What do you think about this: http://www.dreamstime.com/thread_39288 ? Is it some joke, mistake, bug or real DT action?

I know, thanks! It is not so difficult.

How do You like these images:
http://www.dreamstime.com/stock-images-field-poppy-flowers-image5468314
http://www.dreamstime.com/royalty-free-stock-image-white-flowers-field-image19631346
http://www.dreamstime.com/stock-images-dragonfly-image14384554
How about DOF? It is why using DSLR I did not throw away my old point@shoot!
HO HO HO, Enstoker! Happy New Year You too!

Do not worry, your FUJI is good enough for stock photo! For first submission on Shutterstock avoid macro shoots - here You have problems with focusing. Better shoot something without zooming, on lower possible ISO and all will be OK! If images will be rejected, try again and again - one editor will reject, but another will accept the same photo!
  You do not need buy camera and equipment for thousands $ and shoot photos for sale $ 0.25!  One third of my PF was shoot by 7.1 MP Canon A550 and these images have regular sales today. DSLR has too shallow DOF.

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@ Microbius & tickstock -

Thank you both, all is clear! Do not become angry, i am disputing more for fun!

Quote from: Microbius on February 05, 2013, 19:22
Just a thought, I wonder if this is something to do with the new pay per view models coming online (the Getty API thing, the way ads on Youtube compensate the copyright holders-- all that stuff)

If people never actually access the page with the ads, but only the search results page (the way Google's image search now encourages) the people who's images are getting used don't get compensated right? They only get paid when their images are viewed on a page also containing Ads.

Seriously, i think, nobody never will get any compensation from Google, may be only from hosting site owner, but it is a long, long way... People, purchased full size image on DT may not resell it, but is it forbidden to give it away for free, without money?

Quote from: jsnover on February 05, 2013, 18:11

Quote from: Grandpa on February 05, 2013, 17:39

Please, explain to me, how can Google ...using the software to access our copyrighted images...? They can only link to thumbnails on DT web page, not to source files in computers!
I made small experiment with my "bestseller": googled  electronic-door-lock-dreamstime and find my image on first page as 3-d. "View original image" was linked to DT thumbnail, no problems!  Repeating this in DT search, i find my image on 9-th place, approximately the same results. It look, after some time buyers will search images only on Google and site admins will loss benefits manipulate with search engine!

You're completely missing the point because you're searching for your own images and - luckily for you - that image isn't being used in a large size by a legitimate buyer whose web site has the image visible to Google's search

Do a google image search for dreamstime - nothing else. Look at the huge sizes of unwatermarked images that are available (a) without visiting the hosting web site, which is loosing visitors and (b) for free download

Be thankful none of those images are yours, but be somewhat empathetic that a lot of other people's best selling images are caught up in this mess.

I understand - if somebody was so stupid, bought my image on DT for money, later placed it on his web page in full size, yes, image become accessible for everybody. With mp3 files is the same - one person bought song, hosted on her site and millions can download it for free. But where is fault of Google search? In petition you can read: ...4. It will be difficult for users to find the images they are looking for. ... Petition authors think, it will be more difficult, not more easy to stole our images?!

Quote from: jbryson on February 05, 2013, 16:56

Quote from: sjlocke on February 05, 2013, 16:45
The problem is that Google is not hosting the content.  The person hosting the content is probably legally using it.  It would only harm them to attempt to tell Google to block it.  It is the nature of the software itself, not individual stolen images, which is the problem.

So is it feasible to send a request to Google to cease and desist using the software to access our copyrighted images? If so, would it be beneficial to have a standard request letter drawn up by a willing attorney and those who want to use it can each pay the attorney a small fee (to license the letter, I guess).

Please, explain to me, how can Google ...using the software to access our copyrighted images...? They can only link to thumbnails on DT web page, not to source files in computers!
I made small experiment with my "bestseller": googled  electronic-door-lock-dreamstime and find my image on first page as 3-d. "View original image" was linked to DT thumbnail, no problems!  Repeating this in DT search, i find my image on 9-th place, approximately the same results. It look, after some time buyers will search images only on Google and site admins will loss benefits manipulate with search engine!

Where is a problem? Google can not hack your PC, have not access to your HDD. If somebody placed on his web page full size unwatermarked image, purchased or stolen, yes, new layout helps better and faster find it and "Save as", but nothing more! If some agency sell photos without your permission, you can more easy find it. I can not understand, how this search engine upgrade decrease DT sales?

Did You read these news here: http://www.dreamstime.com/thread_32878 ? Interesting ! Especially i like Carmen/Tangie term - phone-graphers, nice joke!

Sometimes DT was the second best microstock site, today it is on 4-th place, really middle tier. Saving the site DT makes one mistake after another and are going down more and more. When it will be completely sunk, interesting, what will do all these ''happy exclusives'', begin from zero on other sites?

Achilles wrote -...In short terms, what will happen starting tomorrow is that new files will be automatically allocated to level 1, instead of level 0....
How long exist level 0, year, a bit more? All previous years new files without downloads was on level 1. DT team understand - level 0 was a mistake, and simple return back!

For interest - http://www.dreamstime.com/Bepsphoto_more-latest-adition_pg1 reviewer accepted 41 (!) photo with the same title ''Girl in underwear'' and the descriptions in groups of 5 - 7 identical. This photographer was more saccesfull as we, others...

I think, the greatest part of DT reviewers are normal and objective peoples, but there is one specially ''smart'' reviewer, who write these stupid answers (other reviewers use standard rejection templates). Interesting, he want different titles AND description - my images of one theme with different titles, but the same description was rejected. For fun - once i submitted photo of the woman, resting in armchair and got rejection reason: '' woman is with half opened eyes'' ! How must she relax - with full opened or closed eyes?

This was posted by Achilles:

We're constantly looking into the search placement, relevancy and sorting options. Things change weekly or monthly, even if sometimes you don't really see much difference.
Each update will decrease sales for some contributors and improve them for others.

This one may favor older images is true, but it also favors more users than relevancy sorting. The sort by download option includes more contributors in the first pages than the relevancy. Lots of times more contributors. And yes, others' earnings may be affected.

Every change is temporary as long as this is in a constant update. We try to give everyone a fair chance in front of the buyers. This time it was the turn of already popular images.

I think, these ''weekly or monthly'' manipulations with search engine is reason for cyclic waves in sales results!

Quote from: Fred on January 28, 2012, 13:06
Well maybe I am using the wrong metric but I really only care about average return per download and DT is my best site at $1.48 ahead of IS at $1.26 and SS at $0.48.

Don't much care if I sell a few at very low amounts if they are made up for by a few at much higher amounts.  DT seems to satisfy this requirement better than anywhere else.

fred

Right, if you have the same downloads per day (or per month, or year) on al this sites. But if you have on DT 3 times higher return per download, and 10 times lower downloads per month as on SS, where you earned more?

Quote from: FD on January 26, 2012, 10:28

Quote from: Grandpa on January 25, 2012, 15:03Sometimes after critique DT in forum, i receive from Achilles/Serban comment for one of my images:
Your posts on the forums are full of negative things about Dreamstime or the stock photo industry overall. Please stop doing that.
After such ''comments'' everybody will lock his/her topic...

Come on Viesturs, I'm sure you're a very nice guy in real but I have to admit that one of your latest posts on DT was a trifle grumpy, if I may say so  
Achilles is very possessive and caring about his brainchild he started at a time and a place that wasn't that obvious. I smell ambition and total dedication, also to his photographers. Sometimes the porcupine put its spines up when it feels threatened, even if it's a very cuddly little animal. You have to know the people you are dealing with. Did you ever see somebody of XYZ stand up for his case? They let the dirty work do by retards like Lobo and despise you deep down counting their "revenue".
Specimens like Lobo will soon be gone, Achilles will stand on his ship till the last man (or woman).
Now cheer up and enjoy life  


Glad to meet you, Hugo! I read many of your posts and understand - you are smart and good man only angry to postsoviet peoples, especially russians, who i`m not...
 I begin with  DT on 2006 (it was too late...), became exclusive, sales were growing, but slow, very slow! I remowed my exclusivity on 2008, submit with the same portfolio on different sites and only on Shutterstock i get regular everyday sales. I regret the lost years, incomes on DT decrease month by month, especially after beginning subscription, very often errors, mistakes, long pending line. DT is  doing ''negative things'', but nobody may write about them! If you critique DT, your sales decrease or stop to some time ( manipulating with search engine). All it is, why i am angry to DT. It can be better site, earn more, but they are doing nothing...
P.S. for example, this months i have on SS - 85 sales/ $38 but on DT- 9 sales/ $5.80, with approximately the same small portfolio. Why must i love DT?!
 

Sometimes after critique DT in forum, i receive from Achilles/Serban comment for one of my images:
Your posts on the forums are full of negative things about Dreamstime or the stock photo industry overall. Please stop doing that.
After such ''comments'' everybody will lock his/her topic...

Quote from: AttilaTheNun on December 12, 2011, 11:06

Quote from: Grandpa on December 12, 2011, 10:06Excuse me, who was this featured contributor(user name) ?

The name is Info. Mr. Confidential Info. He's a roomie of Ed. Mr. Ed Stock. 

Thank you, Mr.HugoTheNun !

Excuse me, who was this featured contributor(user name) ?

But i can recommend DT to all users:
- to buyers, becose i have my photos for sale on this site, but DT has too love sales...
- to photographers, expecially dreaming about exclusivity- they will not be allowed submit their images on others, better selling sites! DT is the best site for beginners: no exams, no tests, most friendly. Who stay on DT, never will be an competitor for us on better sites. So, all to Dreamstimes!!!

I am getting 0.32 - 0.70 per sub sale on Dreamstime and stable 0.35 per sale on Shutterstock, but this month i had 22 sales on DT and 80 on SS! Where i earn more? Yes, DT pay a bit more, but they have too low sales...

My RPD this September was $0.73, but only 15 sales! On SS i have similar portfolio, ONLY sub sales, but 100 sales/month and 5 times higher earnings. DT is my second earner, but it have not enough buyers...

P.S.- you can write this not as keyword, but in description or title!?