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iStockPhoto rejected 10 of my first bath of 15 submittals (2 are still pending review). Only 3 photos accepted. I'm very irate about this. -- nm

Posted by Fuzzy (aka mrfuzzy) Aug 24 '09, 18:21

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I think the gold rush for istock has been over for awhile. -- nm - Reagen Aug 24, 18:28 3
- Oh, I agree. I wasn't doing this for the money (don't think there's much to be made). I was just doing it for fun. Rejection is not fun though. - Fuzzy Aug 24, 18:35 2
  - what would be nice, though, is if the ones they do approve sell somewhat briskly -- nm - Beryllium Aug 24, 18:36 1
    - (Then, at least, the rejection percentage would seem worthwhile) -- nm - Beryllium Aug 24, 18:36
Ick. Well, in addition to subjective quality judging, they also have to do subjective "need" judging. - Beryllium (iPhone) Aug 24, 18:27 1
- I think your IM is the key. They keep dinging me for artifacting, but I checked every one of those pics at 100% before I submitted it. The EXIF may - Fuzzy Aug 24, 18:33
Put them on flickr and add them to the Getty thing they are doing. -- nm - lileve Aug 24, 18:22
bath = batch -- nm - Fuzzy Aug 24, 18:21

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