I voted for two so far, give me a sec and I try it out again...

Quote from: hospitalera on May 12, 2007, 16:44

Bateleur, which is your image? SY

Here you go SY. My image is here ...

http://www.crestock.com/blog/photography/contest2007/entry.aspx?id=1634

Just commented on and voted for it, and discovered that you can vote for more then one image (but not several times for the same one). Like I wrote "May the better win" SY

Uploaded 450 images in one go, 45 approved, rest rejected, perhaps they have a 10% law  SY

Can we have a link?  SY

Penguins (order Sphenisciformes, family Spheniscidae) are a group of aquatic, flightless birds living almost exclusively in the Southern Hemisphere. SY

But before you get impressed... The definition is from my good old friend wikipedia 

Thanks Bateleur for the nice words, I must say it was a slap in the face as I saw the first comment. The theme is "The meaning of Life", and I would have expected everybody to respect other peoples view... Regarding the voting, I just got this email from Crestock and the list is already reduced to <1000.

"Dear Crestock Contest Contributor,

Submissions for round 1 of our photography contest are now closed, with an incredible 1700 entries.
As many contest contributors have already commented, it is highly problematic to ensure equal exposure with this number of photos entered. It is simply unrealistic to expect that most people will take time to look through even half of the submitted photos in order to cast their votes.

In consultation with our judges we have therefore found it necessary to put the entries in round 1 through a pre-voting selection process to avoid a situation which encourages various types of manipulations in order to gain added exposure for your image in the overwhelming mass of images. This in accordance with point 2 of the contest rules, which states that 'all entries must relate to the theme of the contest round', and point 18, which states that 'we reserve the right to adjust the contest proceedings if necessary to ensure a fair contest'. The theme for round 1 was particularly broad, so the selection process has favoured entries that address the theme in a creative and visually exciting manner, and will result in an edited Top Entries list of approximately 500 entries.

While some of you will be disappointed to find that you are not included on this Top Entries list, we are sure most of you will appreciate us taking this step in order to ensure the integrity of the contest.

Round 1 of the contest is now open for voting and you can also submit your photo to round 2, where the theme is 'Feeling Sexy?'

Thanks to everyone who participated in round 1 and good luck in the coming rounds of contest,
The Crestock Team "

Let's see how it goes... SY

I can acces the site and log in, but still no sales  SY

What I'd really like to see all the agencies do is to give me the choice of which image sizes I want to sell.  Some of my stuff has taken a long time to create and is intended for large size only; I really don't want customers to be able to download small sizes of those images, but of course they can because I have no control over the matter.  I'd like to be able to tick boxes when I upload, so that I can choose whether my image should be sold at all sizes or just sizes I select.

Then I would consider joining FeaturePics

They allow you to choose with one click if you allow re-sizing or not, and have also some other neat features. SY

Just a quick reply: I find it very valuable that site admin/ owners/ reps participate in this forum. It gives us, the contributors, the chance to see "the other site of the business". Welcome Jon, and hope you will post here for many years to come. SY

I am unable to connect via ftp to LuckyOliver, anybody else having this problem? SY

Thanks! SY

I found a pic on the title of our local council magazine copyrighted to istockphoto.com/Darren Baker and would be more then happy to forward a scan etc to the photographer. I can't post in the istock forum as I am not (yet?) admitted... Can somebody please contact him and tell him to pm me here if he wants the picture of his work in use. Thanks SY