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Hi,
for the past 5 years I've been using Canon 450D with Canon 17-85 mm f3.5-5.6
Last year I purchased a Canon 60D and now is time for a new lens.
My types of photography are: travel(city/mountains/landscapes); group photos(so events...)

I would like to continue on on stock, for the moment, on travel photography category.

I would like to change my lens because I often get rejected for 'image is not sharp/focused'. So I suppose that my lens aren't working anymore properly.

I have been looking at next lenses:
  • Canon EF 24-70mm f/4L IS USM
  • Canon EF 24-105mm f/4L IS USM
  • Sigma 24-70mm f/2.8 IF EX DG HSM - Canon EF 
I have never worked with Sigma so I don't know how reliable they are.

Could you please help? In case you use one of these lenses maybe write a short feedback. Also if you have another choice.

Thanks a lot for your help.

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Hi there,
I have an image I took in summer of Big Ben. I have thought to make an object selection of it so then designers could use it for all kind of uses like posters, and so on.

Now: I started from bottom to top where I realize is very difficult to make a clean selection. Please see the images.

Do you believe that I could get a clean selection? - please look top of the tower.

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Software / Do you use smart collections in LightRoom?
« on: December 02, 2013, 16:11 »
Hi, I am coming again with one more question regarding how to organize my images with Lightroom.
I want to take benefit of its smart collections or simple collections. Do you use them and how?
First method that might work is use simple collections and just drag them into each collection. For the moment I participate into 4 stock agencies. If the number will increase I want to be prepared. So I have there is a Label property for images. Would there be a chance to set certain categories and automatically be added in smart collections? Or do you use colors and stars?
Please help me get on the right way from the very beginning. 
Best regards,
Adrian.

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Software / Organizing your albums and backup methods
« on: November 23, 2013, 15:46 »
Hi there,
I am looking for methods of organizing my images and how to backup. For this please tell me what methods did you chosen?
How to you know which images you upload on agency X, Y, ... if they were accepted or not.
Then when you back up images do you keen raws too? Regarding raws: i understood and have seen that is not so easy to backup a raw file. The changes are saved by lightroom in a separate folder. So in case you want to move a raw on a backup disk what do you do? I found out that is complicated.
I am sure that these questions are somewhere on forum but please be patient with me.

As thinks I have tried this is one: there is AcdSee software that lets you create categories and then I created ShutterStock -> Accepted; ShutterStock - Rejected and so on. The tags are also saved by AcdSee in another folder on Windows. When you reinstall windows - that is another challenge to restore tags :| I am curious how do you proceed. For those that produce thousands of files you must have very good methods :)

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Shutterstock.com / Inconsistent review, am I wrong?
« on: November 21, 2013, 02:07 »
Hi,
i uploaded about 50 images with Florence city. I upload some even before - 4 accepted out of 7. Now they were all rejected. Reasons?

Poor Lighting--Image has exposure issues and/or incorrect white balance.
Composition--Image is poorly composed and/or poorly cropped.

for mostly all of them. There are some similar to what already had been accepted. I suspect that depending by number of photos in batch the reviewer is selected. So lot of images - more experienced/strict reviewer. What do you say? Did it happened to you too?

[I cannot include now images - only tonight]

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iStockPhoto.com / Wishing to get accepted on Istock
« on: November 18, 2013, 13:53 »
Hi there,
For the moment I have applied and I am accepted at ShutterStock, DreamsTime, Fotolia and 123rf. But I want also to get accepted at Istock. I applied once with 3 of my accepted images on SS + DS but they did not accepted.
I can show you links to my portfolios on SS and DS. Would that be all right to post on forum so you may help me decide taking 3 of my best images in order to post on IStock?

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