Now that I see some accounts have been blocked on Fotolia for too many similars, I guess I have questions about what is too similar?
If you photograph food, must the plates/glasses etc be different all the time even if the food is different?
If you photograph particular animals a lot? As a photographer this is what interests me.. so some are different seasons, usually different because I get bored if I feel I am just doing the same image.
If you photograph sports (animals), is it enough to have different dogs or if the same animal, different sports/equipment?
Etc etc....
I wish I could look at my entire portfolio there with a putting that had bigger images-- I am getting near-sighted as well as horribly near-sighted and it is almost impossible for me to see what is already there by looking at these tiny images under my files.
I generally use my own boredom as a rule but like this site because I feel like the images that get accepted and that sell there are closer to what I want to do as an artist than some of the other websites where I feel like I have to fit into their look....so want to avoid trouble while continuing to photograph what I really love to photograph. Don't want to mess that up.