

Hope this works for you

melissa

It works fine for me and I blocked all cookies while it was loading.

One suggestion, there are a few grammatical errors in your bio on the front page that you might want to fix or I just may be picky.

If you don't mind can you point them out for me...Maybe sitemail me the Problems with the grammer

Thanks

I sent you a PM. You'll notice that there is a period where I meant to put a comma (just before the name of your camera). Other than that, it is only a suggested rewording.

Colette

LucidLotus

Canon EOS-350D Rebel XT

06/01/2004 06:45:14 PM · #123

Are any of you having trouble reconciling what looks good to you with what would make good stock?

I've perused some of the images on both istock and dreamstime and to my (admittedly untrained) eye the quality isn't always that great. Perhaps its being exposed to the fantastic images found here, but I'm finding it difficult to figure out what I could use as a stock image without it being boring and flat.

I've only had one of my shots accepted to both sites so I'm trying to determine exactly what kind of mindset I need to go in with. My rejected pile (okay only 4) is mostly because of artifacts from compression or noise but I'm not even sure the subjects are something that is worth my time to edit, profit-wise. What's the point if no one needs it, in other words.

Any tips from you experts and soon-to-be experts on stock photography?

- Sia

PS: I did get my first download and am at $.30 on istock. Yay!

06/01/2004 07:09:11 PM · #124

Originally posted by peecee:

Originally posted by cpanaioti:
Could this be browser related?

What are you seeing Colette ? and what browser?
I have no problems normally.

P.S. I get a small member page pop-up too.

I'm using Netscape 7.1 without a problem (page seems to load fine and I can navigate to other pages and sites linked to from the main page). I haven't tried in IE6.