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There are a lot of photo hosting/sharing websites out there. Myself, I have got a Flickr Pro account last month, only to find out about 500px.com less than a month later .

So what is your photo hosting/sharing website of choice, and why ? I like Flickr for its social network-ish look, feel and the user-friendliness, while I love 500px for its more professional portfolio looks .

I've included a poll, too . You can also show off your site if you're not already doing so in your signature or if you just want us to have a look .

My Flickr can be found below, in my signature.

Here is my 'normal' 500px...
http://500px.com/jorisvandenberghe

...And here's my 500px portfolio .
http://jorisvandenberghe.500px.com/

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Sony α77V/VG-C77AM/α350/18-70/70-400 G SSM/NEX-5/18-55 OSS/Lowepro Pro Trekker 600 AW/CompuTrekker AW/Nova 140 AW/Street & Field gear/Toploader Pro 75 AW. And a huge wishlist...

My photos on Flickr...

Flickr - because of its popularity, content and a straightforward design and layout that works for me.

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Flickr

dA although it isn't a photo site as much a general art site, of which photos forms a significant part. It's more self contained though.

Secondary to that I use Picasa if I want to share photos on other websites, or for semi-private showing. Previous to that I used photobucket but they keep making the user interface worse all the time.

Tried flickr but I can't stand the interface.

Coincidently I kinda got recruited to try tumblr tonight, but I haven't got round to signing up yet.

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Canon DSLRs: 7D, 5D2, 1D, 600D, 450D full spectrum, 300D IR mod
Lenses: EF 35/2, 50/1.8, 85/1.8, 135/2+SF, 28-80 V, 70-300L, 100-400L, TS-E 24/3.5L, MP-E 65, EF-S 15-85 IS
3rd party: Zeiss 2/50 makro, Samyang 8mm fisheye, Sigma 150 macro, 120-300 f/2.8 OS, Celestron 1325/13
Tinies: Sony HX9V.

None.

If I want to show my photos to somebody I just load them up on my server and post those pictures.

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Canon EOS 500D + Canon EOS 5D Mark III
Canon EF 24-105mm 4L IS USM + EF 100-400mm 4.5-5.6L IS USM + EF 100mm 2.8L Macro IS USM + Sigma 12-24mm 4.5-5.6 EX DG HSM + Canon Speedlite 580 EX II + Nissin Speedlite Di 466

I chose Flickr because at the time that I started my account, it was one of the only photo sharing sites that I knew of. It was free, easy to use and so far I haven't had any complaints. I'm a bit worried that I'll exceed the photo limit this month, so I've been thinking of switching to a site with a higher maximum storage size per month, but right now I'm content.

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-Evan

Gear: 7 Nikon Nikkor AI-S and AF-S lenses, SB-700 flash, Nikon D7000, Nikon FM, variety of accessories

"There are no rules for good photographs, there are only good photographs."
- Ansel Adams

Ideally I would send someone to my website if I wanted them to see my portfolio. But I like flickr because of its popularity. This is my first time seeing 500px and I'm have to admit I'm impressed.

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Canon 40D + 70-200mm f/2.8L IS + 50mm f/1.8
Manfrotto 055CX3 + 496RC2
www.thomaslowe.com

Flickr it's popular and does exactly what it says on the tin. The community is great I like the the groups, the stats, the blogs and exif info (if the user allows). I've got more from using flickr than I have from reading any photography magazine.
Pre DSLR I was a user of Picasa Web simply because I used to use Picasa but for the whole web sharing thing it didn't really float my boat, I am keeping a close eye on it now though as the Google+ integration has really smartened it up.

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"I'm playing all the right notes but not necessarily in the right order" - Eric Morecambe
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D7000 and too many lenses.

Exactly what I was thinking a couple of days ago when I read about it .

I hate the fact you have to use PayPal to pay for it though. I linked my credit card to my PayPal account just for this, paid, then removed my card from my account and removed the pre-approved payment thing. So basically, I paid for one year of 'Awesomeness' (:lol:) and it'll expire within 364 days.

At least with Flickr they'll let you know when your Pro account is about to expire. And it's cheaper, too...48 bucks for a two year Flickr Pro account versus 50 bucks for one year of 'Awesome' at 500px.

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Sony α77V/VG-C77AM/α350/18-70/70-400 G SSM/NEX-5/18-55 OSS/Lowepro Pro Trekker 600 AW/CompuTrekker AW/Nova 140 AW/Street & Field gear/Toploader Pro 75 AW. And a huge wishlist...

My photos on Flickr...

Flickr and PhotoBucket.

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Bodies: Canon EOS 550D w/ Magic Lantern
Lenses: Tokina AT-X 116 Pro DX f/2.8, Canon EF-S 15-85mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM, Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 IS, Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 II, Canon EF 70-300mm f/4-5.6 IS USM
Accessories: YongNuo Speedlite YN-468 Flash, Neewer Macro LED Ring Light, Meike Battery Grip, YongNuo RF-602 Wireless Flash Trigger & Receiver YongNuo WR-128 Wireless Remote Control

I started with photobucket so I could post pics on forums. Now I mainly use flickr for that.

I still use photobucket for family to view only. More private stuff.
I just have certain albums locked up and send the links to family.

Both have advantages and disadvantages.

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Canon Powershot S95, Canon 7D, 15-85, Canon 85 1.8 USM, Sigma 30 1.4, 50mm 1.8, Canon 100 2.8L IS Macro, Canon 70-300L IS USM+Kenko 1.4 Pro 300DGX, Canon 430EX II and RS 4 Classic

500px is actually quite nice, even signed up to be "Awesome".

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"I'm playing all the right notes but not necessarily in the right order" - Eric Morecambe
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D7000 and too many lenses.

I'm glad you've seen the light ...

Seriously though, it's a great site ...

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Sony α77V/VG-C77AM/α350/18-70/70-400 G SSM/NEX-5/18-55 OSS/Lowepro Pro Trekker 600 AW/CompuTrekker AW/Nova 140 AW/Street & Field gear/Toploader Pro 75 AW. And a huge wishlist...

My photos on Flickr...

Well, I do have a Flickr account, with one old mobile phone image in there, that nobody can see, except that I can see it when I log in. I cannot remember why I chose Flickr. As I recall, it was just an experiment.

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Canon 7D/5D/40D/1D2N; Nikon F6, FM3A, & Coolpix A; Canon 40mm Pancake, 135L, 50L, 35L, pre-II 50mm 1.8, 100mm 2.8L Macro, 10-22mm EF-S, 28-135 EF, 400mm 5.6L; Nikkor 50mm 1.2 AI-S, 50mm 1.4G, 50mm 1.8D, 16mm 2.8D Fisheye, 180mm 2.8D, 100-300mm 5.6 AI-S; Tokina 17mm & 100mm 2.8 Macro

flickr and smugmug.


flickr cause of the high traffic ego-goodness...

smugmug to sell prints of events.

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Use(d) Flickr until recently, when I discovered Google+. Of course that's basically Picasa, but I voted Other anyway.

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