New Stock Approvals

Backlit Century Plant

Cactus Bloom

Rose Bloom

Dragon Fly

Rosebud

12 new files approved on Shutterstock

Frozen Fuel Line on Liquid Rocket Motor #14246227

Rusted Bronze Handle # 14246437

Decayed Rusted Bronze Urn # 14246205

Archways at Qutb Shahi Tombs # 14246112

Successful Launch of a single stage composite rocket #14221134

Close Up of Tomb Minaret # 14246173

Qutb Shahi Octagonal Two Story Mausoleum Horizontal

First Download from iStockPhoto

Had my first download from iStock today, the image below of the black widow.

My house seems to be crawling with them, just going outside tonight I saw 5 full grown black widows and 7 baby black widows... Being slightly arachnophobic, in hindsight I wonder if it was such a good idea to go exploring...

There have been a couple of Orb-Weaver spiders around the house as well, I don't know if it is just the summer heat that is bringing them out or why I haven't noticed them before, the I am seeing a lot more spiders around my house than in previous years, maybe I am just paying closer attention.

This guy was pretty tough to capture as the wind was blowing him around quite a bit. Overall he is about 1.5-2 cm long, including legs, and the wind was moving him around 6-8 inches. Suffice to say, a much larger distance than the depth of field, and the wind has not seemed to die down at all when I am trying to take a picture!

While the spider images are starting to sell, I am hoping that they start to pick up around Halloween.

First Download from Dreamstime

Had my first download from Dreamstime, still nothing from Fotolia or iStock, however iStock as only reviewed three of my initial 15 photos in the past week.  They seem to be taking the longest to review images, plus the approved photos have not shown up in their searches yet... It is funny what passes at one agency but not others...