Congrats on the simple and effective shot.  Flame on!

Very well done - I like how you included short cuts into the content.  Masks are something I know I should know more about but don't.  Looking foward to learning more - thanks for your time and effort on lesson 1.

that is amazing - I'm thrilled when I go into double digits - cannot image that milestone!  All the best to him.

Thanks for the tips -- I'm heading to Banff later this summer and will use the info. 

I just logged in without problems.  I'm on the east coast of the USA and logged in around 7:45

I've always had to log out and log back in again before I can post

same with me on that -- I've given up and don't post there.  I use netscape but have had the same issues on ie.

as a side note - since I got a raise, my sales have been slower than slow!! I'm making more per shot but many, many less shots.

Had 3 .30 sales - seems they started this mid-day as the one I had this am was a .25-er.  A very nice surprise 

Once I tried a search for lipstick (I was working on images of makeup items) and was amazed that maybe 90% of the results were photos of women, though not necessarily in closeup or with a lipstick in hand.  So it's like evey photo of a person in full body people pick "eyes, ears, mouth, lips, cheek, hair, hands, fingers, ..." and if a woman they also add "makeup, lipstick, ..."



Regards,
Adelaide

I had the same experience this weekend -- looking up carnival.  I tried "fair" but that was worse.  To be "fair" there wasn't any way to indicate fair skinned so I got an eye-full   

As with most things - when I switch roles I learn a lot about both sides - that is, when I searched for a certain type of image I learn a lot that I can apply to my keywording of images.

Good news for me -- I make the cut so an extra .05 for me.  I'm working on my first flame/etc. on all the other sites so it's great to already have make it here.  Thanks for posting the news and the link.

I've been using the beta version for a few months now and really like it.  I've totaly gotten used to the brightness/contrast changes as well as the B&W conversion tool.  I didn't have a strong handle on CS2 as I just upgraded from Elements right before the free beta came out.  I will wait and see what the deal is (money-wise) to upgrade the CS2 package I fairly recently bought. 

@Miz - the edited version is way better - nice work.  I've yet to shoot raw - not sure why exactly -- probably neww stuff overload.

I've learned that leadership looks different to folks.. I believe "leaf" offers leadership on microstockgroup and does a wonderful albeit subtle job.  For my "day job" I do mission statement work (and other stuff) and find that  "a meetingplace for microstock photographers" to be an ample one.   Too much gets in the way sometimes.  Simple and open offers freedom.

It's strange .. when I connected tonight I wondered what the mood would be here --  so while it might look like I'm taking issue with some of your thougths, professorgb, I totally agree with the sense of climate that started your post.
(I also wondered "what's the deal with senior member, junior member, and full member" ...  but that's another thing

I've appreciated some of the tips/techniques threads  that "sharply_done" and "the miz" have contributed to (side note that I've used these on some lack luster shots and, while not accepted everywhere, did get some accepted on some sites - better than I would have without the tips. 

Cool -- really helps add something extra to technically fine photos but ones that lack sizzle.  Used it tonight on some shots that I took a while ago but didn't quite know what to do with them.  I'll add a link when I finally upload them and they get accepted (somewhere I hope).  Either way- sure appreciate you taking the time to share -- Thanks.