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Simplified: those who can't do microstock, write books about microstock. 

I don't need to do only Microstock or write books.

I'm a finalist for "Travel Photographer of the Year 2017" - image attached.

I find it on Shutterstock and Fotolia but can't find any reference to it being a finalist anywhere.

Where are you a finalist for travel photographer of the year?

Nevertheless, since you posted it, let me wonder: why it is much brighter around the camel than where the sun's reflection should be?
I guess we all have some more learning to do about how to boost the shadows of a silhouette, without affecting the whole luminosity range and without making it look like the sun was added in post.

Not sure I would submit anywhere, even Alamy, when it's in a contest. The contest organizers retain the right to reproduce the image which may not be good if a buyer is looking for image exclusivity.

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I'm suprised brasilnut put it on the micros, but it's his ball.

I'd never put that image (or similars) at micros.

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I'm suprised brasilnut put it on the micros, but it's his ball.

I'd never put that image (or similars) at micros.

When memakephoto said he could find the image on SS and Ft, I just took it at face value.
Sorry, my fault for not checking. 

Successful people are never satisfied. That's how they get to be successful. 

Quote from: Justanotherphotographer on November 13, 2017, 12:38

I just meant successful at microstock (or business in general). I'm not here to pry into people's personal lives or make assumptions about it.

Huh ... that's the most pleasant thing that I've read in this forum for a few months. Get this man a beer.

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Quote from: Justanotherphotographer on November 11, 2017, 04:43

I would rather listen to someone who has demonstrably been very successful in this business, like michelle, than follow lists from anonymous forum posters no one even remembers. And don't get me started on books, classes and portfolio reviews from people who's performance has been pedestrian at best.

She's  a success? I wouldn't know financials, but from the complaining about lack of sales, downward income, dropping earnings, plus other surveys motivated by attempts at intimidating agencies, plus obvious dissatisfaction, that a success? I'd think someone who's a success would actually be happy instead of always finding things wrong?

I disagree with  19. Don’t try to analyze this business. We can analyze as we wish, use math and just don't over analyze. Don't find conspiracies or patterns where there are none, like people do about sales times or regions or up and down swings in downloads. The natural swings will be up and down, without outside interference, not up and up. This whole market is unreliable and unpredictable, don't have unrealistic expectations based on some random good days.

33. The agency is not your enemy. But they aren't your friend either.

Why don't you tell us who you are, and we can compare successes? I'm assuming since you're on the SS forums you're not McBurney, but you sure sound like him.

Never mind, figured it out.

I would rather listen to someone who has demonstrably been very successful in this business, like michelle, than follow lists from anonymous forum posters no one even remembers. And don't get me started on books, classes and portfolio reviews from people who's performance has been pedestrian at best.

Success doesn't make you happy Yada, they aren't the same things.

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Quote from: Justanotherphotographer on November 11, 2017, 04:43

I would rather listen to someone who has demonstrably been very successful in this business, like michelle, than follow lists from anonymous forum posters no one even remembers. And don't get me started on books, classes and portfolio reviews from people who's performance has been pedestrian at best.

She's  a success? I wouldn't know financials, but from the complaining about lack of sales, downward income, dropping earnings, plus other surveys motivated by attempts at intimidating agencies, plus obvious dissatisfaction, that a success? I'd think someone who's a success would actually be happy instead of always finding things wrong?

I disagree with  19. Don’t try to analyze this business. We can analyze as we wish, use math and just don't over analyze. Don't find conspiracies or patterns where there are none, like people do about sales times or regions or up and down swings in downloads. The natural swings will be up and down, without outside interference, not up and up. This whole market is unreliable and unpredictable, don't have unrealistic expectations based on some random good days.

33. The agency is not your enemy. But they aren't your friend either.

Why don't you tell us who you are, and we can compare successes? I'm assuming since you're on the SS forums you're not McBurney, but you sure sound like him.

Never mind, figured it out.

I didn't bring that up, I was answering this, and asking. I guess it's wrong to ask a question and always get slapped by some unhappy person, who never stops complaining how bad it is, but then someone else says that's success? It is? I'd say if I'm happy doing this kind of work, that's a measure of success.

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I would rather listen to someone who has demonstrably been very successful in this business, like michelle, than follow lists from anonymous forum posters no one even remembers. And don't get me started on books, classes and portfolio reviews from people who's performance has been pedestrian at best.

I say make the forum without anonymous people I'd be all for that. Lets here from people their opinion of that? Or stop blasting anonymous people, just because they disagree with you or you disagree with them, as a way to discredit anything they write. More than half the people here are anonymous, are we all unable to post what we think because of that?

I thought the OP was posting a joke, now it's all flames and serious.

You're not anonymous. And starting a thread with a joke about a specific person isn't particularly funny.

You've been complaining on this forum since 2009. You have a blog complaining about Getty. And you started a thread here complaining about what I'd been saying on the SS forums. I don't believe I've ever started a thread about you...have I?