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Well I've just binned 2800 photos. Most of it was old s***e anyway, so probably for the best.
I'm going to go through mine at some point in the same way & see how many I am left with
Well I've just binned 2800 photos. Most of it was old s***e anyway, so probably for the best.
I looked into the actual figures today , I have been with Flickr virtually from the start and have in that time amassed over 7000 photos that I quiet often in wildlife go back to to get the date of when a migratory species arrived back . I also in that time have had just under 300 explores , and looking at my about account I have had over 7 million views of my photos , wow that’s even surprised me .
Anyway as I quit my pro account a few years back and am realistic enough to realise you get owt for nowt , I actually did the conversion rates , and please remember if your in the u.k the price is in dollars ...... so once converted to pounds shillings and pence it works out to the grand sum of just over £26 or 50p a bloody week and if your really altruistic it gives you 12 months grace to sort something else out ..
I also see a lot of I’m leaving because they put it up , but full price is a quid a week and your probably shooting with a few grands worth of kit and paying a tenner a month to process your raw files in lightroom cc ....
Its doubled.
But a lot of folk on there play the numbers game. You fave me and I'll fave you. It's the Twitbook mentality. A lot of faves makes you think that you are good, and other folk like you. All wrong.Trouble is a lot of peeps post a photo and think there going to get faves and comments without making any back
To true frank , I only comment ,fave on photos that deserve it . I even fave yours sometimesBut a lot of folk on there play the numbers game. You fave me and I'll fave you. It's the Twitbook mentality. A lot of faves makes you think that you are good, and other folk like you. All wrong.
I frequently get contacted by members who start following me then expect me to do tit for tat faves. They soon stop following me. If I like a picture I will give a positive comment: I won't play the numbers game.
At the end of the day the only opinion that counts is the guy who takes the shot. Automatic faves signify nothing.
I remember it wellI even fave yours sometimes
That's the thing that gets me... the 1000 photo limit is ridiculously low in terms of data storage/load (even if you could upload full res raw files). I've got 1670 photos on flickr, most are full resolution, and I'm at less than 1% of the 1TB we were promised.It's not a lot of money but that doesn't automatically make it value for money either.
I've got 1785 images on there resized for the web taking up 0.1% of that 1TB. Member since 2009.
I’ll ask a couple of questions when you post to Flickr do you.
1 add it to subject specific groups
2 have contacts on there
3 do you comment and fave other peoples and contacts photos
4 use it to link your photos from
If your answer is yes to all these then your using it correctly if the answer is no then in all honesty dump your account and find somewhere else
As I posted previously, $49.99 = £38.38p on todays "market" not sure how much less (more in real money terms) it would be via the banks though.so once converted to pounds shillings and pence it works out to the grand sum of just over £26 or 50p a bloody week and if your really altruistic it gives
it was $24.99 ( this time last year)I thought it was $25, and was surprised when it said $50.
2 out of 4 for me ( 2& 4) and 3 occasionally.I’ll ask a couple of questions when you post to Flickr do you.
1 add it to subject specific groups
2 have contacts on there
3 do you comment and fave other peoples and contacts photos
4 use it to link your photos from
If your answer is yes to all these then your using it correctly if the answer is no then in all honesty dump your account and find somewhere else
ExactlyIf I like a picture I will give a positive comment: I won't play the numbers game.
1024px on the longest side and 500kband there was a size limit, I couldn't upload the full res-image, so had to waste time re-sizing the images just for a forum post.
That's the same for any commercial relationship. You could rent a shop on the high street, but if you don't push your wares to the wider public you'll get little back.I pay I use, they collect my money for the rented space ...
ExactlyFor Joe Public, like you and I, we are unlikely to get any tangible return. Then you have to do a cost/benefit analysis.
I’ll ask a couple of questions when you post to Flickr do you.
1 add it to subject specific groups
2 have contacts on there
3 do you comment and fave other peoples and contacts photos
4 use it to link your photos from
If your answer is yes to all these then your using it correctly if the answer is no then in all honesty dump your account and find somewhere else
I’ll ask a couple of questions when you post to Flickr do you.
1 add it to subject specific groups
2 have contacts on there
3 do you comment and fave other peoples and contacts photos
4 use it to link your photos from
If your answer is yes to all these then your using it correctly if the answer is no then in all honesty dump your account and find somewhere else
Me too...Just as a hosting site so I can link photos from it onto this forum, hence the rather sparse and eclectic selection of photos I have on there!
For Joe Public, like you and I, we are unlikely to get any tangible return. Then you have to do a cost/benefit analysis.
This is a hobby. Hobbies don't come without cost. Only you can decide when to draw the line.
It's just that Pro fee is a little too high isn't it.
It would be an easier choice if there were two levels and the lower one was about half that.
But even then they would be constantly edging it up with an amazing list of minor improvements you didn't want.
But if you don’t have prime it will cost you to sign up to that , this is like the magic roundabout but a good alternative ,as everyone’s needs will be different . Bet there will be a lot of alternatives between now and January thoughI've not read through all of this... But Amazon Photos is really good if you have prime.. It has an automated scheduled backup system. It supports Raw files. I uploaded 89gb on there yesterday (36 hour upload) of 5000 images... It has a windows app, an android app, you can sync different folders into different folders (one for jpeg one for raw etc, and it's unlimited free image storage... Worth looking into. You also have sharable links for your raw or jpeg files.
My price of £26 u.k pounds is based on changing from free to pro accounts this year . That’s enough time to see what else emerges out of the ashesI thought it was $25, and was surprised when it said $50. However, that's still pretty cheap.
Why are people talking about having to download their images? It's a photo hosting/sharing site, not a cloud backup solution.....
Cost analysis time. If I value my available time at the meagre pay rate I receive in my s***ty menial "day job" of around £10 a hour, then going flickr pro for another year is going to cost me around 5 hours. I seriously doubt i'd be able to research, setup and configure the viewing platform on my own webspace in that time, never mind actually download the images from flickr, re-upload them to my own space, and do all the re-linking.
2 excellent pointsI do, however, worry a little as to the effect it's going to have on some sections of this forum - as obviously a lot of you are seemingly intent on ditching flickr, and we're heading for another Photobucket Meltdown situation.
For me, i'll take the hit this year at least - and probably for the upcoming years, unless some upstart company comes along with a better offer that includes some form of migration...
I'm tending toward that view too ... .75p a week and less for the first year,
and how much does that cost, in comparison to Flickr?I've not read through all of this... But Amazon Photos is really good if you have prime.. It has an automated scheduled backup system. It supports Raw files. I uploaded 89gb on there yesterday (36 hour upload) of 5000 images... It has a windows app, an android app, you can sync different folders into different folders (one for jpeg one for raw etc, and it's unlimited free image storage... Worth looking into. You also have sharable links for your raw or jpeg files.
It is quite a big increase but it was known prior to this recent announcement that the price would be going up to $49.99 on the next renewal. Seem to think there was a thread back in June that discussed that.For me, it`s the double the price hike that grates a little. I`ll be going free from whenever my renewal comes around. Then wait and see what the smugmug brigade come up with, before I re consider.
It is quite a big increase but it was known prior to this recent announcement that the price would be going up to $49.99 on the next renewal. Seem to think there was a thread back in June that discussed that.
Amazon prime is £80 0er year, we use it for the delivery, amazon music, and the amazon video service. I know a lot of people have this, so for those who already have it, it's great.and how much does that cost, in comparison to Flickr?