Reviews: Photo Sharing/Critique Websites
Dan Bachmann's Update: August 2004
PhotographyBLOG visitor Dan Bachmann has recently tested some more photo sharing websites and has kindly allowed me to publish his findings, which are summarized in the table below.
TrekLens | UseFilm | Nfolio | Photo.net | PhotoPoints | Photo Forums | ShutterCity | WebApert | webphotoforum | |
Source | Dan Bachmann | Dan Bachmann | Dan Bachmann | Dan Bachmann | Dan Bachmann | PhotographyBLOG | |||
Price | Free | Free (subscriber option) |
Free (subscriber opt |
Free (subscriber option) |
Free | Free (subs |
Free | Free (subs |
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Upload Limits | 1/day | 1/day* | 3/day | 100 images* | not yet rated | 2MB | 3/week | 50 images | 30 images* |
Comments | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | |
Ratings | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | no | no | |
Albums | travelogues | no | no | yes | yes | no | yes | yes | |
Favourites | yes | yes | no | yes | yes | no | yes | yes | |
Email Updates | yes | yes | yes | no | yes | yes | yes | no | |
Workshops | yes | no | no | no | no | no | no | no | |
View by Equipment | yes | no | no | no | |||||
View by Location | yes | no | no | no | |||||
Views | 75 | 25 | 49 | 66 | |||||
Comments | 6 | 7 | 5 | 0 | |||||
Critque Quality | high | low | high | high | |||||
Interface | excellent | poor | good | good | |||||
Comment | also have a travel site | too many ads ruin this one | serious comments | the original photo site | |||||
* indicates changes with subscription/donation | great articles | ||||||||
Overall | excellent | poor | good | good | |||||