Author Topic: how is ImageVortex? (Read 32381 times)

breezeart · « **on:** June 05, 2006, 18:18 »

Hello everybody, I just joined to this stock, but I would like to know how is your experience inthis stock< what is the best part, the sales, traffic, how have you been doing there?!
thanks in advance

CJPhoto · « **Reply #1 on:** June 06, 2006, 01:46 »

Got a few accepted but then stopped as I haven't seen a sale. I am not sure what their target market is but I think you need to be more "pro" for it to work. I think Rinder has said he does well there so they must have sales.

HOwever, you only need 3-4 sales for a payout so I might have another go if I get one.

madelaide · « **Reply #2 on:** June 06, 2006, 16:28 »

44 images uploaded in the past two months, no sale yet.

Regards,
Adelaide

IRCrockett · « **Reply #3 on:** June 13, 2006, 05:27 »

Coming up on a year and no sales.

leaf · « **Reply #4 on:** June 13, 2006, 06:16 »

that might tell us something

madelaide · « **Reply #5 on:** June 13, 2006, 22:05 »

Quote from: IRCrockett on June 13, 2006, 05:27

Coming up on a year and no sales.

That's quite disappointing to hear.

Regards,
Adelaide

admart01 · « **Reply #6 on:** June 16, 2006, 11:08 »

I've stopped checking to see if I've made a sale -- zero return on time and effot.

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snem · « **Reply #7 on:** January 15, 2007, 12:11 »

A fresh update on how is this site? I'm curious

. thanks

beisea · « **Reply #8 on:** January 15, 2007, 13:59 »

A year and a few months later, no sales so far.
I only uploaded 17 images there, has not done anything for 12 months, well I do got hundreds of views so far.

So I don't even bother to go to the site any more, it's a total waste of time.

leaf · « **Reply #9 on:** January 15, 2007, 14:56 »

4 images ( can't say i didn't try

)
no sales.

not planning on uploading anything more.

madelaide · « **Reply #10 on:** January 15, 2007, 15:06 »

I would make a different question than snem's. Does anyone here know anyone who ever had an image sold at IV?

Regards,
Adelaide

snem · « **Reply #11 on:** January 15, 2007, 15:22 »

Quote from: madelaide on January 15, 2007, 15:06

I would make a different question than snem's. Does anyone here know anyone who ever had an image sold at IV?

a more appropriate question I must say! It seems that nobody have one photo sold on IV

berryspun · « **Reply #12 on:** January 15, 2007, 15:45 »

Never had a sale after almost a year. I emptied my portfolio a few months ago. No regrets.

Hallgerd · « **Reply #13 on:** January 15, 2007, 16:47 »

I am since april there - 34 photos and 2 sales. I haven't uploaded since May

Eco · « **Reply #14 on:** January 15, 2007, 16:49 »

I joined them exactly one year ago (9/01/2006) and just yesterday I requested my first payment of $134.75. This I earned from 7 sales. All my images are priced at $30 of which I earn $21 (less for smaller versions of the image). So, yes sales and payments are possible at ImageVortex, but they are far apart. I don't upload frequently to them, but I will definitely keep my portfolio of approx. 300 images there for the time being.

madelaide · « **Reply #15 on:** January 15, 2007, 19:26 »

Eco, I'm jealous! Most of the images I have there are also my high res travel images that I don't sell at microstock and set prices at the US$60+ range. I haven't however sold anything there. What were those sales, wildlife?

Hallgerd, your sales, what were they about?

I'm shocked to know IV really sells.

Regards,
Adelaide

Eco · « **Reply #16 on:** January 16, 2007, 01:13 »

Hi Adelaide

The ones that sold were mainly African wildlife and landscapes. Here are three of them:

http://www.imagevortex.com/stock/photos/tag/birds/462003785/
http://www.imagevortex.com/stock/photos/tag/nature_landscape/758137798/
http://www.imagevortex.com/stock/photos/tag/animals_wildlife/580493100/

GeoPappas · « **Reply #17 on:** January 16, 2007, 03:07 »

Quote from: Eco on January 16, 2007, 01:13

The ones that sold were mainly African wildlife and landscapes. Here are three of them:

http://www.imagevortex.com/stock/photos/tag/birds/462003785/
http://www.imagevortex.com/stock/photos/tag/nature_landscape/758137798/
http://www.imagevortex.com/stock/photos/tag/animals_wildlife/580493100/

Eco:

Those are some very beautiful photos. Congrats.

What type of gear are you using? You must have some fantastic lenses...

Eco · « **Reply #18 on:** January 16, 2007, 03:52 »

Hi GeoPappas

Thank you for the compliment.

Yes, I have build up a collection of quality lenses over the years. My most important lenses are (all Canon): 100 /2.8 macro, 135 /2 L, 17-40 /4 L, 70-200 /2.8 L, 100-400 /4.5-5.6 L IS and my all time favorite 400 /2.8 L II.

leaf · « **Reply #19 on:** January 16, 2007, 03:56 »

here is a question i have always wanted to ask a nature photog.

Why do you like non-zoom lenses so much. I realize the quality is higher, but if you have a lion to take a pic of, and you whip out your 400mm lens, to take a head shot, then he starts to come closer, all you get is an eyeball shot... but you want the whole body. Wouldn't it be better to have a zoom so you could zoom out a little?

Or do you just need 2 camera bodies then, one with a zoom. Or do you just try and change lenses quickly.

GeoPappas · « **Reply #20 on:** January 16, 2007, 06:41 »

Quote from: leaf on January 16, 2007, 03:56

here is a question i have always wanted to ask a nature photog.

Why do you like non-zoom lenses so much.

I am nowhere near as good a nature photographer as some others, but here are my comments:

- First off, you need fast lenses for animal shots, especially birds, since animals tend to move quite a bit. The fastest lenses are non-zooms.

- Second, the best nature shots usually come during the "magic hour". So, once again, non-zooms are best for low-light situations.

- Finally, animals don't usually approach humans, so you usually need a long lens to capture them properly. Once again, a non-zoom usually gives you the longest focal lengths.

Hopefully, someone with more experience than me will chime in...

Eco · « **Reply #21 on:** January 16, 2007, 07:09 »

Yes, the limitations of a fixed lens can be an annoyance. For this reason I never shoot with only one camera body. Typically I will use the fixed 400 on one body (often in combination with the 1.4x TC = 560 mm /f4), and a second body with my 100-400 zoom close at hand. The advantages of the fast, fixed lens have already been mentioned by GeoPappas. For me another important reason is DOF. Regardless of differences in absolute sharpness a lens with maximum aperture of f5.6 cannot produce the smooth out of focus backgrounds of a fast f2.8 lens. In this respect the Canon 400 /2.8 lens is unsurpassed. This is so important in wildlife photography if you want to isolate the subject from the background (and/or foreground). Here is a good example:

Canon 400/2.8 +1.4xTC @ f4

http://www.imagevortex.com/stock/photos/tag/animals_wildlife/449696557/

leaf · « **Reply #22 on:** January 16, 2007, 07:14 »

thanks.

nice image.

No Longer Cares · « **Reply #23 on:** January 16, 2007, 17:11 »

Ok, so anyone that submits to IV; Do you submit the same images to IV that you do the micros?

I only have a few there, but they are the same ones I have on other micro stock sites. I have been there over a year with no sales.

Is this because the buyers of IV are also buyers on other sites?

It would be good to know if the only sales are images that are nowhere else.

madelaide · « **Reply #24 on:** January 16, 2007, 19:22 »

Area,

Most of the images I have at IV are not in microstock (some are).

Eco,

Those are awesome shots. The one from Sossusvlei is wonderful, the ones I have of dead vlei are no way comparable.

This is my modest Dune 45 picture. Bear in mind that it was taken with a P&S - my film SLR camera went dead the night before my trip.

Regards,
Adelaide

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Author Topic: how is ImageVortex? (Read 32381 times)

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