www.EarthShots.org

I discovered this place a month or so ago.... essentially you submit a web-sized image for their "Photo of the Day" contest and if you win, they put it on their main page for 24-hours. They also list a bit about the photo, some info about the photographer, your website, and people can talk/comment on the shot.

The other cool thing is they actually pay you. If you win 3 times they paypal you $50, if you win another 4 times, they send you another $50... etc. Today is my 7th win so I'm expecting my second $50 sometime today... I received the first $50 the same day as my third win. $100 in a month isn't bad for a college student when it takes about 30 seconds to enter.

Anyways, its a cool place/concept... I don't see any ill effects to submitting shots and see a distinct increase in my website traffic when I "win" for the day.

- Scott

awesome! Grats on the win!

Awesome. What else are you up to that you're not letting us in on?

Thanks, guys, but the reason I posted it was so that you can submit some shots and hopefully get some exposure/easy money!

Originally Posted by tardypizza

Awesome. What else are you up to that you're not letting us in on?

Not too much else, I wanted to be sure the place was legit and really paid before I gave them any publicity... the daily shots are pretty interesting too, I check it every day for the most part.

- Scott

nice kill.

Originally Posted by TurbojonLS

Websensed

I guess I'll go to Canon and vote again instead.

Try it later... its a cool site. But, vote too! Thanks!

The new shot on EarthShots (for today) is absolutely kick ass. Check it out.

Holy carp, I want to shoot the auroras. I love his detail description of his shot.

I wonder how hard it'd be to set up a website that does something like this every day. Obviously they're making money if they can give it out, but they also can afford to pay which is cool and gets a lot of attention from the thousands of amateur photogs online.

Neat concept and I'm sure there's a 'market' for more of them.

That is a good question, I wonder where they're getting their funds from. Maybe from the ads on the page, moo.com and bizrate?

Originally Posted by thechickencow

I wonder how hard it'd be to set up a website that does something like this every day. Obviously they're making money if they can give it out, but they also can afford to pay which is cool and gets a lot of attention from the thousands of amateur photogs online.

Neat concept and I'm sure there's a 'market' for more of them.

I doubt its too hard but personally, I would have no idea where to start. Sweet site though.

Yeah, I think initially it'd just have to be for free until you established sponsors and traffic, but eventually it may work to go to a pay route.

Originally Posted by thechickencow

Yeah, I think initially it'd just have to be for free until you established sponsors and traffic, but eventually it may work to go to a pay route.

Yeah, I think they've been at it for a while... at least a year.

Originally Posted by anotherD80

very easy to create and run ... you just need an income from the advertisers to pay the photogs. you could easily build the site in a matter of days, host it on a cheap service, store content on amazon s3 ... pretty basic web app stuff today.

Someone needs to do it. Make it happen. We'll take over EarthShots market share.

Bitch said what?

Originally Posted by TurbojonLS

Originally Posted by Laurens RE: your salamander shot

# laurens Says:
November 28th, 2007 at 2:28 pm

very nice photo!

well done, although i’m not sure if you actually took the photo yourself

http://www.earthshots.org/2007/11/sa...cott-hotaling/

I'm new to this whole photo-taking/posting on the web thing, but isn't that pretty much grounds for an ass-kicking?

Indeed. I saw that, but I haven't addressed it. I am a little pissed about it... I share Ted's sentiments... "Bitch said what??!!?!?".

Maybe her boyfriend or husband just cheated on her so she, in her deluded notion of reality, decided to attack all men with her comment of your photo. After all, how could any shriveled and pathetic man take such a glorious photo? Obviously you had to have the help of a gifted and talented woman, such as lauren, to capture this breathtaking example of our wondrous earth.

Originally Posted by tardypizza

Maybe her boyfriend or husband just cheated on her so she, in her deluded notion of reality, decided to attack all men with her comment of your photo. After all, how could any shriveled and pathetic man take such a glorious photo? Obviously you had to have the help of a gifted and talented woman, such as lauren, to capture this breathtaking example of our wondrous earth.

Thats what I would like to think. Lauren = idiot man-eater.

Actually, after taking lauren's insightful post to heart, I'm going to cross analyze all of your posts and determine, once and for all, what kind of impostor photographer you really are. No normal human can be that good...

Originally Posted by tardypizza

Actually, after taking lauren's insightful post to heart, I'm going to cross analyze all of your posts and determine, once and for all, what kind of impostor photographer you really are. No normal human can be that good...

Thanks, dude. Just remember... for every good one I take, there's a lot of pain and failure involved.

Originally Posted by Stime187

Thanks, dude. Just remember... for every good one I take, there's a lot of pain and failure involved.

Yeah, but is that good enough in the eyes of a woman?

Originally Posted by tardypizza

Originally Posted by Stime187

Thanks, dude. Just remember... for every good one I take, there's a lot of pain and failure involved.

Yeah, but is that good enough in the eyes of a woman?

Nothing's EVER good enough in the eyes of a discriminating woman like Lauren!

M

Oh, that lauren, she's so talented and all-knowing.

Originally Posted by tardypizza

Originally Posted by Stime187

Thanks, dude. Just remember... for every good one I take, there's a lot of pain and failure involved.

Yeah, but is that good enough in the eyes of a woman?

My girlfriend hates all of them, so probably no. I think she's secretly jealous of my love affair with the wild.

Originally Posted by Stime187

My girlfriend hates all of them, so probably no. I think she's secretly jealous of my love affair with the wild.

Your girlfriend hates all of your shots?

Originally Posted by tardypizza

Originally Posted by Stime187

My girlfriend hates all of them, so probably no. I think she's secretly jealous of my love affair with the wild.

Your girlfriend hates all of your shots?

We can have her taken care of... you know, for a price. For cereal, though, how can she possible HATE all your shots? That just ain't right.

M

Originally Posted by Markitos

We can have her taken care of... you know, for a price.

I'll do her for 5 quid.

Lets call the website:

Get this...

www.betterearthshots.org

Originally Posted by tardypizza

Your girlfriend hates all of your shots?

Originally Posted by Markitos

We can have her taken care of... you know, for a price. For cereal, though, how can she possible HATE all your shots? That just ain't right.

M

She just doesn't get it when it comes to me, the woods, and my camera. She doesn't hate them all necessarily but I don't really show her many anymore. But don't worry, she'll be ex-girlfriend soon.

- Scott

Just got paid for my second 4 wins... this site is legit in my mind.

maybe ill have to shoot more landscapes...

Originally Posted by subimatt

maybe ill have to shoot more landscapes...

All kinds of nature shots end up there... but yeah, macro/wildlife/landscape/random cultures seems to be the standard.

interesting site. Congrats on the wins.

Originally Posted by jacobsen1

interesting site. Congrats on the wins.

Yeah, it was nice to make a $100. Hopefully, some other members will submit something/make some money.

Bump for an incredible shot today...

http://www.earthshots.org/2008/01/tu...homas-vignaud/

^ WOW, That is awesome, I want a print of that!

Yeah, me too. One of the many reasons I really would like to play with an underwater housing...

Bump for today's win. Just 3 more until another $50!

http://earthshots.org/

I added a little note to my description with my winning shot today "Prints are available through my website." I've already gotten 3 emails with pricing requests which is more than I've received from my other 7 wins combined.

Congrats, pimp daddy!

Ouch.

Two latest comments...

Originally Posted by Tom Brooklyn

not a very exciting photo. sky is blah.

Originally Posted by Ann

I agree with Tom. Very uninteresting. Dull/flat and boring.

It's funny, most of the people commenting have their own websites attached (right column) so you can see their work, Ann and Tom Brooklyn are the only ones I've noticed that don't.

I usually don't reply, but I'm considering just saying...

Originally Posted by Me

Tom and Ann, thank you for the kind words. I really appreciate your input.

I should probably just leave it alone though.

I'd just leave it, let the photo speak for itself.

I'm considering posting:

Originally Posted by me

looks photoshopped

Originally Posted by thechickencow

I'd just leave it, let the photo speak for itself.

I'm considering posting:

THAT would piss me off. I can handle negativity.