Author Topic: Getty sold a 65K $ image ! (Read 25119 times)

macrosaur · « **on:** February 28, 2010, 16:25 »

here's the photo sold on Getty for 65K $, the author also sells on Alamy :

original Alamy thread :
http://www.alamy.com/forums/Default.aspx?g=posts&t=7519

luissantos84 · « **Reply #1 on:** February 28, 2010, 16:34 »

great

macrosaur · « **Reply #2 on:** February 28, 2010, 16:44 »

Quote from: luissantos84 on February 28, 2010, 16:34

great

in the old alamy thread the author said he hired real elephants for this set, must have been a pricey shoot
but definetely paid off !

take that, microstocks !

luissantos84 · « **Reply #3 on:** February 28, 2010, 16:45 »

Quote from: macrosaur on February 28, 2010, 16:44

Quote from: luissantos84 on February 28, 2010, 16:34
great

in the old alamy thread the author said he hired real elephants for this set, must have been a pricey shoot
but definetely paid off !

take that, microstocks !

huge

cathyslife · « **Reply #4 on:** February 28, 2010, 16:46 »

the thread would really make more sense if we could see the photo you are talking about. The link from the alamy forum, for me anyway, says I don't have permission to see.

RacePhoto · « **Reply #5 on:** February 28, 2010, 16:48 »

Can't see it.

Forbidden

You don't have permission to access /files/2010/01/accenturephant1.jpg on this server.

FD · « **Reply #6 on:** February 28, 2010, 16:50 »

Quote from: cclapper on February 28, 2010, 16:46

the thread would really make more sense if we could see the photo you are talking about. The link from the alamy forum, for me anyway, says I don't have permission to see.

Same here. I think you have to be logged in that forum to see it. I also don't see it here since I adblocked all images on the MSG since Leaf really overdid it with the blinking banners. Horrible, I get a headache from it.

macrosaur · « **Reply #7 on:** February 28, 2010, 16:54 »

strange !
it was working 2 minutes ago.

here's a mirror :

or just search "accenture elephant" in Google Images, there's a dozen sites with it.

FD · « **Reply #8 on:** February 28, 2010, 17:04 »

Quote from: macrosaur on February 28, 2010, 16:54

strange !
it was working 2 minutes ago.

They probably reconfigured the server against deep links since you can lose a lot of bandwidth by deeplinkers.
I assume the image is photoshopped.

ShadySue · « **Reply #9 on:** February 28, 2010, 17:32 »

See it here: http://sports.yahoo.com/golf/blog/devil_ball_golf/post/Accenture-Out-with-cruising-Tiger-in-with-surf?urn=golf,213851

mantonino · « **Reply #10 on:** February 28, 2010, 17:35 »

That has to tick off John Lund who has a TON of great elephant shots! lol

OM · « **Reply #11 on:** February 28, 2010, 17:36 »

Good on the guy. Bob Elsdale's "behind the camera" link.

http://www.wild-side-online.com/#/public/about/

luissantos84 · « **Reply #12 on:** February 28, 2010, 17:43 »

Quote from: mantonino on February 28, 2010, 17:35

That has to tick off John Lund who has a TON of great elephant shots! lol

lol John is a great artist!

cathyslife · « **Reply #13 on:** February 28, 2010, 17:47 »

Wow, 65K. Sweet!

Great link, OM. Love Rosie the Piglet!

macrosaur · « **Reply #14 on:** February 28, 2010, 18:04 »

Quote from: luissantos84 on February 28, 2010, 17:43

Quote from: mantonino on February 28, 2010, 17:35
That has to tick off John Lund who has a TON of great elephant shots! lol

lol John is a great artist!

That's the point and the lesson to learn from that elephant photo.

Artists are able to produce unique images, no matter the competition or the agency or the budget
involved.

FD · « **Reply #15 on:** February 28, 2010, 18:11 »

Quote from: macrosaur on February 28, 2010, 18:04

That's the point and the lesson to learn from that elephant photo.

Fine. End next week I'll go to Cloud 9, the surfing paradise on Siargao Island not too far away and take some background shots of surfers and waves. Next, I'll shoot everything I find on 4 legs, photoshop it in and sell it for 0.65$.

Welcome to µstock. (this is no joke)

donding · « **Reply #16 on:** February 28, 2010, 18:20 »

Quote from: FD-amateur on February 28, 2010, 18:11

Quote from: macrosaur on February 28, 2010, 18:04
That's the point and the lesson to learn from that elephant photo.

Fine. End next week I'll go to Cloud 9, the surfing paradise on Siargao Island not too far away and take some background shots of surfers and waves. Next, I'll shoot everything I find on 4 legs, photoshop it in and sell it for 0.65$.
Welcome to µstock. (this is no joke)

Exactly.....that .65 would not possible without photoshop and the digital camera and vacation time..

FD · « **Reply #17 on:** February 28, 2010, 18:35 »

Quote from: donding on February 28, 2010, 18:20

Exactly.....that .65 would not possible without photoshop and the digital camera and vacation time..

My most recent EL on SS (last friday) was a shot of a house I took from my kitchen window. I figure the cost of that shoot is slightly less than what Yuri Arcurs spends.

Of course, I only have one kitchen window, but you can shoot very salable stock just on the way. My favorites are airports and airplanes. They just cost the clicks of the cam, and they are very difficult to copy.
Everything you shoot in studio can and will be copied, if it sells, and they will steal your title and keywords too.

luissantos84 · « **Reply #18 on:** February 28, 2010, 18:38 »

Quote from: FD-amateur on February 28, 2010, 18:35

Quote from: donding on February 28, 2010, 18:20
Exactly.....that .65 would not possible without photoshop and the digital camera and vacation time..

My most recent EL on SS (last friday) was a shot of a house I took from my kitchen window. I figure the cost of that shoot is slightly less than what Yuri Arcurs spends.
Of course, I only have one kitchen window, but you can shoot very salable stock just on the way. My favorites are airports and airplanes. They just cost the clicks of the cam.

is this a pimping thread?? eheheh

borg · « **Reply #19 on:** February 28, 2010, 18:54 »

Compared with this, we are working for free!!!

macrosaur · « **Reply #20 on:** February 28, 2010, 19:13 »

Quote from: borg on February 28, 2010, 18:54

Compared with this, we are working for free!!!

hahaha

mantonino · « **Reply #21 on:** February 28, 2010, 19:35 »

Quote from: macrosaur on February 28, 2010, 18:04

That's the point and the lesson to learn from that elephant photo.
Artists are able to produce unique images, no matter the competition or the agency or the budget
involved.

I thought what I was saying is that I immediately thought this was Lund's photo - he did the elephants thing but this isn't his = it's not unique. He has a ton of great elephant shots they could have had (and he could have scored with!)

Sean Locke Photography · « **Reply #22 on:** February 28, 2010, 20:48 »

Somebody will win the lottery every week. No different here.

ouchie · « **Reply #23 on:** February 28, 2010, 22:55 »

Just curious, how much did the photographer take from the $65.000?

borg · « **Reply #24 on:** March 01, 2010, 05:19 »

Quote from: zenpix on February 28, 2010, 22:55

Just curious, how much did the photographer take from the $65.000?

I 'll be satisfied with 6.500 $...

$:-\$

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