So after last weeks new forest shots and suggestions of putting the water drop shot up, and this weeks shots, Ive decided to see. So the following are getting submitted to istockphoto and shutterstock. Place your bets now, will any be accepted?

Bonus points for guessing the number accepted/rejected and double bonus points for stating which ones will be rejected, with triple points for the reason given.


Centipede by Chris_Moody, on Flickr


Macro mushroom by Chris_Moody, on Flickr


Fungus by Chris_Moody, on Flickr


Spider by Chris_Moody, on Flickr


Holly and berries by Chris_Moody, on Flickr


Wood ant by Chris_Moody, on Flickr


Lichen - Cladonia by Chris_Moody, on Flickr


Water Droplet by Chris_Moody, on Flickr

I reckon 3 will be accepted on Shutter and maybe 2 on iStockphoto. Most likely being the holly and mushroom. The water droplet is a wildcard as I think it could be rejected for focus.

Shutterstock has processed the images >< 0 got approved:

Focus

Centipede by Chris_Moody, on Flickr

Focus,Noise

Macro mushroom by Chris_Moody, on Flickr

Focus

Fungus by Chris_Moody, on Flickr

Noise

Spider by Chris_Moody, on Flickr

Focus, noise

Holly and berries by Chris_Moody, on Flickr

Noise, Poor Lighting

Wood ant by Chris_Moody, on Flickr

Focus

Lichen - Cladonia by Chris_Moody, on Flickr

Focus, Noise

Water Droplet by Chris_Moody, on Flickr

I should probably see about noise removal, even though these were all shot at ISO 200 I think. I guess when it comes to focus they dont want ANY bokeh...

Noise should be really easy to fix, but bokeh, well surely some instances should call for it!

The thing that gets me annoyed the most is most of the time I can actually see their reasons. Waterdrop image for example, would be better if everything was in focus except the brownish background. I expected the woodant shot to be rejected as the shadows are harsh etc.

Its just the ones like the holly, which to me have what you want in focus and everything else not. Noise wise, same camera, same iso, and some are noisy and others not 0.o

everything needs to be pin sharp. people go to stock places to use items as is or to trace & bin what they dont want. It makes it quite difficult with bokeh stuff or only when parts are sharp.

I done a quick search on fungus, ants & holly.. quite a lot of the photos just have a white background, but they are all pin sharp.

Thats the thing, in a way seeing as everyone does isolated objects, this is all great, but Im guessing a lot of people are lazy and want the image as-is too, or plan on doing only very limited editing such as cropping or adding text.

Oh well, in about 20 years time I might get that first cheque for $100 ><

Quote from: zpyderThats the thing, in a way seeing as everyone does isolated objects, this is all great, but Im guessing a lot of people are lazy and want the image as-is too, or plan on doing only very limited editing such as cropping or adding text.

Oh well, in about 20 years time I might get that first cheque for $100 ><

next time submit them with a white background & with normal background, see what gets accepted/rejected

So using a wide aperture/shallow depth of field is a big no with stock then?

Well Im now getting the acceptance/rejection notices for iStockPhoto (yeah, it takes that long for review)


Focus, Lighting

Centipede by Chris_Moody, on Flickr

Accepted

Macro mushroom by Chris_Moody, on Flickr

Flat/Dull lighting, Noise

Fungus by Chris_Moody, on Flickr

Noise, Focus

Spider by Chris_Moody, on Flickr

Accepted

Holly and berries by Chris_Moody, on Flickr

Accepted

Wood ant by Chris_Moody, on Flickr

Accepted

Lichen - Cladonia by Chris_Moody, on Flickr

Noise

Water Droplet by Chris_Moody, on Flickr

I should probably see about noise removal, even though these were all shot at ISO 200 I think. I guess when it comes to focus they dont want ANY bokeh...