[Bruce Clark]

Hi again

tuco has hit the nail onthe head -

It could be too that stock photo agencies look for a type of photo that can be used in context some way. Say like advertising.

Just for the hell of it I signed up to Fotolia and submitted one photo of a Rose. Rejected - reason given "Fotolia has received an overwhelming supply of high quality images of this nature." and a link to explanation that was totally not relevant to the issue. Elsewhere on their site I did find a note to the effect that they do not want images of nature, flowers, family pets and so on. Looking at the latest acceptances and best sellers, I see, heavily featured, the types of photographs I have no desire to produce.

Time to find an agency more attuned to my interests if such a one exists.

[monotok]

I tried uploading to shutterstock and had more success. They need 7 of 10 to be accepted and I got 3 so thats a start compared to Fotolia.

@Jim
I wish I could of got closer but the Sigma lens was the closest it could focus, Now got a Tamron 90mm 1:1 and its much better for this sort of thing.