Author Topic: Fotolia with editorial? (Read 8517 times)

mantonino · « **on:** March 06, 2010, 13:37 »

http://www.fotolia.com/id/8801232

How is that image possibly allowed? It's in the INFINITE collection *! Shouldn't it be checked? Am I missing something obvious?

Snufkin · « **Reply #1 on:** March 06, 2010, 14:04 »

Are you surprised? I'm not, their reviewing process is a joke.
Some time ago somebody posted here a snapshot of a kid with a date stamp and "kidnap" as a keyword. The photo was accepted by FT.
At the same time images with many downloads at SS and IS "do not reach their desired level of esthetic quality".

There are two possibilities:
- their reviewing process is partially automated
- if they sc#%* their reviewers the same way they sc#%* contributors, maybe they also get sc#%*ed by some of them

The probability that something like this happens at IS is minimal, at FT nothing will surprise me.

MicrostockExp · « **Reply #2 on:** March 06, 2010, 14:24 »

I also saw on lot of crap on the Infinite Collection, it is a joke!
more than $50 for the 8MP version

Red Dove · « **Reply #3 on:** March 06, 2010, 16:00 »

Yep. FT is my toughest reviewer....then i look at the snapshots in their infinity collection and wonder why I bother going outside of IS and SS.

Maybe Infinity contains editorial (?) I saw an image where the name of a newspaper was clearly visible in a finance shot

gostwyck · « **Reply #4 on:** March 06, 2010, 17:22 »

Quote from: mantonino on March 06, 2010, 13:37

http://www.fotolia.com/id/8801232

How is that image possibly allowed? It's in the INFINITE collection *! Shouldn't it be checked? Am I missing something obvious?

The author is 'moodboard' who, as well as having 15K images on FT, are a UK-based stock agency;

http://www.moodboard.com/

Presumably they must have done a deal with FT and possibly did not have their images go through the inspection process.

OM · « **Reply #5 on:** March 08, 2010, 07:02 »

Quote from: mantonino on March 06, 2010, 13:37

http://www.fotolia.com/id/8801232

How is that image possibly allowed? It's in the INFINITE collection *! Shouldn't it be checked? Am I missing something obvious?

Many of the Infinity collection images that I've seen are old and dated. I've even seen one with a 1990's laptop in the shot. I reckon they are often cast-offs from old RM and RF collections and receive little or no scrutiny from the 'rejectors'. The price level must be hugely off-putting to anyone searching for an image at microstock prices. There are usually two or more on every search page and I regard them as visual dilution of genuine microstockers' images. Cannot imagine that any are sold at those prices when a buyers is looking for micro.

microstockphoto.co.uk · « **Reply #6 on:** October 03, 2010, 02:21 »

maybe the reviewers are British and they - rightly - don't even remotely consider that thing as a proper beer

dirkr · « **Reply #7 on:** October 03, 2010, 16:32 »

Quote from: microstockphoto.co.uk on October 03, 2010, 02:21

maybe the reviewers are British and they - rightly - don't even remotely consider that thing as a proper beer

What exactly do the British know about proper beer?

microstockphoto.co.uk · « **Reply #8 on:** October 03, 2010, 17:46 »

Quote from: dirkr on October 03, 2010, 16:32

Quote from: microstockphoto.co.uk on October 03, 2010, 02:21
maybe the reviewers are British and they - rightly - don't even remotely consider that thing as a proper beer

What exactly do the British know about proper beer?

ok, being German you certainly have the right to comment on beers

there are a lot of good English beers: bitters, porters, stouts...
and a lot of good German beers too... dunkel, weiss (I'm not so fond of lager/pilsner)
althought my preferred ones are Belgian trappists
my comment was against American beers - although I must admit they aren't as bad as those from my home country (Italy).

to the OP: sorry for hijacking the thread, now I'll stop

FD · « **Reply #9 on:** October 04, 2010, 09:08 »

Quote from: dirkr on October 03, 2010, 16:32

What exactly do the British know about proper beer?

Neither do the Dutch or the Germans. Their "beer" is like making love in a canoe, fckin close to water. Every beer connoisseur knows that Belgian Beer is the best.

WarrenPrice · « **Reply #10 on:** October 04, 2010, 17:55 »

Quote from: FD-regular on October 04, 2010, 09:08

Quote from: dirkr on October 03, 2010, 16:32
What exactly do the British know about proper beer?
Neither do the Dutch or the Germans. Their "beer" is like making love in a canoe, fckin close to water. Every beer connoisseur knows that Belgian Beer is the best.

The "Most Interesting Man in the World" drinks (Dos Equis) Dos XX.

I like it too.

dirkr · « **Reply #11 on:** October 05, 2010, 02:19 »

Anything that is not brewed according to the German Purity Law should not be called beer at all

travelstock · « **Reply #12 on:** October 05, 2010, 04:28 »

Quote from: FD-regular on October 04, 2010, 09:08

Quote from: dirkr on October 03, 2010, 16:32
What exactly do the British know about proper beer?
Neither do the Dutch or the Germans. Their "beer" is like making love in a canoe, fckin close to water. Every beer connoisseur knows that Belgian Beer is the best.

Having been in Brussels I can see why the Belgians NEED strong beer...

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