The Astronauts (in Polish Astronauci) is the first science fiction novel by Polish writer Stanisław Lem published as a book, in 1951. Today Google.ru published a doodle to celebrate this date.
60th anniversary of Stanislaw Lem first book
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Google.ru celebrates 60th anniversary of Stanislaw Lem first book
Tuesday, November 22nd, 2011Extended license on Shutterstock – Racetrack Playa
Thursday, August 4th, 2011One of my favorite photos, I have been there only two times so far and this photo comes from my first trip. It is two hours drive one way from Ubehebe Crater on a pretty rough road which does not require 4×4 but if you do not have it you would be extremely slow. If you reach it you will see sailing stones a geological phenomenon where rocks move in long tracks along a smooth valley floor without human or animal intervention.
Racetrack Playa
Racetrack Playa is a seasonally dry lake (a playa) located in the northern part of the Panamint Mountains in Death Valley National Park, California.
July 2011 Earnings Breakdown
Wednesday, August 3rd, 2011After almost record last month I did not expect much from current result. Still it was 4th best month overall and 3rd best on SS. DT bounced back from the bottom, it was best month for them this year. 123RF was on the other hand having 2nd worst month of this year. FT was also down and IS almost repeated result from last four months. SXP continues to disappoint and it was beaten by CSP. Veer and BS added few sales this month.
| Jully 2011 | July | July/June | RPD |
| SS |
61.40% |
96.50% |
0.65 |
| DT |
12.11% |
180.15% |
0.69 |
| 123RF |
9.64% |
40.60% |
0.59 |
| FT |
4.81% |
67.92% |
0.43 |
| IS |
4.77% |
94.47% |
1.03 |
| CSP |
3.14% |
0.95 |
|
| SXP |
2.08% |
89.29% |
0.25 |
| Veer |
0.93% |
0.93 |
|
| BS |
0.63% |
95.00% |
0.63 |
| YM |
0.33% |
1.00 |
|
| FP |
0.17% |
0.50 |
|
|
90.95% |
0.63 |
2011 July Microstock
Extended license on Shutterstock – Big Sur HDR
Friday, July 22nd, 2011This time I sold extended license of the image I made in Big Sur. I am not doing it as often I I could cause I simply forget shoot with exposure bracketing. Image has been processed in Photomatix.
Big Sur
Big Sur is a sparsely populated region of the central California coast where the Santa Lucia Mountains rise abruptly from the Pacific Ocean.
Extended license on Shutterstock – NYC
Monday, July 11th, 2011This is probably going to be my best selling image after another extended license sold today.
NYC
I have noticed that this image was used on Amazon.com for Sylvania SYTAB10MT 10-Inch Magni Tablet
Sylvania SYTAB10MT 10-Inch Magni Tablet
June 2011 earnings breakdown
Wednesday, July 6th, 2011With couple more dollars it would be the best month of this year thanks to strong performance from SS and 123RF. For the later one it was actually best month this year. These two delivered almost 80% of total revenue. Rest of the top 5 was around 15% and way below last month’s results. SXP is slowly falling into non-existence. ThinkStock earning are roughly 20% of what SXP used to be.
Comparing RPD we again see increase at SS and 123RF and drop on 4 other top agencies. Since on most of the sites I do not have enough volume to properly judge these numbers I can only talk about trend here. Also I am trying to get out from partner programs on IS which immediately caused huge jump in RPD there since subs from ThinkStock are no longer reported for them.
| May 2011 | May | May/Apr | RPD |
| SS | 57.87% | 132.17% | 0.65 |
| 123RF | 21.59% | 134.67% | 1.49 |
| FT | 6.44% | 95.86% | 0.50 |
| DT | 6.12% | 71.68% | 0.81 |
| IS | 4.59% | 90.05% | 1.01 |
| SXP | 2.11% | 84.85% | 0.25 |
| CS | 0.69% | 300.0% | 1.13 |
| 97.58% | 0.72 |
June 2011 Microstock
CEL sold on 123rf
Wednesday, June 22nd, 2011For quite long time I have not seen any extended license sold on 123RF. This time it is a photo of Polish Easter babka I had made couple years ago.
Easter Babka
Babka is a spongy yeast cake that is traditionally baked for Easter Sunday in Poland, Belarus, Ukraine and Western Russia
Extended license on Shutterstock – San Jose City Hall
Thursday, June 2nd, 2011First day of the month brought me nice surprise, extended license sale on Shutterstock. I have been selling quite a few images from San Jose, California recently so it must by something going on 
San Jose City Hall
The current City Hall of San José California was opened to the public on October 15, 2005, and is located at 200 East Santa Clara Street, San José, California. It was designed by Richard Meier.
May 2011 earnings breakdown
Thursday, June 2nd, 2011My total earning from all agencies went up 30% in comparison to April which I did not report here because of my trip to my homeland. It was quite a surprise to find out that it was also best month overall this year. It was mostly because unexpected extended licenses from Veer. It also shows how week are my sales at other agencies. It is so easy to grab second spot if there are extended licenses sold. SS was first as usual but it is quite interesting how others are trending. 123RF keeps going up every month and this one was actually best in current year. FT peaked in April and May was slightly worse but still way better than at the beginning of this year. DT also had best month this year. SXP is just so unpredictable. I am not even sure if they are able to count sales properly since every month when it is time to report they post and change result couple times. On other fronts I see almost no movements, I can sell a few photos a month or none.
| May 2011 | May | May/Apr | RPD |
| SS | 42.72% | 90.84% | 0.53 |
| Veer | 16.81% | 16300.00% | 11.41 |
| 123RF | 15.64% | 165.17% | 0.76 |
| DT | 8.33% | 183.68% | 0.86 |
| FT | 6.55% | 88.61% | 0.60 |
| IS | 4.97% | 116.74% | 1.30 |
| SXP | 2.43% | 117.86% | 0.25 |
| CSP | 1.19% | 1350.00% | 1.25 |
| BS | 0.74% | 125.00% | 0.63 |
| MSP | 0.38% | 100.00% | 065 |
| CS | 0.22% | 0.25 | |
| 130.20% | 0.71 |
Microstock 2011-05
First extended lincense sold on Veer
Friday, May 27th, 2011After long time of no activity I finally I got 3 sales on one image. Two of them where extended license. Apparently somebody bought image first for normal price then purchased additional licenses: Unlimited reproduction and Multi-user.
It was one of my travel shots I took in Balboa Park in San Diego.
Balboa Park
