I really appreciated this post and I will make sure to take your advice! Your only job from there is to wait for your subject(s) to enter into that range.

500px ISO is home to the best photo stories on the web. I joined 500px recently but could not find anything on the site to clarify the things you so generously did.

If I see that someone uploaded 2-3 images a day, I’m likely going to pick the one I like best to vote on. However, today I observed the following: my image had been uploaded for 9 hours and was at 95.9. We compress our thumbnails more aggressively than the large images, so they tended to fare better in terms of size reduction over JPEG. There are so many photographers on 500px who leave the same comment on every photo. A pulse starts at 0 and can reach a maximum of 100.

Sometimes, devoting yourself to a single subject, series, or location can help refine your voice as an artist—and result in images no one else has made. From tutorials to collections and beyond, 500px ISO is your go-to source for everything photography. Happy to have helped! If the photos never made it to Fresh they should land in Fresh as soon as you meet the criteria, but if your photos have no views and no likes I’d just delete them and re-upload at this point. Today I had just started looking into 500px and how to get started. The site’s creators once thought that 100 was a theoretical maximum that would never actually be reached!) I saw it as a great way to get exposure, to receive feedback on my work, and to be able to learn from others. Whether you know it or not, we’re now surrounded by wide-gamut displays, from our iPhones and iPads, to the iMac and MacBook Pros, to the Microsoft Studio, to amazing new Dell displays, to epic new Android phones (this one is a little complicated – we’ll get to it later). Share on Facebook One important thing for all 500px users to know is what “end of day” means. Favor images that you truly love. Great article. Anyway, thanks for being so generous with what you figured out. 500px ISO on Flipboard. There are a few requirements to have your photo appear on the Fresh page now though: You must assign a category (something other than “Uncategorized”), the photo must be uploaded to your Public Profile, and you must assign at least 3 tags describing your image.

We got tired of waiting, so we moved on to find another solution. Street photography, like all genres, comes with a set of rules: your photos should be sharp, your subject should be in focus, there should be as little grain as possible, etc.

From tutorials to collections and beyond, 500px ISO is your go-to source for everything photography. Thank you. Enter Google Chrome, stage left. Wow! Thank you for your reply dear Jason.

Try not to delete your old photos, either; in the golden age of street photography, photographers kept their contact sheets and would return to them often to reevaluate and generate new ideas. From tutorials to collections and beyond, 500px ISO is your go-to source for everything photography. If you just leave a comment without liking I.

The bottom is the same file untagged. I’ve developed a method on 500px almost identical to you and find that it works really well. The best time then would be shortly after midnight, in order to give your photo the most time to accumulate a high pulse. Fifty years later, with the strides made by camera phones, public interest in the genre has exploded. I notice that the link to the Greasemonkey script you recommended now gives a 404. Best wishes from The Galapagos Islands – Ecuador Happy Holidays. Let me know if you have any specific questions. One of the pictures even got the pulse more than 90. I’m not 100% sure if you were to remove the photo completely if you’d keep the stats–ask 500px directly for that one–but you should be able to hide a photo by removing it from “Public” and not including it in any other galleries. I’m a little behind the pack, however, thank you for taking time to compose this informative, thorough post.

You’ve got some great images on your website! 93 Comments. Once I start uploading images taken with that camera I might down-res a bit (to 12MP size?) Thank you Jason… Initially I was confused how to go further, when i reed your article it clears my confusion. For instance, Walker Evans photographed the New York Subway. Introducing yourself is also a good way to get over any anxiety you might have about approaching people; the worst that happens is that they say “no,” and you move on. You can always look at them when you get home. I would like to compare the quality of these images with others of the same rating. They’re doing it only to gain visibility and want to comment on as many photos as possible in the hopes that they will get lots of return votes. Great article Jason! Nice Article, i’m on 500px only by 2 months, and i agree with all your opinions ahd suggests.


But because I live on the West Coast, I’ve found uploading sometime between 9:00-10:00pm PST (midnight-1:00am EST) works for me. Image by Gable Denims. I must say I really enjoyed the Experience, much more 2015 than 500px.

This was a personal decision. […] posting my original “Getting started with 500px” article back in March, the team at 500px has made a few changes that I thought I should […]. Thanks again.
My reindeer photo was chosen in the “longhorn” contest! When you upload a file, our image resizer can generate any conversion required. Landscape)! Part of what’s so special about 1960s-era street photography is that cities just don’t look like that anymore; the subways are cleaner, the suits are cut differently, and the hairstyles have evolved. A lot of the specific information here is a bit out of date now (500px has even done away with the like+favorite combo in favor of a single “heart” to show affection) but the basics still hold true. It seems no image can sink in when it is not looked at but rather expected to “pop out”. Very helpful introduction, thank you. You should be able to access this page directly by going to: https://500px.com/following.

I like the way you guide for the people like me to understand easily.. Once again I thank you for the guidance.

By the way I share your feelings about how you like and fave photos. I just uploaded my first 10 images on the 500px. might have to look up some of your work on 500px. Be consistent in the quality of work you upload. That’s the one you’re working to get a high pulse on. Once you’re in the 95+ range, each vote may be worth less than 0.1 pulse.