Hi Leaf,
can you add this one? thanks.

http://www.istockphoto.com/file_closeup.php?id=4198051

To get you guys inspired (or vomit
I shot my egg photo today, now lets hope it gets accepted 
Assuming you all are creative enough  to think of something better and not steal the idea...
Not enough time to go really creative (vacation planned).
Comments to improve are welcome...
Great idea Leaf!

With all due respect and nothing personal, but sharpshot's best shot sold 124 times in roughly 1 year (i would sign for it). But the top selling images i referred to sell that much in one week.

I guess the only way to find out is if you double or half your keywords and look over a longer time what happens.

I think that if you add more general keywords like 'email' or 'contact' to  sharpshot's top image, sales will go up.  Once again, learn from the best, look at how general and objective their keywords are.

Just my 2 cents...

done...

http://www.istockphoto.com/file_closeup.php?id=2244803
http://www.istockphoto.com/file_closeup.php?id=2274200
http://www.istockphoto.com/file_closeup.php?id=3739666
http://www.istockphoto.com/file_closeup.php?id=1479578

>Given how much higher sales prices are on IS...
?
perhaps i don't understand,but for me, on average, Dreamstime & StockXpert give me more /photo then istock

August 2007 (best month ever  )

Istock           19.71%
Dreamstime    37.09%
Fotolia            2.06%
StockXpert    41.13%

IStock was bad, StockXpert was great...
Fotalia seems to be dead
But on total it was the best month ever.

On the samsung i read that the same model may have different panels. Some great, some bad. Problem is you don't know what you get...

Also see there is a lot of difference on contrast ratio. The screens you buy around the corner are roughly 1:500 or 1:800, but if you look closer some go up to 1:3000 (eg. FP's Samsung Sycmaster 223BW) and even to 1:10000. I guess that makes a lot of difference on the contrast (now lets hope its the same on every corner of the screen
From the other hand, i read that its not a standard and manufacturers can fiddle the numbers, also i saw great contrast on screens with a ration of �only� 1:400

End 2005 i read a review on the Eizo CG210, (its great) problem was it cost euro 2000+.
But when i check recently the models dropped to around euro 1000
The dell 2707WFP or  2407WFP are about the same price. Ok you get a bigger screen but I would choose for a 20� eizo above the 24� dell. As a techy i have trouble with nothing saying marketing phrases like TrueColour and UltraSharp, etc... On the Eizo site they talk about colour space, no. of colours, look up tables, calibration, etc, all makes a lot more sense to me. Also there are no Dell showrooms here too proof their technology.
(for those interested check www.Eizo.com)

Budget, hmmm  , I want something that is at least as good as my crt/trinitron.
I guess I need to buy a new video card with some memory and to get DVI so that would be around euro200-300.
And then obv. a screen >=20�
Also read that the new HDTV standard is 1920x1080, so it would be nice if the screen can handle that. But very little can. And seen the reputation and speed on hdtv  , i better scratch it of my wish list.
It would be nice to buy something between 500 to 700, but if that can't beat the old trinitron i'll wait. It seems that technology goes up and prices down quickly.

Thanks for the tip Leaf,
The lacie's look good, price in same range as the Eizo, and just a bit above budget.
http://www.lacie.com/products/range.htm?id=10016
Read a good review on an old LaCie photon20 Vision II (euro 800) but that was 2 years ago and can't be bought anymore (or i can't find it).
Can't find 'enzo' guess you mean eizo.

For those with flash installed and fans of youtube (and bored you may want to have a look at a �Gamut comparison, Eizo CG211 vs LaCie Electron� (i haven't seen in, run it to it on the way searching)

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vej7Qfkjq5Y" target="_blank" class="aeva_link bbc_link new_win">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vej7Qfkjq5Y</a>

Perhaps save a bit more  (sell more pictures, more months like august  )
If anybody runs into something nice or read a good review, let me know.

what about sales?

Hi,

I had a rejection from istock that I don't really understand.
I don't mind rejections, as long as i can learn something from it.
I would really appreciate it if one of you can have a look at the photo and can tell me what i'm doing wrong. Describe where i have to look or (even better) Cut out a part, put some arrows ;-) and email it or post it here, whatever you prefer...
I know there has been some posts on artifacting, and i read them but still...

Point is also, i shot it in Raw (canon 350d), used C1 to convert it to jpg12 so where are the artifacts created?

Below the iStock feedback, i asked for more details/reason and got the reply in the second line.

This file contains artifacting when viewed at full size. This technical issue is commonly created by the quality settings in-camera or in post-processing.

As you've requested I've taken another look at image number xxx which was rejected due to artifacting. The compression is contained in the ejects of the objects in the image and the cloud areas of the file.

Thanks a million!
Regards,
Bjorn

see: mg_9352.jpg

Does anybody know where in the world you can buy the cheapest body? (i'm thinking of buying a canon D5).
Prices differ quite a bit from continent to continent.
I know there is already a big difference between EU & usa, just wondering if Asia (hong-kong or Singapore) would be even cheaper.
It may be worth to look around if I'm there anyway.

Anybody know some websites?

thanks,
Bjorn

Hi,

Just curious...
What size photo's do you sell most?
Would there be a difference per agent, or per image? (if i look at my numbers there is).

I checked the last couple of weeks and here are my stats (in %):
If I look at my % there is little need for a bigger camera 

DT:
Max   68% 
Large  15%
Mid       4%
Small  13%

FT:
XL Standard    4%
L Standard     26%
M Standard    70%

Istock:
Large      17%
Medium     21%
Small        45%
Xsmal      17%

looking forward to see your score's and to hear what you think of it.
Regards,
Bjorn

Just wondering, what do you really get paid per photo?
If you take what you (totally) earned this year (per agent) and devide it by the photo's sold there, what does it give you (so include ext. license, etc...)

my list...
Istock            $0.46
Dreamstime     $0.70
Fotolia           $0.73
StockXpert     $0.94