Hi All,

I'd like to make a few quick comments, and clear up a few misconceptions:

1. I think the quality of microstock has vastly improved over the last few years (since I made the comments I made in the "About the Image" article).  Please don't assume that I would make the same argument today (ah, the Internet!).

2. fStop currently represents 70+ photographers from around the world, and the images aren't mine, nor do I own the company.

and,

3. Somebody wrote, "fStop's site has a pile of really run of the mill, unexciting, easy to produce images for $49 to $435. Old, tired-looking, over priced - and those are the good ones (i.e. not the toilet door)."

Which, if you actually take a good, hard look at our collection, I don't think you'll agreed is accurate.

Here are links to a few recent fStop favorites.  I think they are anything but "run of the mill," "unexciting," or "easy to produce," from my perspective. Of course you are welcome to disagree:

http://www.fstopimages.com/highlights/pages/000114002.htm
http://www.fstopimages.com/highlights/pages/000001.htm
http://www.fstopimages.com/highlights/pages/7319002.htm

I can't think of a single RF collection that is flawless, and it's important to keep in mind that sometimes people need very different kinds of images for very different projects.  Some styles work really well in some cases, but not at all in others.