i've been playing with fotalia.com and they are very picky in what they accept , i like soft focus in my images and i like to play with #bokeh , they ended up declining images with the comment not enough in focus :D
the stock image that they want must be +50% in focus i lost my motivation on submitting to stock people they always ask if they can offer it for free , as if they will work for free ...
Yeah I love shallow DOF too, and SS can be quite picky in that area. Often I'll shoot a few shots at around 1.8 for my personal portfolio, then a few at 2.8 for stock. Extra work, but kinda the best of both worlds. Thanks for the comment!