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Tamron SP AF 28-75mm f/2.8 XR Di for Canon

01/24/2006 05:49:38 AM · #1

Hi everyone-
I was considering giving Alamy a try. I have been looking at it for a year now but have never gotten the guts to submit! Can you guys give me your opinion if you think I have a chance? I really don't want to embarass myself by submitting if I don't have a chance. I have only been doing photography for about 20 months now and I am not sure if my work is up to par. There are a few shots in my profile as well as my personal website .

Another thing I am a bit confused of and can't seem to find the exact answer in the forums is file size. Did I read it right that they need a 48mb 8bit Tiff file? That would mean I would have to over double the file size. A 16bit file is 46mb but and 8bit is only 23mb from the 20d. I have read that people have successfuly used CS2 to do this. Is that using the 10% method?

Thanks for any advice!
Jenn :)

Count

Canon EOS-30D

01/24/2006 06:00:05 AM · #2

Hi Jenn, hope Guam is treating you well.

I think you'd have a good chance of getting accepted judging by some of the photos on your website, and you really don't have much to lose by submiting as the worst they can do is say no. Never know until you try right? I'm waiting for them to approve or deny my submital so I can understand your jitters...

You are correct in that they want 48MB 8bit Tiff's. The 20D can fairly easily do that by upsizing using the bicubic option (all at once, no need for the 10% method) in PS 7/CS/CS2. Save your file as a .tif and upsize to approximately 5100x3600 pixels and you'll be in the ballpark, then review your file at 100% and you'll probably be surprised at how much quality remains with even that large an upsizing.

Hope this is somewhat helpful.

I'm flying back down to the caribbean tomorrow to disappear for a while again, good luck!

Nikon AF-S NIKKOR 24-70mm f/2.8G ED

01/24/2006 06:10:31 AM · #3

Thanks a bunch for the feedback! I appreciate. I'll give the bicubic upsizing a whirl. At 100%, you are mostly looking for sensor/lens dust and the like, right? Anything else I should really look out for?

Enjoy the Caribbean ;)

hotpasta

Nikon D800

01/24/2006 06:14:23 AM · #4

I think you would do well at Alamy. Some great shots on your website.

Count

Canon EOS-30D

Tamron SP AF 28-75mm f/2.8 XR Di for Canon

01/24/2006 06:15:41 AM · #5

Yeah, you're mainly looking for dust specks and whatnot. If you start with a high qualilty picture in terms of composition and technical merit you won't have any problems with the output quality after upsizing.

Nothing else really to watch out for that I can think of, if theres a quality problem you'll know it without me saying... :-)

I'll do my best to enjoy some more days in the sun now that hurricane season is over... now if I can just remember where I put my sunscreen.

Sigma 15mm f/2.8 EX Diagonal Fisheye for Nikon

01/24/2006 06:16:12 AM · #6

Originally posted by hotpasta:

I think you would do well at Alamy. Some great shots on your website.

Thank you. I don't know why I am so nervous about submitting! I think it's because I am still in newbie when it comes to photography!

muckpond

Nikon D200

01/24/2006 06:21:51 AM · #7

i wouldn't be nervous. i think the intial submission process at alamy is really all about image quality. i don't think they judge much as for the content of the images. your shots seem quite technically proficient, so i think you should get in no problem.

i upsize from my d70 using bicubic softer directly to the 48Mb limit and mine were accepted just fine. :)

good luck!

dogz

Nikon D70

Nikon AF Micro-Nikkor 105mm f/2.8D

01/24/2006 09:44:39 AM · #8

You shouldn't have any problem as long as you meet their technical standards: min 48mb, 8 bit Tiff. Oh, and don't send too many similars. One or two angles for a particular shot is enough. Too many and they'll reject them. The submitting part and getting accepted is easy. The hard part is figuring out what sells.