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Messages - gunnar3000

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Bigstock.com / Re: Got my first download at BigStock!
« on: March 26, 2009, 16:30 »
Congratulations!  :) :) :)

I hope you will get lots of downloads.... but bigstock is not doing good for me  :(

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thanks to a cupple of ELs at SS its my BME there...  :)

I hope this will be a trend in the future!  ;D ??? :o

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Dreamstime.com / Re: Dreamstime acceptance rates going up?
« on: March 26, 2009, 16:25 »
I also get lots of rejections because of this "Very well covered subject"-thing...
especialy when I upload flowers and textures  ;D ;D ;D

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I guess most people post-process their images....
even little adjustments are very helpful...

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CanStockPhoto.com / Re: WOOOO! One image earned me $26,76
« on: March 26, 2009, 16:20 »
Congratulations whitechild!  :) :) :)

I like canstock  ::)

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Shutterstock.com / Rush of these 5 cent Backup CD sales at SS
« on: March 26, 2009, 16:08 »
Hi,
today I had loooots of these 5 cent Backup CD sales at SS.  I sold so many Images today like in the whole past 3 months (I know, the BackUp CD thing is not really a sale).
Is this just me? Do you experience the same phenomena?
Or is it just a coincidence?

Thank

Gunnar

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General Stock Discussion / Image Download Density Factor
« on: March 22, 2009, 08:35 »
hi,  :) :) :)

Inspired by a thread in the shutterstock forum I calculated my download density factor.
But I never heard before about this index.  ???
The download density factor is calculated this way:

Quote
(all time # of downloads/# of months of membership)X (1/# total # of your images)

for example, you have
-50 images
-50 downloads
-been a member for 1 month,
then your IDD factor is:
(50/1).(1/50)= 1, which means, on average, you get one download per image per month.

another example
-22 images
-500 downloads
-member for 5 months
then your IDD=(500/5).(1/22)= 4.54 which is superb (ie, you are getting 4.54 downloads per image per month off your gallary)
the higher your IDD, the more popular you are.
notice that this number will change over time. If it continues to rise, you are improving, if it starts to go down, you need to start thinking of new strategies/better quality pictures

Since I never heard about this factor, I would like to know your opinion.  ;D
What exactly does it measure?  ???
What are the pros? What the cons?  ???
 What is your download density factor?   ???

by the way.... may factor at SS ist 0.83  ::)

Thanks,
gunnar

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Off Topic / Where does the Euro Dollar Exchange Rate go?
« on: March 19, 2009, 03:16 »
Hi,

yesterday the US Central Bank (FED) deiced to repurchase large quantities government bonds. As a result there wars a considerable change in the exchange rate between these two currencies. Now I get a little bit less euro for one dollar.

I know that this will be only a small chapter in the history of the exchange rate, but I am curious about your opinion:

Where does the exchange rate go in 1 year? Even if this topic is not directly related to microstock, it will be a point of interest for those photographer (like me) outside the US (especially if you live in the euro zone).

gunnar

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CanStockPhoto.com / Re: First sale on CanStockPhoto
« on: March 07, 2009, 19:09 »
I also noticed an increase in earnings. not in sales, but the number of the 19 or 20 dollar sales from fotosearch has increased at a significant amount.
I have about 2200 images at canstock, and at the last month I earned the same money I earned the last 5 months before.
I hope its not just a coincidence....

gunnar

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General Stock Discussion / Re: Your Sell-Through Rate ?
« on: February 14, 2009, 17:50 »
SS 83 %  :( :-\ :) :)

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StockXpert.com / Re: Problems with freshly uploaded images
« on: January 23, 2009, 13:26 »
I uploaded a batch of 50 today and I had no problems. however, I noticed that it takes a little bit time until the images are generated....

every thing else was fine....

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General Stock Discussion / Re: Is a photo of a map legal?
« on: January 22, 2009, 15:00 »
I guess it's not copyright because it's really just a tiny bit of a map. I don't think even creator of this map could say if he made this map. I used to draw maps of Europe before, and you could kill me, but I couldn't say if this is a part of some of my maps.
On this image you can see my eye. The image is big and sharp enough, but everyone asked me "who's eye is this?", and most of them are seeing my eyes every day for years

Anyway, maybe somebody else will tell us something more precise about this case.



I am just curious: how did you shoot the image of your owen eye?  ;) :) ;D :o :o ::) ::) :) :) :) :) :)

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General Stock Discussion / Is a photo of a map legal?
« on: January 22, 2009, 12:53 »
hi,

as a cartographer I know for sure that maps are protected by a copyright. but sometimes you can find images which are showing parts of a map.
this is an example:
http://static-p4.fotolia.com/jpg/00/11/54/49/400_F_11544969_Hh7LyZuSrpGZFqEZZu9d8s7Z1ri6eq8l.jpg



I dont know whether the photographer created the map or not, but if not I think such images could possible contain a copyright infringment.

I just want to know your opinion: is it legal if the main subject of an image is protected by a copyright?

gunnar

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General Stock Discussion / Re: How do you back up your images?
« on: December 28, 2008, 06:47 »
peter, there is a old nuclear bunker not far away from my town (its out of use), but I guess there will be no market for stock images after a nuclear strike  ;D ;D ;D ::)  :'( :'(

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General Stock Discussion / Re: Do HDRs sell?
« on: December 28, 2008, 06:07 »
I tryed HDR a while before I started with microstock. I never tryed to upload one of these images. at that time I used a freeware merge 3-5 different images to a HDR, but the result I achieved with this freeware was realy bad.  ;D ;D :'( :'(
does anybody know a good free (or cheap) tool for HDR?  ???
my be I should give it a second shoot... :)

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General Stock Discussion / Re: How do you back up your images?
« on: December 28, 2008, 05:59 »
interesting topic  :)

I backup my images every week on an external HDD, but the external HDD an the PC are in the same room of my house. may be you guys are right and I should bring the images out of the house. I think I will give a copy on DVD to a buddy of mine.  ::) :) :)

gunnar

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Off Topic / Re: Share your weather
« on: December 20, 2008, 20:13 »
dark sky, 6 C  cold, rainy and windy here in central europe (germany). I guess I am happy that I can buy hot wine punch on every street corner at this time of the year in germany  ;D ;D ;D
I already had 3 cups today  ::)

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Dreamstime.com / Re: Advise on DT Please beefore I upload to them.
« on: December 15, 2008, 13:21 »
they dont like flowers and textures... recently they rejected lots of my  textures for the reason "we have enough of this subject" or something like this....  ;D :'(

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123RF / Re: slow reviews
« on: December 13, 2008, 04:56 »
same for me, I have a batch of 50 waiting for 6 days now.  ;)
but my sales at 123rf are not that good that this delay would hurt me..  ;)

gunnar

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Zymmetrical.com / Re: First Sale Zymmetrical
« on: December 10, 2008, 07:59 »
hey nata_rass,

may be its a question of pricing your images. may I ask which price do you select on zym for your images?

I usualy select the lowest possible price (3$) in order to compete with other images... but I am not sure whether this is the right strategy.

gunnar

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General Stock Discussion / Re: What's your niche?
« on: December 09, 2008, 19:01 »
I have a focus on isolations and still lifes. I think about the half of my portfolio are isolations. but I guess I should try different things...  :)

I am often not sure about the question wherefor exactly a property release is required, so I sometimes limit my self in this kind of stock photography...  >:( ;) ::) ??? :'(

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Shutterstock.com / Re: no email about payout this month?
« on: December 03, 2008, 08:20 »
I got my email too.  

may be a buck in their system...   don't panic..  ;)

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Zymmetrical.com / Re: First Sale Zymmetrical
« on: December 01, 2008, 15:36 »
congratulation to your first sale at zym.
I like them...  especially for the easy upload process.
and for me the sales are better then at bigstock.

the only annoying thing is that I had some problems with the "Methode A - Batch Photo Upload" during the last days....

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Adobe Stock / Re: Fotolia changes Credit price in Europe
« on: December 01, 2008, 10:53 »
hey, I noticed the same. 1 per credit in germany. I love such news  ;D

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StockXpert.com / Re: new images not appearing in portfolio?
« on: December 01, 2008, 07:53 »
hey Peter,  :)

I have the same problem. I can see my images under "my images", but if I search for my images or view my portfolio without be logged in I can't find my new images which I uploaded in november.
I think they have a problem with one of their servers.
have a look to the StockXpert forum, this issue is already duscussed there.  :)

gunnar  :)

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