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Cheers Lynne! Times 19th MNMGGT London UK. 18th May 2018. A pedestrian window shopping Royal wedding souvenirs in Kensington on a warm sunny day in London Credit: amer ghazzal/Alamy Live News GNG948 True Images A teenage boy using an emoji whilst texting on his iphone EYN5C3 Andrew Lloyd Aerial view of Bristol University Wills Memorial Building MNHF3E Aberystwyth Wales Uk, Thursday 17 May 2018 UK Weather: At sunset at the end of a glorious day of warm spring sunshine, a group of university students are silhouetted as they dive and jump into the clear water off the wooden pier at Aberystwyth on the west coast of Wales photo © Keith Morris / Alamy Live News Scottish Edition N00PJE Markle, East Lothian, UK. 18 May 2018. Street name sign decorated in celebration of upcoming Royal wedding of namesake Meghan Markle. Village of Markle is planning own celebrations this weekend. Credit: highbrow/StockimoNews/Alamy Live News MMT230 Kelso, Scottish Borders, UK. 13th May 2018. The Landrover Floors Castle Horse Trials at Kelso reaches it climax on Sunday in hot and humid conditions, following on from a night of heavy rain. Credit: Chris Strickland / Alamy Live News MN7X9A Hawick, Scottish Borders, UK. 15th May 2018. The town of Hawick gathers for an afternoon ride of the Marches to Lilliesleaf village. The Common Ridings celebrates the capture of an English Flag in 1514 by the youth of Hawick at a place called Hornshole and the ancient custom of riding the marches or boundaries of the common land. Credit: Chris Strickland / Alamy Live News Irish Edition AB4255 Peter Titmuss Trinity College Dublin Ireland viewed over Parliament Square FKG0HD Islandstock Woman using fixed odds betting terminal (FOBT fixed odds betting terminal) in Bookmakers in England, UK Business E699H8 UrbanImages Sign over entrance to Carpetright store, UK K2WJM7 Russell Hart An HM Revenues & Customs letterhead surrounded by new £1 coins and a £5 note G3B476 Chronicle The silver melting house at the Royal Mint, London Date: circa 1910 Weekend BEK8YB Paul Harvard Evans Cattle grazing under the shadow of Foel Drygarn, Preseli Hills, Pembrokeshire, Wales F8P2Y4 RM Floral Mixed pot display agapanthus canna begonia firewings terracotta container displays garden entrance RM Floral DTBJG2 RM Floral altamont gardens garden shed mix mixed planting scheme perennial bed border beds borders Travel B6JAGT john norman a street in montreuil-sur-mer pas-de-calais france DX0D31 Arco / J. Moreno Ruins, Fiesole

The photo was used while image was in live news purdah, I was only able to find it later in the day. You may be lucky Times 18th BNJW3W david hancock Jack Russell Puppy ER1BXN BONEKphoto Portrait of Child blond young boy playing with a digital tablet pc computer outdoors lying on grass, listening with headphones Jin Yeob Cha, choreographer of ceremonies at this year’s Winter Olympics, performs at the Festival of Korean Dance at The Place, central London GUY CORBISHLEY/ALAMY - can't find it Scottish Edition JPWRWX Lynne Sutherland Minke Whale near the Sound of Iona, Scotland CMMWBG Scottish Viewpoint A couple take in the view at at Geòdha Mhàrtainn, near Horgabost, Isle of Harris, Outer Hebrides, Scotland, UK Business DDYYF7 Roberto Herrett Carluccio's Italian restaurant in Upper Street, Islington, London, UK World BTF14T Anna Stowe Close up portrait of one of a flock of Romney sheep

Cheers Gordon! Times 17th EYCE91 Rob Hadley Train crossing the Royal Border bridge at Berwick upon Tweed KD0JAT Aziz Ary Neto Woman riding horse on beach, side view, Jericoacoara, Ceara, Brazil, South America Business HPAM8E Neil Baylis 1953 British advertisement for Moss Bros World Ferris wheel china Bailang - can't find it Times 2 MN441C Central London, 14th May 2018. Union Jack flags, Meghan & Harry tea towels, decorations, gift mugs, bunting, commemorative plates and all kinds of Royal Wedding memorabilia and merchandise are on display as London gets ready for the Royal Wedding between Prince Harry and Meghan Markle on Saturday in Windsor. Credit: Imageplotter News and Sports/Alamy Live News Law M8R473 Andrea Obzerova Young teacher helping his student in chemistry class. Education, Tutoring and Encouragement concept Student Law M63MN6 London, UK. 28th February, 2018. The UCU (University and College Union) organises a march to protest the changes to lecturers pensions as part of their strike action. The march started outside UCL in Malet Place andheaded to Westminster via Whitehall. Credit: Guy Bell/Alamy Live News MADXXE Robert Evans Offices of Top Law firm Allen and Overy LLP in London's Spitalfields Market Development F969A5 Jozef Polc Woman victim of domestic violence and abuse. Mature woman scared of a man with broken bottle M3EPR1 lukas bischoff Samuel Beckett Bridge Dublin, Ireland taken in 2015

Don't feel compelled to use all 50 tags, but do rigorously provide all relevant permutations. Don't skimp on the location, minimum of town, county or state, country. Occasionally however the location is irrelevant and would only bring unwanted views, degrading your CTR. Received wisdom appears to suggest that the Caption is at least as important as the tags, so think carefully about your wording. Having said that I have seen photos used in the papers where there has been no caption at all! Once you start seeing lots of views look carefully at the search terms, and ask yourself if you have covered all bases with all of your photos. There's rarely a day goes by when I don't add to or fine tune keywords as a result of a customer's search. It's a never ending process......

Not sure if any of these theories hold water. There are so many images available compared to most individual contributor's collections, that variability is the norm. My zooms go up and down with the weather, or maybe the phases of the moon, there is no detectable pattern. In any event many of my recent sales were never zoomed. Zooms are encouraging, but, these days, it is becoming more unusual to score an exclusive zoom, not something to lose sleep over.

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Thanks for the spot Iain, I normally look at the Times every day, but on hols at present!

There's 134 million photos available on Alamy, 20 images is a tiny fraction of the total. Upload several thousand of attractive photos with excellent keywording and you will have better chance of success. There's no easy way, no magic bullet, it's getting harder all the while....

From memory I think I had 60 photos up for sale, but it took a while, about a year, after joining. From the database, my first 4 sales were for $42, $320, $400, $341 - those were the days!

I had a live news shot bounce some while ago. There was to be a charity auction of a series of dog sculptures and one was stood outside the Sage concert hall. My shot of the dog was not considered newsworthy, even though it was something of a one off. It certainly ain't there now! Been reluctant to push live news since, but no harm done, the photo passed QC.

Good to hear you got it sorted John! Any chance of some comparisons with 18-55?

Thanks for the comforting thought Gen, they passed this evening. Us retired folk lose track of holidays......

Not sure if this is correct but has the rubric in AIM changed lately - it now reads "usually within 24 hours"? Can't recall seeing the "usually" in the past but quite possibly I haven't noticed it. Message brought about by anxiety over an unusually long period in QC - could be I'm doomed, doomed....

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I don't use a hood with it, the only lens in my collection without a hood. Never researched the topic, got me interested! Did you keep your original Sony standard zoom, possibly better than the 16-50?