I rather like this photo an am thinking of submitting it to istock for one of the original three. What do you folks think?

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/16375342/Iguana%20close%20up%20w%20watermark.jpg [nofollow]

Thanks for your help.

There are applications for noise suppression that work beautifully. I use Imagenomic Noiseware Professional and it would knock the noise right out of that shot.

Considering that saleability is not really an issue when applying, only superior image quality, I wouldn't worry about the marketability. Besides just because certain people on this site lack the imagination to see a use for an image doesn't mean there isn't one. If all you want are photos that sell 10000 times each you should re-think stock. It's as much about providing the unique (because you can never predict what a buyer might be looking for) as much as it is providing the same old S**t every other photographer does.

- image has so much noise, I doubt that it'll be accepted even in the less pretentious among the low earner agencies
- it is also shaken, that's why is blurry
- white balance is slightly off
- also, piece of advice: shoot and work in sRGB, not adobe rgb
- other piece of advice: resize images to the smalles possible, when uploading your first 3.

Here's my take on your image, this is how I would have submitted it. No noise, sharper, but you can still see that camera was shaken:
http://bit.ly/rlBQkC

quick 2 minutes work - remove noise (no plugin), resize, correct white balance, sharpen iguana's face. It's not perfect and saved at 70% quality, just to give you the idea.

I'll remove it after you look at it.

I'll also re-shoot this image.


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