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Microstock Photography Forum - General => Newbie Discussion => Topic started by: condra on October 15, 2015, 14:53
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Hi!
Does a flower image have more chance of being accepted if it comes with the species name?
I've read that flower images are over-supplied and don't sell well, but I do have access to some rare and exotic species, which I suppose might have a chance. Unfortunately I don't have access to the names of all of them.
Perhaps I should stick with those where I have the name?
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If you can only keyword 'flower', you'll be lucky if your images will ever be seen.
Certainly, anyone searching specifically on rarexoticname will never find yours.
Bear in mind that what is rare and/or exotic to you will almost certainly be commonplace elsewhere.
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I've had some success selling wildflowers from specific places, like iconic national parks. But I always make the effort to dig up the Latin name and include it in the keywords. I honestly don't think they'd sell without that.
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Thanks folks. I did a search on Shutterstock for some of the flowers I've shot already. Some have dozens of pages of results, while other have only one. I guess I'll focus on those with less competition :)
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Well I put the latin name for squirrels and I do find people searching by these names on shutter stock. :)
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I sell flowers, plants, herbs, enough often - every day in fact.
I always use the latin name and the (most) common name in the title and i do the same in the keywords list where I also put, as much as possible, the regional and local names.
Without this I think that I would sale nothing.
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I doubt if you will ever get a lot of sales on real niche plants due to lack of demand but at least you should get some sales from academics and the people who do need specialist stuff that no one else shoots or has access to.
I do get sales on less popular insect species images, mostly from people with an academic interest.
Much less than commercially popular subjects but still worth doing.
One or two of my rarer animals also sell well, but they tend to be more appealing to people promoting an area.
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Surprisingly, one of my photos of a plant in my back yard quickly became the top seller in its niche...and I'm sure not a great photographer. I'm looking forward to it flowering in spring so I can get more shots.
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Absolutely - include all possible plant names in the keywords, customers often look for a specific plant or flower. I had to adjust the descriptions and keywords from my earlier shots to make sure the flowers are described correctly.
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Well, haven't noticed this. Many popular images are attributed like "Flower" or "Blue flowers". It seems to be enough
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Well, haven't noticed this. Many popular images are attributed like "Flower" or "Blue flowers". It seems to be enough
So "Pink flowers" don't sell?
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Well, haven't noticed this. Many popular images are attributed like "Flower" or "Blue flowers". It seems to be enough
How do you know it's 'enough'? There's no way of tracking sales that you may be missing by not identifying the flower. So you really can't say it's 'enough' unless you are happy with your sales and don't really care if there could be more.
ID it if you can as there may be some discerning buyers looking for a particular species or variety.
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I live in Arizona so I have a number of native desert wildflowers and plants in my portfolio. About 20% of them sell very well, the rest rarely or never. I always try to make sure I include all the common names and the scientific names in my titles and keywords.
Looking at the SS Image Gallery Stats gallery it appears that there is rarely a scientific name used to find one of my images. It's only happened twice that I can see. Common names are used more frequently but it's still rare. If a name is recorded as a search term it's usually a generic name like "poppy" or "rose" rather than the type.
Most often recorded search words are things like "cactus" or "shrub" or often a color. "Desert" and "Arizona" (for native species) are also common.
Even so, I intend to continue to put the scientific and common names in the titles and keywords for flower images. If nothing else, I learn something from it.
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while 'flower' or cactus may be most common search, you're competing with 1000x or more pix than with 'opuntia' or other scientific names, so definitely worth while
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Need a help! Anyone knows the names of attached flowers? Captured them in Amsterdam.
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1 is a parrot tulip.
3 looks like an allium
4 looks like an aster (which wouldn't normally be out at the same time, so ?)
I wouldn't like to stick my neck out about which exact cultivar!
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1 is a parrot tulip.
3 looks like an allium
4 looks like an aster (which wouldn't normally be out at the same time, so ?)
I wouldn't like to stick my neck out about which exact cultivar!
Thanks a lot. They all were captured during same time, end of May, last year.
Anyone knows the second one?
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2 looks like some sort of anemone
You can use Anemone sp.
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2 looks like some sort of anemone
You can use Anemone sp.
Thanks a lot.
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Choosing the name is more important But i think that the last person as he said Anemone sp.Thats look nice and will be easily find by doing less work on your keyword ..
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Yes #2 is definitely an anemone and probably Anemone coronaria - it is the only commonly grown, large-flowered anemone that flowers in the spring.
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there are some great sites for nature id
https://uswildflowers.com/ (https://uswildflowers.com/)
http://www.nps.gov/mora/learn/nature/wildflowers.htm (http://www.nps.gov/mora/learn/nature/wildflowers.htm)
for mammals:
http://www.ispotnature.org/communities/global/species-browser/mammalia (http://www.ispotnature.org/communities/global/species-browser/mammalia)
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This app help you to identify flowers
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.likethatapps.garden&hl=en
or
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=cz.thran.flowerchecker&hl=en
easy to use and very helpful :)