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40 licences for a gross of $1310. Rescued by an infringement sale of $487. (Thanks Alamy). Two other more normal $$$ sales, best $192 for a television use. CTR 0.79 which is a marginal improvement on the last few months. Zoom numbers which have been very poor for the last few momnths seem to be slowly increasing; at least back to first half of 2023 levels. I agree with those who suggested threre have been fewer newspaper sales etc at the end of March due to the Easter weekend. Hiopefully we may see those coming through later this week.... Happy Easter everybody! Kumar

Thanks Bryan! Happy Easter! Kumar

Agreed. Thank you Alamy! Kumar

+1. Very annoying . Alamy - could something please be done about it? Must be extremely irritating to purchasers also. Kumar

Great entries! Apologies for not participating March and April as away a lot! Kumar

And thanks again Nigel! Best Kumar

Thanks for that spot Nigel! Kumar

Lowish $$$ direct sale kumar

Difficult to choose one!

74 for $1514 gross, plus $100 income for incidental payments. Two in the $$$ bracket, both at $175 to a North America editorial book. 126 zooms, CTR 0.72 Kumar

Don't be disheartened - you have some very good images in your collection. 1. When I search for Baby giraffe your older two images come up on page 1 and page 3 of the search. That is because you have the phrase "baby giraffe" in both the keywords and the caption. This helps image placement. In your more recent images "baby giraffe" as a two word phrase does not appear in the caption. 2. Make sure important search terms are super-tags in your keywords 3. Wildlife images are among the most difficult to sell as there are a lot of extremely good professional wildlife photographers selling on Alamy 4. "baby" , although it should appear in the keywords is not the best way to keyword these images - The most important keyword I believe, is "young" and you haven't got this in your keywords or captions at all. Good luck! Kumar

Thank you Sue! Best, Kumar

As of this morning measures seems to be playing up worse again. Numbers of zooms are recorded but when clicked on to see which image has been zoomed, the ubiquitous "Sorry, we've encountered an unexpected error" message comes up again. I will message Contributor help. 😒 Kumar

Some great images here already - here are some of mine Kumar 1. Five toppers racing, Lackford Lakes Suffolk UK 2. Lake Cresta in the Swiss Alps in autumn. 3. Dusk, Inle Lake, Myanmar 4. Colourful boats on the shore of Taungthaman Lake, Mandalay, Myanmar 5. Misty blue mountain and Lake, Rannoch Moor, Glen Coe, Scotland. 6. Boatman, Inle Lake, Myanmar 7. Lake House at sunset in autumn, Vermont, New England 8. Tonle Sap inland lake at sunset, Kampong Thom, Tonle Sap, Cambodia 9. Teenagers sitting on a jetty by a lake in english countryside, Lambourn, Berkshire UK 10. Eden Lake at autumn sunset, Lamoille County, Vermont, New England 11. Leg rowing fisherman at sunset, Inle Lake, Myanmar 12. sunset, Lake Manze, the Selous game reserve Tanzania Africa 13. People crossing the U Bein bridge over the Taungthaman Lake at sunset, Mandalay, Myanmar 14. Rydal Cave, Rydal Lake, the Lake District, Cumbria UK 15. Lac de Montriond and surrounding Alps, Morzine, France

Betty - Congratulations on your win! Here are my submissions. Kumar 1. Two senior ladies enjoying a picnic in the sun at Glyndebourn Opera. 2. Senior lady (my mum!) tucking into a McDonalds cheeseburger 3. Senior man buying Rock & Pop music, HMV, UK