Congrats! how old is the image?

Italiano verace from Naples.
Benvenuto Stepunk.

Congrats!

Quote from: yingyang0 on February 21, 2007, 13:45

Quote from: CJPhoto on February 21, 2007, 12:02
I would follow up SS on this.  Since SS doesn't offer exclusivity, it makes a mockery of their extended license as in most sitations, every photo on the site si potentially elsewhere.  So they can never pursue a copywrite case??

News flash: if your photos are on more than one site than the only one that can/would pursue a copyright infringement case would be the photographer. First, SS doesn't have access to the stats of other sites and doesn't know if the "infringer" bought an extended license somewhere else where it might be cheaper. Second, SS wouldn't make any real money from suing the newspaper, and would have to hire a law firm in Italy to sue. Not to mention that they would lose a customer.

Why are people saying "they" should do something. It is the photographer responsiblity to protect his/her phtos, so he/she should do something. Call the newspaper. Then follow up by sending a demand letter to the newspaper saying that they infringed on your copyright, and tell them how they can make you whole (e.x. buy an extended license).

Yes... my responsibility too. Law in Italy works awful, especially in controversies like mine. Should I hire a lawyer for a 20$ EL? Surely he will ask me a minimum of 200 euros just to open the controversial: no refund. I think I will give up. Since my first upload I was conscious of such a problem could occur. Now I'm conscious that microstock's agencies have little power to defend its contributors.

This is the final answer from SS:
"... As the same image appears on a number of other microstock agencies (e.g., stockxpert.com, fotolia.com) we are unable to conclude that the photo in question was
downloaded from Shutterstock. ... "

very sad because I had only 2 downloads of that photo. I have wrote this to SS in my first complaint:
"The photo was used on the newspaper to comment a article from another
major italian financial newspaper "il Sole 24 ore": it was a research
over quality of life in italian cities and Siena results the winner. Well this research was
published the 18 of December on "il Sole 24 ore": so the same day
someone bought my photo of Siena from ShutterStock and published it on
our newspaper the day after. For this reason I don't think the photo
was bought at StockXpert the 11 of December, because the research
wasn't published yet."

But they seem don't matter about this. very sad

I have  got an EL licence sale! far away from 100$ threeshold...

Do you like this shot? worth an EL? 

Quote from: Eco on February 09, 2007, 14:39
Well I do believe in quality rather than quantity.  I submit only 10 images a week, which is carefully select and prepare.  It seems to work.  My Dreamstime portfolio stands at 542 with an acceptance rate of 92.6 %.

please give me your third choice photos, so I can boost my acceptance rate! Your portfolio is espectacular

Congrats! Photos with people sell well.

Quote from: Peiling on February 03, 2007, 04:03
Colmar Topicale stunning view and used to film Star Wars....

what is Colmar Topicale? and where is it?

I don't understand... they announced an old version as HIMIKO noted?

Quote from: HIMIKO on February 02, 2007, 03:45
Actually, I've been using them for over a year so they are not new at all.

:>))

It is a new version! let me see if kodak implemented something interesting

I remember that Bill Gates owns Microsoft and Corbis (among others companies ).
Getty images owns Istockphoto... what a business...

Yes, I agree that disambiguation is important for new users, because it gives visibility to those images that don't have flames or an high download counter.

Jan '07 statistics:
SS 32% (-52% of sales respect to Dec '06  )
IS 22% (+234% )
StockXpert 14% (+53%)
DT 12% (-43%)
FT 7% (-42%)
123rf(+379%!)
BigStock(+20%)
Others 2%

I'm working on a statistic parameter: it sounds like this "sales per images per sum of days of exposure"... maybe a measure of how much a site sell? what do you think?

Quote from: beisea on January 30, 2007, 06:01
I really like the interface, with my limited experience using LR, I found it's rather slow in handling raw files, when I try to import a folder of 150 raw files ( 10.2mp Nikon D80 file), it hoggs my memory like crazy, the computer is standstill, using 2gb of ram, since I have only 1gb on my laptop, so it's not working for me.
does anyone has any experience with the speed?

Same experience with lightroom. Importing RAW files from disk (canon 350D 8MP) is terrible slow, the order of several minutes. And when I have imported almost 1000 file in the library, LR simply seems to hang. :-( very bad.

For raw processing I use Capture One: very very rapid in raw conversion, few options means rapid workflow. Excellent colors rendering. A bit bad with noise suppresion, but I think it is a choise of developers oriented to a print-ready imaginery.

Where it is possible, a combination of various software is the ideal: imatch catalog, acdsee-like for rapid view/compare, etc...

The imatch script feature is very useful: import every data from acdsee, catalog by metadata, export to iptc is a very rapid workflow. Change keywords conditionally in a large batch of images is possible also.

Regards

where is the option to opt-out? thanks for this information

Yes, I will do. Let me continue a bit with my human shoulder kinematic model and then I will comment few.

a rating gang on LO too?  What I have to do, boss? 

I was looking for a Canon 50 mm 1.8 mm in november, but in Italy it is not so cheap (120 euro). So I bought a more versatile Tamron 55-200 mm F 3.5-6.3 for the same money. A cheap lens I know, but I have no money to spend in photography and I wanted to try a tele. My first lens, canon ef 18-55 sold in bundle with my 350D, is too soft at 55mm, but still good at 18mm.

Quote from: leaf on January 28, 2007, 10:29
looks like fintastique will have a busier monday than he barganed for.

busier and busier.... I let him choose "forgotten" from my portfolio 

Just to add something to CN discussion and to "rating exchange" organization, take a look to the portfolio pf this user http://www.istockphoto.com/user_view.php?id=597575.
Order by newest first and note the straordinary number of ratings from his CN... I hope Istockphoto do something about the rating system, if not, we are just late to organize ourself 

Quote from: GeoPappas on January 28, 2007, 11:58
This way I could give honest critique without feeling that retribution would be coming from an irate artist.

This is just what happened to me... 

Quote from: epixx on January 26, 2007, 19:36
Unfortunately, capitalism looks very much like communism when it reaches a certain level. It's full control and no choice for us small guys.

communism among big guys do you mean    maybe an oligarchy? or just divide the world's economic sources as corporations do in medieval europe?
Anyway no choice for small guys 

Added me. Greetings from Naples, Italy!

In my modest opinion a solution could be:

• let users rating images only with a thumb up (no bad rating): the sum of those ratings rates the image
• do not show rating information in thumbnail list but only when an image is open: so rating have less power to impress a possible buyer
• last, but most important, throw away from sorting/searching algorithm the variable "rating": no convenience in rating is the best medicine to abuse

what do you think?
Regards