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05/10/2010 10:00:00 PM · #476 |
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05/10/2010 10:07:19 PM · #477 |
Originally posted by raish:
Who sucks?
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Ooh the brown. I have come close but have not yet obtained that. Nice work. Go team suck.
Message edited by author 2010-05-10 22:07:36. |
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05/11/2010 02:11:20 AM · #478 |
| Brutal I have a 4.7 in A is for _____. Should have used the picture for hidden gem lol. Oh well, I really like it I guess it was kind of a shoehorn |
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05/11/2010 06:50:21 AM · #479 |
Originally posted by raish:
Who sucks?
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You da man! LOL!!!
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05/11/2010 08:43:36 AM · #480 |
I suck too, in terms of scores right now...Sports barely over 5, while A is at 5.5ish.
However I apparently don't suck in other places...
Dear Susan
Account : susanlandrews2@hotmail.com
11-05-2010
Congratulations! We have assessed your test submission and you have passed your Alamy Quality Control test. Your images are now ready to be annotated (including captioned and keyworded) in the âManage Imagesâ section of âMy Alamyâ. You are now free to submit images as often as you like provided they meet our technical requirements...
WOOT! And yes Team Suck I do have you to thank in large part for my development and growth as a photographer!
((HUGS)) to all,
Susan, Druli and Lily
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05/11/2010 08:57:29 AM · #481 |
| Congrats Susan! That's one place I just never tried. Actually I haven't submitted any stock pictures at all in over 2 years. It's not like I don't have plenty of material. I just haven't bothered. My old stuff still sells though. LOL! |
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05/11/2010 09:00:44 AM · #482 |
Originally posted by snaffles:
I suck too, in terms of scores right now...Sports barely over 5, while A is at 5.5ish.
However I apparently don't suck in other places...
Dear Susan
Account : susanlandrews2@hotmail.com
11-05-2010
Congratulations! We have assessed your test submission and you have passed your Alamy Quality Control test. Your images are now ready to be annotated (including captioned and keyworded) in the âManage Imagesâ section of âMy Alamyâ. You are now free to submit images as often as you like provided they meet our technical requirements...
WOOT! And yes Team Suck I do have you to thank in large part for my development and growth as a photographer!
((HUGS)) to all,
Susan, Druli and Lily |
GOOD ON YOU SUSAN!!!!!!!!!!
I knew you had it in you, YOU ROCK!
MAX! |
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05/11/2010 09:15:27 AM · #483 |
Congratulations Susan ! That is wonderful !
Would you share what images you used with us ?
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05/11/2010 09:30:34 AM · #484 |
| Great news Susan. So will you be showing us what all got accepted? |
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05/11/2010 09:38:38 AM · #485 |
| Yes will be posting what got accepted, once I have it sized down to smaller dimensions than those required by Alamy! One was the Canada Goose from the latest FS. Have to get to work, so will post the remainder later! |
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05/11/2010 12:01:17 PM · #486 |
Originally posted by snaffles:
Yes will be posting what got accepted, once I have it sized down to smaller dimensions than those required by Alamy! One was the Canada Goose from the latest FS. Have to get to work, so will post the remainder later! |
This is something that's interested me for a while, but I've never really checked it out.
BTW - What are the size requirements for stock. I'm somewhat pixel-challenged at 4MB.
(Who says size doesn't matter?)
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05/11/2010 12:45:36 PM · #487 |
Alamy requires a file size of 48mb (uncompressed -- something around 5000x4000 pixels (I recently posted the exact minimum dimensions in another thread). A 4MP camera is not big enough ... they now have a list of cameras (including mine) which are not acceptable. Unless you have a medium-format camera/back combo you'll have to resize (upsample) anyway.
BTW: Make sure you don't confuse MP (mega-pixels) with MB (mega-bytes) -- in 8-bit RGB mode it requires about three bytes of data for every pixel.
Message edited by author 2010-05-11 12:46:06. |
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05/11/2010 02:18:58 PM · #488 |
Yep you end up with some mighty big files! My first investment is going to a Lacie external hard drive with a 1 TB capacity. And thanks greatly to  GeneralE, who did patiently answer all my questions about resizing, Photoshopping allowed etc. And Ryan helped by making me do things like learn how to read a histogram, use a tripod, and read the D90 manual (or at least parts of it). |
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05/11/2010 02:59:10 PM · #489 |
Originally posted by GeneralE:
(I recently posted the exact minimum dimensions in another thread). |
Link? |
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05/11/2010 03:14:28 PM · #490 |
Originally posted by e10icus:
Originally posted by GeneralE:
(I recently posted the exact minimum dimensions in another thread). |
Link? |
Here you go.
Message edited by author 2010-05-11 15:14:38. |
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05/11/2010 07:03:43 PM · #491 |
Ok here are the earth-shattering photos that got me into Alamy.
Gaze upon them in awe and wonder... ,  ,  
Now, I am not trying to position myself as a nature photog. But I was looking for photos that I had taken with the D90 (the D40 would not have passed muster, thus eliminating my images at the starting gate). Simply because Ryan and I often go and shoot lots of nature stuff, I tried to give a sort of seasonal spring/summer/fall/winter aspect to the images.
Also, all these images are generic. I didn't need to tote around model or property releases, as nobody owns that squirrel or goose, ditto the leaves and water/ice. I liked the water/ice one because it's so unusual and it's pretty much already naturally desaturated. I liked the detail I got in the goose feathers, I liked the squirrel's pose, I liked the way the light backlit the leaves. That's really all I can say in terms of choice.
As I believe has been mentioned on the Alamy vs Getty thread, for Alamy technical perfection is their big thing. Unlike some microstock sites, they don't seem to have a thread that essentially says, 'Oh these are the kind of images we currently need'. Alamy has a very thorough and very demanding list of technical criteria, so best to go through it.
They do provide very good explanations and photos in most cases showing *offenders* that you may be unfamiliar with. I do not scan in my images, for example, so that knocked about 4 possible pitfalls off the list of 24! Having a camera on their approved list knocked off another one, and I know enough now to shoot for stock WITH A TRIPOD. So that eliminates handshake and blurriness. You get the idea.
Oh and as a final note, I did very little editing to the photos. I shot RAW, converted to 16-bit TIFF, then did little more PSing than cropping where needed, correcting any chromatic aberration, then brightness/contrast, saturation, convert to 8-bit TIFF, resize, usm ONLY (Alamy HATES sharpening) and then save as a jpeg. Eh wala!
So that's my story, and I'm sticking to it! :-)
Message edited by author 2010-05-11 19:14:34. |
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05/12/2010 06:01:52 PM · #492 |
ouch. back in sucktown yall!
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Views: 61
Avg Vote: 4.8409
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05/12/2010 07:36:09 PM · #493 |
I've sucked more in the weeks since DPL started than I've ever sucked before.
I'm getting my 6th lowest score in 140 challenges for portrait, and free study was my 3rd lowest score.
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05/12/2010 08:41:32 PM · #494 |
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05/12/2010 09:01:49 PM · #495 |
I was so excited for DPL ever since I've learned about it five months ago. Now, I got my three lowest scoring photos since DPL started. Yes, I'm blaming it on DPL.. LOL. On a positive note, I got one photo added in my profile page so I guess it's all good.
Originally posted by vawendy:
I've sucked more in the weeks since DPL started than I've ever sucked before.
I'm getting my 6th lowest score in 140 challenges for portrait, and free study was my 3rd lowest score. |
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05/12/2010 09:17:23 PM · #496 |
Originally posted by macwilyum:
I was so excited for DPL ever since I've learned about it five months ago. Now, I got my three lowest scoring photos since DPL started. Yes, I'm blaming it on DPL.. LOL. On a positive note, I got one photo added in my profile page so I guess it's all good.
Originally posted by vawendy:
I've sucked more in the weeks since DPL started than I've ever sucked before.
I'm getting my 6th lowest score in 140 challenges for portrait, and free study was my 3rd lowest score. |
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I haven't sucked more, got most of that out of my system 3 yrs ago...but I still suck anyway in term of the DPL! ;-) |
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05/12/2010 09:58:52 PM · #497 |
| Anybody else have two sub-4 entries currently in voting? |
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05/12/2010 10:29:56 PM · #498 |
 " This artwork has been selected for inclusion in the 59TH ANNUAL ALL FLORIDA JURIED COMPETITION AND EXHIBITION. Out of almost 1,400 submissions by nearly 480 artists, you are one of 80 artists chosen to represent the best in Florida this year!" - from the acceptance notification
The All-Florida Exhibition includes all forms of visual art: 2-D, 3-D, and video.
DPC score 5.9426. One more bit of evidence that Team Suck photographs don't suck, just their DPC scores do. |
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05/13/2010 12:01:43 AM · #499 |
Originally posted by JuliBoc:
" This artwork has been selected for inclusion in the 59TH ANNUAL ALL FLORIDA JURIED COMPETITION AND EXHIBITION. Out of almost 1,400 submissions by nearly 480 artists, you are one of 80 artists chosen to represent the best in Florida this year!" - from the acceptance notification
The All-Florida Exhibition includes all forms of visual art: 2-D, 3-D, and video.
DPC score 5.9426. One more bit of evidence that Team Suck photographs don't suck, just their DPC scores do. |
WOOT! Good work JuliBoc! And yeah, here's another (according to dpc) pic that is only worth about 5.6 here... |
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05/13/2010 12:27:03 AM · #500 |
I can see why these got in. Impressive clarity. Thanks for all that technical info -- very helpful. |
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