aphperspective Posted September 23, 2019 Share Posted September 23, 2019 Just started to caption 1 of a batch of 4 images which had cleared QC and noticed a very large and obvious dust bunny on a sky part of the image. Not sure how i missed it when submitting and glad alamy did 😉. Delete correct and re submit. Any body else had narrow escapes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Posted September 23, 2019 Share Posted September 23, 2019 QC does not check every image submitted. Only a sample of each batch submitted.  You got lucky on that one 😉 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aphperspective Posted September 23, 2019 Author Share Posted September 23, 2019 I know QC only takes a sample, that's what i meant sometimes you get lucky. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jill Morgan Posted September 24, 2019 Share Posted September 24, 2019 I accidentally uploaded an image of some friends with their Belgian horses competing in a horse pull. The image at 100% was out of focus. Instead of putting it in my personal file I put it in my Alamy file and accidentally uploaded it. I noticed right away, but it was too late. I emailed Alamy and let them know about the mistake but they told me I would just have to wait for QC results.  It didn't fail so I immediately deleted the image. Sometimes I wonder if Alamy intentionally let it pass to see if I would delete the image or let it go through. They probably didn't, but I do wonder sometimes.  Jill Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BidC Posted September 29, 2019 Share Posted September 29, 2019 On 23/09/2019 at 22:29, aphperspective said: Just started to caption 1 of a batch of 4 images which had cleared QC and noticed a very large and obvious dust bunny on a sky part of the image. Not sure how i missed it when submitting and glad alamy did 😉. Delete correct and re submit. Any body else had narrow escapes.  Ha ! I had a whole set that were watermarked, and they all passed 😀 I didn't notice at first, and tagged them all - but Alamy thankfully deleted them once I realised what had happened ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bryan Posted September 29, 2019 Share Posted September 29, 2019 I often use a high contrast coloured filter to check for dust in skies. On one occasion I inadvertently left it in place, resulting in weird colours and probably excessive noise. It was amongst those that escaped the rigours of QC but was deleted as soon as I realised the error.  When I first started this game I was relatively new to digital photography and made some awful mistakes that QC did pick up, but in those days I don't recall any punitive sanctions and I learned a great deal from the process.  Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allan Bell Posted September 29, 2019 Share Posted September 29, 2019 12 hours ago, Bryan said: When I first started this game I was relatively new to digital photography and made some awful mistakes that QC did pick up, but in those days I don't recall any punitive sanctions and I learned a great deal from the process.  Same here. I darn't tell you the number of fails I had in the first few weeks/months and escaped clink.  But when the first "Send to the bin, do not pass go" came it hit hard.  Allan  Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSaunders Posted September 30, 2019 Share Posted September 30, 2019 I had my first QC failure the other day. They said my photo was "Soft or lacking definition". It was an old sign on the fence of a park gate. The only thing that could be considered "soft" was the black lettering on the sign, but that was how it is in real life, as it's old and a bit faded--everything else was nice and sharp! I feel like maybe whoever looked at this is new and inexperienced! Since measures were also down for a while I'm wondering if someone is home sick and someone else just stepped in to cover! At least I'm glad they told me which photo it was so I just re-submitted the batch leaving that one photo out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ed Rooney Posted October 7, 2019 Share Posted October 7, 2019 QC is fallible? Of course!  The big lesson I learned from the copy-editing retirement job I had was that everyone makes mistakes. The last image fail I had was of a woman playing with her dog. It was sharp but the animal's fur looked "soft or lacking definition." Paulette, who shoots a lot of furry creatures knows that problem. The lesson with a QC fail is often to just move on. I would never argue with them. Like all of us, they do the best they can.  Edo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JaniMarkus Hasa Posted October 7, 2019 Share Posted October 7, 2019 I had one image of old headstone against snow rejected for "noise". In my opinion there was no noise, but the weathered, couple of hundred years old tombstone looks very grainy - no matter what the lighting or ISO.  Anyway, it is only one photo, no reason to argue about it. And I do think Alamy has every right to choose what ever they wish to sell. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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