A very wise man's words:

I mourn the loss of thousands of precious lives, but I will not rejoice in the death of one, not even an enemy. Returning hate for hate multiplies hate, adding deeper darkness to a night already devoid of stars. Darkness cannot drive out darkness: only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate: only love can do that. ~ Martin Luther King, Jr.

Amen to that...

OK OK let's not get too excited

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/may/02/osama-bin-laden-photo-fake

1.   We have a 40 minute firefight and a video of a room that doesn�t look like it was in a 40 minute firefight.
2.   We have a burnt down mansion and a room that doesn�t look like it was involved in a fire.
3.   We have a dead OBL but the body was disposed of immediately.
4.   We have apparent DNA evidence that was gathered and ivestigated by the people who are telling this story.
5.   We have Obama saying no American was injured or hurt in this fight, yet one of the US choppers was shot down and crashed into the mansion destroying further evidence.
6.   We have OBL supposedly hiding in a mansion located close to the Pakistan military base... is this going to be used as an excuse in the future to start a fight with Pakistan to get in there and take their Nuclear weapons?
7.   We have eight months of surveillance by the US government, yet there is no footage of OBL or anyone in that time.
8.   We have images of OBL on CNN claiming to be �new� photos of OBL yet he doesn�t look any older than he did 10 years ago.

pseudonymous...maybe you need to read earlier in this thread about the picture...maybe you need to check out your sources before you start throwing more propaganda out there.

Looking at the pictures I wouldn't exactly call that a mansion. It had 18 foot walls with barbed wire around them.

I know of people who have crashed in helicopters and were not killed or wounded.

I don't recall them saying the "so called mansion" burnt to the ground either. The fire could have been anywhere on the outside which was photographed, but I don't think that meant it burnt to the ground.

More information will come out in the following days and I'm not going to make judgement until all the facts come into play.

Wouldn't your's work for his disk? You might want to try it or let him borrow your software.

Hello.

I am currently a Getty contributor through Flickr and its really going great for me. The problem however is that the review times and such are getting longer and longer apart, so over the past year I have managed to add only 47 images. I am happy with the arrangement, but am interested in going a little further.

So, I signed up for Alamy a little while back and got approved. I am thinking of going forward with that. Getty doesn't accept editorial at this point (from me anyway) so I was really looking at alamy as a place to put my editorial type shots (rallies, events, city shots...etc).

Also, I shoot a lot of animals (not literally!) and they sell really well for me. I can fire off 100's of animal cutouts with interesting themes without a problem. I have access to different animals and settings. But again, Getty is just too slow.

How would I fair with Alamy? I really want to keep this simple and want to stay with one or two good options. It cuts down on the confusion and lets me focus more.

Are there any other options for animal shots? Any good animal stock libraries?

My website is http://www.chadlatta.com (just getting going) and http://www.flickr.com/chadlatta, if you want to see any of my work.

Any and all advice would be appreciated.

Chad

I'm not even done looking at your website and I had to say you do some real beautiful work!!! I'm on Alamy but only sale very little and I'm not on Getty. The big boys and girls here have to give you advice on that....I just had to say...your animal pics are awesome!!

Don't want to sound stupid here, but how do you get to the darkroom feature. I have my bookmark set on the stats page and don't see a darkroom feature.....

Maria you made my granddaughters day...It took her three times before she realized there was someone it white tights under those dinosaurs...which is good otherwise she'd want me to consistently play it over and over.....lol

Quite disturbing. I found many high quality shots from Yuri etc. this way.

I had no idea it was that easy...
Online resolution should be less than 800 pixels.

It seems to always be a losing battle doesn't it?

Thanks for posting that...I does truly make you appreciate the small things we take for granted. Where would we all be if we couldn't see???

Warren...this is the best thread on here and I find my self ignoring the rest and only coming here....Thanks for doing this. It sure helps to put a smile on all out faces....

Positive at microstock - I can work when and if I feel like it and I still make money. Granted it isn't a lot, but it still is something. I am sure if I actually worked hard and smart at this I'd make more. Then again, if I wanted a real job I'd probably try to find one. Shutterstock is up this year, that is positive. Dreamstime earnings also seems to be recovering from the commission drop a year ago.

here is my latest "entertainment" that involved photography somewhat... a marathon day hike in the Grand Canyon - I even have got some pics to upload out of the deal.

http://www.electricant.net/grundyman/gchike2011.html

Those are beautiful...makes me want to go!!

That's beautiful Ivan...thanks for posting and I do truly wish you much success with your music. You are really talented in so many different ways. Good Luck...

Personaly!  I think the old beast, 28-70, is one of the best zooms ever made and many would agree on that. Problem is: not very practical zoom-range.

Ive used the 24-70 a lot with the D3X, good lens but not one of my favourites, some samples show plenty of CA at 24 mil and I dont like the cheap desing of a helicod barrell.

Chris

I keep researching and one site I found said the 24-70 is better on the FX bodies and the 28-70 was better on DX bodies. Did you shoot with the 28-70 on both?

Quote from: jm73 on April 11, 2011, 03:46

"But money isn�t going to be what makes you all happy."
I'll be rich if I put this sign on T-shirt at Zazzle :-)

Sure, start selling T-shirts, making money and the next thing you know, Getty will want 85% of those sales.

That is so funny, but it wouldn't surprise me in the least if they did.

Heh you better get them designed before Getty gets it trademarked!!!!.lol