last month was good for me (I think it beat 123 and BigStock but not them combined), the DFC was awesome, this month is less though (< than 123 and BigStock) - maybe some ebb and flow, but after they followed through with the DFC I'm willing to give them some time. I'd love to see them join the big 4 or whatever number you pick.

--=Tom

I wasn't trying to suggest some big conspiracy, although I still wouldn't be surprised if a site switched from a really boring pic to one more interesting from the same batch or something if that is what they came up with first - with multiple reviewers all over the world I am not sure exactly how they would measure the magic number anyway...

BUT

looking at DT's page it says:

"
You're a photographer. What do you have to do in this contest?
There are no entry fees or extra registration required. The only things required of you are to upload pictures, to be an active part of the community by helping other users on the forums and contributing to the site's action.

To maximize your chances you need to:
- upload the maximum amount allowed of pictures each day
- increase your approval percentage ratio
- provide quality (be selective)
- be active on the site and message boards
"

So how exactly does anything other than uploading a lot of images that are going to get accepted help you get the 10,000,000th accepted image? That was my main question. I guess I would also expect that submitting 100 images with a 50% acceptance ratio would be better for winning the contest than submitting 10 images with 100% acceptance ratio, but they suggest that this is not so.

(and I also wanted to commiserate with those that had no DL on that day)

DT didn't have to do this, and although I think it is a small gesture, it is way better for contributors than something like the "stockys". I'd really like my flat 50% across the board though.

--=Tom

Here is an interesting possible reason for some lousy noise with tiny pixels...

http://www.luminous-landscape.com/essays/an_open_letter_to_the_major_camera_manufacturers.shtml

basically with large f-stops (large openings) the light comes to the sensor at an angle, but the sensors don't "see" this light, so the camera makers cheat by essentially boosting the gain at those f-stops so you end up with more noise, and maybe not as much shallow DOF and bokeh as you might expect...

I'd really like to see something like the 7D with around 13 or 14 MP or a FF with around 18.

--=Tom

last month was pretty good for FP (better than bigstock which isn't saying a whole lot). This month started with an EL - something over 40$ for me (getting 50% is nice), which is nice. I hope this continues, but it is sporadic enough there that I can't really tell if it is a trend or just a few lucky hits.

This isn't a new practice either. Sears used to do that with its suppliers back when my grandfather was in business (at least 60 years ago). They would lure them in with large enough orders that they had to increase, then start lowering the prices they would pay, but the suppliers were stuck because of the recent expansions. Grandpa was smart (and not too greedy) enough to tell them to take a hike.

One wonders what would happen if the suppliers could say - sure we have this product that is the hot new toy for the year, but for you, the price will be X higher because of what you did last year.

I got an e-mail notice from Veer saying I had been paid, but nothing in my Paypal account. I sent a query to Veer on Fri morning about this, but have not heard back. I am concerned that it got sent somewhere, but not to me.

IS figured they could get away with shafting us partly because FT got away with it so many times.

FT lead the charge and DT and IS gladly followed. Thanks FT.

I just had a .16 sale there, I guess next year maybe I'll be getting .12 sales or something like that. ouch.

What is unsustainable is the bonuses for the executives. If they can't run their business with 80% of the take, that is pathetic. They really should be able to be profitable with 60%. I'd gladly trade with them... I hope they get reamed by their suppliers and buyers over this nonsense.

--=Tom

I got 400 accepted with plenty still more in the queue, so as long as they actually payout, I'm pretty pleased with them.

Well, I checked out your twitter page as requested and all I can say is I hope I won't be doing that again.

You really should post relevant information somewhere on your site even if you don't want to have a forum.

If you do read this, please make some way we can see the sales stats for our images (views would be nice too). When I am trying to decide what images to "fave", that is useful information, and please don't tell me to just go through the monthly sales and add them up.

--=Tom

Don't forget to charge them at least 5 times what you would make through an IS sale (adjust accordingly if you are exclusive).

they announced the uploads would be off wed-thurs. I didn't see it until I couldn't upload and went searching though. Now I can't find when it is supposed to be back up.