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Messages - Bateleur
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« on: October 06, 2008, 16:16 »
If you were still taking photographs with film, would you sell the negatives?
I know it's not exactly the same (negatives are one-off, digital files can be copied easily and precisely).
But it's close enough. That's what you'd be doing if you sell your RAW.
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« on: October 05, 2008, 03:02 »
Watch out for competitions run by the BBC in the UK. They nearly always want to retain the rights.
Watch out when sending any photograph to the BBC. They don't pay, no matter how newsworthy it is. They seem to regard the glory of having your photograph displayed by the BBC as payment enough.
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« on: October 05, 2008, 01:15 »
"I'm open to any ideas and interested to see what people like."
Contests that aren't just a scheme to get rights to use your images.
Right on. Read the rules very carefully because they often bury the words ' all rights' in the small print. Even the biggest companies do this. Nikon whipped up a storm of protest a year or so ago when they ran a contest taking 'all rights' to the entries. Avoid these contests like the plague as you're giving away your copyright. Cash prizes are the best as far as I'm concerned. Couldn't care less about meeting some 'celebrity' or getting a bit of equipment I've no use for. An associated exhibition of the winners, or other publicity, is a bonus.
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« on: October 04, 2008, 13:43 »
Not enough for me. I would put a 2.0x extender on 
You'll have to use a tripod if you do that
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« on: October 04, 2008, 10:59 »
The problem is, if you use it with a tripod, the coffee gets lost 
No it doesn't. You put the lens cap on. After all, what else is it for?
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« on: October 04, 2008, 10:10 »
Trouble is, with that flange for the lens hood around the lip, the coffee's going to dribble all down your shirt every time you drink from it.
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« on: October 04, 2008, 10:03 »
How does everyone search for their images on tineye?
Do you post the url from other stock sites? do you downsize ur images then upload them to tineye? i only ask this because i cant seem to find any of my images and i was wondering if the watermark has any bearing on whether the search pics it up or not
There are now 4 ways of doing it. - Upload an image from your computer - Paste a page or image URL - Use the TinEye Images bookmarklet to choose from several images on a web page - Install the TinEye browser plugin for Firefox or IE I use the last one, with Firefox. It finds both images and derivatives of images (e.g. where an image is part of a larger one). I've never had any problems with watermarks. It seems to be able to handle them.
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« on: October 04, 2008, 09:40 »
I second that about TinEye. It's already found some of my images being used illegally.
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« on: October 04, 2008, 09:36 »
I only would send the 1st one.
Horse is overexposed.
Cat, at the edges you can see the shadowing of the lens hood.
Dog, bad background.
A possible problem with the first one is that it appears to be a heavy crop of the third. What did you take it with? At what resolution? Unless you're using something huge such as a Hassie ... which I doubt ... it probably won't be high enough resolution for a calendar. Maybe even not enough for a magazine. And don't sign everything with your initials.
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« on: October 04, 2008, 09:28 »
Not a thing for me yet. But their uploading process is so painless (in comparison to some sites) that it's not a huge deal. I'll hang on in there for a while. See how it goes.
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« on: October 04, 2008, 09:24 »
Is there anyone on here making anything from SV?
Cheer us up
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« on: October 03, 2008, 15:12 »
Count me in too. My username on iStock is kalulu.
Is user Bittersweet really Bitter on Istock? I thought I read in another post that he's not, but maybe I didn;t understand it right
As I understand it, Bitter on iStock is Bruce Livingstone, the founder. Dunno why he calls himself 'bitter'. I'd be anything but bitter if I'd created a company like that and sold it to Getty.
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« on: October 03, 2008, 07:28 »
Amazing! And inspirational.
I'm gonna get out my remote.
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« on: October 01, 2008, 15:22 »
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« on: October 01, 2008, 12:43 »
My percentages (without Alamy or any macros):
SS 41%
IS 39%
DT 13%
SX 5%
BS 2%
YAY 0%
Crestock 0%
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« on: October 01, 2008, 12:39 »
I put my Alamy RF earnings. I don't care if it calls macro, micro or mid stock. Money is money and royaltyfree sales can be compared.
That's why I asked my question (which no-one answered). I have a feeling that some people put Alamy earnings in, and others don't, which means the results may be a bit variable. Putting in Alamy (or any other macrostock) is comparing apples with pears. And, anyway, what do you call your Alamy earnings? The amount they show at the end of the month? But that's before they take off all the bits and pieces they have a habit of deducting. Or do you put in the amount they actually pay into your bank account? Best leave Alamy off this survey.
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« on: September 30, 2008, 14:43 »
I assume that by referring to 'microstock' you are discounting earnings from Alamy and similar.
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« on: September 30, 2008, 14:32 »
It is a famous snail, I recognize him. Once there was a snail that raced cars. As he got more and more famous, they used the letter "S" on the side of his racer, instead of a number. When he went whizzing past, people were often heard exclaiming, "look at that S car go" !
That reminds me of the sailing race across the English Channel by two catamarans, an English one called One Two Three and a French one called Un Deux TroisWho won? The English boat. The Un Deux Trois cat sank.  Sorry ... OT
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« on: September 30, 2008, 10:42 »
I wonder if the perpetrator ... in this case a guy who calls himself Alexey Popov ... gets hammered.
It seems to me that it's no great loss to him if his balance is withheld. He's probably earned a fair bit from his ripoffs already, and he may well start up doing the same thing somewhere else.
I know that, at one point, Getty were sending sizeable bills to people they found using their images illegally.
If a few of these image thieves get a big bill for copyright infringement slapped on them, with a bit of high-profile publicity attached, it may make others think twice about it.
The practice seems to be becoming more common.
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« on: September 29, 2008, 13:38 »
Things are getting out of control when someone can submit a Peanuts cartoon, copyrighted to himself (though I guess ClickClack would probably argue that it's perfectly okay because the word 'Devotion' has been added).
It doesn't matter if it's an artist ripping off a photographer's work, or a photographer ripping off an artist's work. The thief should get hammered.
In this free-for-all that's developing we're all in danger of losing.
Anyone know who holds the copyright to Charles Schultz's work? They should be told.
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« on: September 29, 2008, 02:28 »
Okay, voted now.
But I think there's a statistical problem with the first vote (How much did you earn?).
The trouble is that this is a self-selecting sample. Those people who have high earnings are the ones who are more active photographers and so are more likely to take part in such a poll.
There is also the psychological aspect. People are happy to tell of their high earnings. They're not so happy to tell of zero or very low earnings.
In other words, the results are going to be skewed towards the high end.
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« on: September 29, 2008, 02:13 »
All I can see are the results. And I haven't even voted yet!
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« on: September 29, 2008, 02:11 »
And I love the way they describe us, in the first paragraph, as 'snap-happy shutterbugs'.
Why, hello there fellow shutterbugs. How's your snap-happy day goin'?
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« on: September 25, 2008, 16:03 »
Hem, this was not a joke.
Or maybe are you all already aware of this method... 
Or maybe, the only interesting discussions here are based on frustration about rejections, sales always going slow, 2 month old agencies not selling images as shutterstock does, incredibly borning polls, etc etc... 
Hmmm ... I'm not sure about this method. I've watched birds taking dust baths, so I'll stick with my rocket blower thanks.
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« on: September 22, 2008, 14:34 »
Is there anyone with a bit of knowledge ... okay, rather specialised ... who can help me identify this plant? I know it's Broomrape. But which species? It was growing in western Switzerland, on limestone soil, under beech trees.  Any plant experts who can help?
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