gerry_braatz Posted January 5, 2011 Share Posted January 5, 2011 <p>I am trying to decide if I should put my pics on Flickr. I have used Flickr in the past but just for fun pics, but now I would like some of my good pics to be seen by everyone. I feel I can learn a lot from this & make new friends as well. But I'm afraid because it is so easy for anyone to download the pics. Should I put a large water mark on my pics or just hope for the best. I do have a pro smugmug account but I feel my pics and me have a better chance of getting noticed on Flickr. Thank you all :) </p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
funcrunch Posted January 5, 2011 Share Posted January 5, 2011 <p>When I put pro-quality photos on Flickr I put them up at a relatively small size (72 dpi, 800 pix or less on the longest side) and include a watermark along the bottom. I also include a link to the pro gallery if I have the same photo hosted there.</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joshroot Posted January 5, 2011 Share Posted January 5, 2011 <p>In all honesty, your pictures have a better chance of getting "noticed" on photo.net than flickr. Photo.net is the 3rd result for a google search for your name, behind two facebook results. A search for "Gerry Braatz photography" gives three photo.net results at the top. How is flickr going to improve on that? I would put more energy into your PN activity and perhaps a public facebook page.</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
newland Posted January 5, 2011 Share Posted January 5, 2011 <p>I' would agree with Josh, i came from Flicker to photo.net and find it very high on Google Search, and their are lots of friends here to, and you can learn a lot from photo.net to.</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joemikel1 Posted January 5, 2011 Share Posted January 5, 2011 <p>I have a flickr account and a PN account, Both created about the same time. I have the same photos on both accounts, and the same social interaction (nearly none in both).<br> For the last 24 months, I'd been contacted by some magazines and agencies to publish or promote my work, all them in PN. It´s not unusual to have more than 5000 views in my PN photos, but merely 60 in the same in my flickr account. So I would say PN is a better way to be seen.<br> Regards</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mfophotos Posted January 6, 2011 Share Posted January 6, 2011 <p>I have used Flickr since 2004, and that's where my contacts have come from. </p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nathaniel_vigeant Posted January 25, 2011 Share Posted January 25, 2011 <p>Large watermarks are ugly and the masses will not see your pictures if you don't post or publish them somehow.</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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