23) Holy Land Photos
http://www.holylandphotos.org/

Holy Land Photos has over 2400 photos related to the holy lands. The photos represent a diversity of religions with photos sorted into three categories: daily life and artifacts, people and region. Regions cover Jordan, Lebanon, Italy, Israel, Turkey and Greece. Either browse or use the search tool to find pictures. The home page has a link for viewing the latest images. It takes you to the What's New page that displays thumbnails and the title, date added, and keywords for each. You can expand the time frame of when new photos were added to 1 week, 2 weeks, 3 weeks, 1 month or 2 months.

Every photo's page comes with an Image Toolbar that has four options: PowerPoint Ready (displays the photo in full size), email photo to a friend, printable page for printing the photo, and download photo in the size of your choice. Photos typically belong with a group of like of photos, so look in the left column to see what photos are included in the group and its related information.

The rules for using photos from the Web site state that images are not for use on Web sites. However, users have permission to use up to four photos per Web site if clear credit is given. For more than four images, you need permission from the Web site contact.

22) Barry's Free Photos
http://www.barrysfreephotos.com/

Barry's Free Photos has over 2300 free and royalty-free stock photos organized by many categories and subcategories. Click on "more" from the home page under Free Stock Photos on the left to see the list of categories and how many photos are available for each. You can also enter keywords into the search box to find photos.

When you pick a category, thumbnails appear with photo's details that has the photographer's name (member), views, file size, and dimensions. Selecting a photo displays a larger version along with the same details plus keywords. The site also has clip art and forums plus it's available in German, French, Spanish (both Mexico and Spain), Italian, Dutch and Portuguese.

21) Geek Philosopher Stock Photos
http://www.geekphilosopher.com/MainPage/photos.htm

Geek Philosopher has a collection of photos, backgrounds and wallpaper organized in nine main categories with subcategories. If you use an image, the site requires you to include a link to GeekPhilosopher. According to the site, you are free to do whatever you want with these photos except redistribute them. Learn more by checking out the terms and conditions.

Browse for photos by category and subcategory. When you select a subcategory, a thumbnail page appears with the names of the photos and their sizes. Click on the photo to view its full size. The bottom of the thumbnail page shows the number of pages available for the category. Though there is a magnifying glass icon for search shown on the Web site, it doesn't search the photo gallery.

20) bigfoto.com
http://www.bigfoto.com/

bigfoto.com is a repository of photos organized by categories and sub-categories. Each sub-category has a brief description about the category. The main categories are America, Asia, Europe, Africa, Pacific, Themes and Miscellaneous. When selecting a category, a page with its description and its sub-categories appears. For example, if you select Themes and then Aviation, the description references the Wright brothers and Charles Lindbergh. Some of the sub-category / thumbnail pages have tips and information related to photography.

The sub-category pages have thumbnails and clicking on one opens a new window with the photo appearing at full size. Another way to browse the site is to go to the site map. At the bottom of the Web site is a link called "pps." This contains PowerPoint presentations for downloading and admiring. The first one has beautiful nature-related shots. You can read the copyright / FAQ section for the rules on using the photos from this site.

19) FreeImages.com
http://www.freeimages.com/

FreeImages.com has over 2300 stock photos. Note this one is FreeImages.com and it's not the same site as the one from the UK. You can read the terms and conditions to verify the rules for using the site's photos. Search for images by using the search tool or you can browse the directory by category. At the top of the category page are links to view photos that have been submitted in the last day, last seven days, last 14 days or all images. Be warned there are roughly 200 pages of thumbnails to go through if you select the All Images link.

The thumbnails page includes the member's name, how many times the photo has been viewed, its file size and its dimensions. When you go into a photo, you can navigate to the previous image, next image or view a slide show. A nicely organized site with quality photos.