check these prices in your country and let me know:

Sony A100 (with DT 18-70 lens) $US749
Canon EOS 5D body only $US2454
Canon xti (single lens kit) $US755

only have 18 images there, which sell very well.

but everything i do lately gets rejected.

done the noise ninja thing, checked them at 100%. weird

thanks they look good but ... we are 240v. Dont trust them upformers

Big issue I think is photographers dont seem to be able to think objectively about their own art.

Basically if the designers do not want to buy the image, it doesn't make it crap art, just a crap "product".

It is no different to any other business. Why would you continue to stock your shop with products that dont sell. You dont! Difference being you (the photographer) are the "supplier" and trying to motivate the shop keeper into justifying the shelf space just in case the market changes and all of a sudden your "products" become popular.

give you a $1000 ... lol

so what does snow actually look like.

i am saving up for a trip so i might actually see the stuff for the first time in my life.

now, if you want to know about beaches, deserts, hot and humid rainforests ... well, that is my life.

Leaf, a bit of constructive criticism is not trashing someone. I make money there as well, but they have never answered even one of my emails, and take sensorship to the extreme.

I think the overarching complaint about DT is their lack of consistency in rejections - and the fact that on this subject they refuse to enter into any dialogue with anyone..

Everyone seems to have the same "we have too many" or something along the lines of "too many variations of the one shot".

And yet when you search the database, there are some big names - who are also reviewers - with 50 or so of the 1 shot, like a model with paint dots on themselves and all over the walls - one shot head this way, next head the other way, bent arm, straight arm etc etc etc: none of which have ever had a sale;

and, you see a similar image (to the one that they rejected of yours for having too many of the same type) approved after they rejected yours.

From the way I have always done business, you should expect your suppliers and customers to follow your own lead on ethical and moral issues. Like, show some strategic leadership and show consistency. And, when you make a promise, follow up on it.

Basically, clean the non-selling crap off the site, forget about the 1 million image ego boost, and stop rejecting ace images.

To date, I have earned $140 from DT, and spent $180 on bandwidth costs uploading the images. So I will be waiting a long time for a return on the investment I have made there.

the reviewers at DT definately monitor this site. after my last post I had a lot of reviewing done quickly.

rather than reject good images, they need to do what they promised: Clean the non-selling crap off their site.

I received an email in reply saying that 3 of my files were potentially derivative versions of another artists works.

This tells me someone has complained.

It says "derivative" versions which would suggested that your work is derived from another work.

How about you wait until you hear back from iStock before we all pass judgement.

as a wise man once said: Let he who is without sin cast the first stone.

personally i think it is all a crock of rot. Watching TV now and the logo for something is being blurred out.

How can anyone suggest that because their logo is visible in the background their trademark is being used. Nobody asked you to put up the sign, and if it is part of a streetscape (for instance) that is either bad or good luck.

they are 40 short tonight. rejected everyone of my last batch.

hope they have more than one reviewer!

That noise reduction stuff made a difference.