Microstock Images

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Old Barn Lock (2021-07-29) This lock adorned an old storage shed on the Bonneville Shoreline Trail just North of Hogle Zoo.

1986 Liberty Coin (2021-07-11) This is a 1986 Ellis Island Liberty Dollar Mirror Proof.

Blank Sign (2021-06-12) This blank sign adorns a building in transition in 2100 South in Salt Lake City. The building says it will soon be The Neighborhood Hive.

Money Laundry (2021-03-22) I accidentally washed a wallet containing a $50 and had to engage in money laundering to clean it.

Skyline Track (2020-07-21) I wanted to use a picture of the starting line in posts about the start of a program. Rather than buying a stock photo, I walked to the local high school and snapped a photo of their starting line.

1234 Track (2020-07-22) A picture of a track makes a find Microstock image.

Broken Window (2020-08-12) There was broken glass from a smashed window in the parking lot. It is common for thieves to do smash and grab thefts at trailhead parking lots. I figure the image might be a good stock photo.

A Big Fat Hairy Downvote (2020-09-07) I wanted to write a post about a big fat hairy downvote; So I hired a model with a big fat hairy hand and took a picture of the model\\'s hand. I put it in my microstock folder.

Backlit Trees (2020-09-11) A strong wind tumbled 4 of the trees at Churchill Junior High. They lost a dozen trees in previous years to the bark beetle. I snapped this backlit photo with my hand over the lens. The center tree is a cellphone tower.

Blank Sign (2020-10-18) This is a blank sign. It belonged to a cyclery in Sugarhouse that close shop.

Staple Anvil (2020-10-23) This is a little anvil that I use to forge paperclips and things.

Encaspulated Bulb (2020-12-12) I took a picture of a light bulb in a jar for a post about encapsulation.

SQL Blocks (2020-12-19) I took a picture of blocks spelling SQL for an article about the sqlBlocks.php class.

Silver Coin Framed by a Rock (2020-12-29) I bought a thousand BLURT hoping to charge my account so that I will receive curation rewards.

A Stopped Sign (2021-03-15) It appears that this sign failed in its primary purpose which was to stop traffic coming out of a parking lot. It is now trying to stop pedestrians on the side walk and possibly the through street.

Coffee Silo (2014-01-30) Yep, these silos in Salt Lake are filled to brim with coffee ... and that's just to get us through Monday.

Sandbox (2021-04-13) These toys were left in a sandbox in Davis Playground on Foothill Drive in Salt Lake City. The cement enclosure for the sandbox had cutouts of construction equipment. I am making this picture available as microstock.

Disrupted Sidewalk (2021-04-19) This sidewalk was upturned by a falling tree.

Blank Sign (2021-06-29) This is a blank sign I encountered in the Sugarhouse District of Salt LAke. Blank signs are useful in Microstock.

Hot Link (2021-07-03) I am heating a link of a chain to discuss the issue of hotlinking images.

Leaf Fossil (2021-07-07) A leaf was fossilized in the cement on a side walk at the University of Utah. I thought it might be useful as Microstock.

Cent Token (2021-07-12) I spelled out the word Cent in a post about the new CENT token on HIVE.

Tag Spam (2021-07-18) I believe that tag spam is a growing problem on the SteemIt/HIVE platform. So, I decided to take a picture of a can of SPAM with numerous irrelevant tags to make the point.

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I've been wasting time on the social media platforms called SteemIt.com and Hive.blog. This platform uses a "Smart Media Token" for rewards. My primary account has the handle @yintercept.

In my first 179 days on SteemIt I wrote 705 posts and earned $17.70. That is almost $0.09 a day or $0.025 cents per post ... which is a lot more than I make for the advertising on this site.

The one big challenge with SteemIt is that the platform all but demands that people have a unique image for each post. That means I have to create images. When I create an image that is suitable for use as microstock, I will put it in this gallery.

I grant anyone the use of images on this page for use in SteemIt or HIVE posts if they do one or more of the following:

Give 5% of the reward to the account @yintercept.
Give 100% of the reward to @null (this destroys the tokens and benefits the community).
Put a link to the image and an mention of @yintercept in the post.

Context: Objects

Fire (18 pictures) This gallery shows images related to fire (usually campfires and cooking on a rocket stove.)