Musafir Timur Posted July 17, 2023 Share Posted July 17, 2023 Excuse me, sorry if my question sounds basic. I am a new contributor at Alamy.com. I'm currently in the test submission stage. After submitting 3 photos, The Alamy team was said that one of my photos did not pass QC because it was soft or lacking definition. After I evaluated the photo, I didn't find the error which they mention. Can the contributors here give me a technical guide on my photo mistake and how I can fix it? This is the photo link https://drive.google.com/file/d/1bfH2x8QsViC_Sf5a5TMB1jmCi7654tcP/view?usp=sharing Thank you very much for all the information and advice provided Musafir Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inchiquin Posted July 18, 2023 Share Posted July 18, 2023 If you look at the image at 100% it is clearly not sharp. This is why it failed. Alan 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve F Posted July 18, 2023 Share Posted July 18, 2023 1 hour ago, Inchiquin said: If you look at the image at 100% it is clearly not sharp. This is why it failed. Alan +1 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Standfast Posted July 18, 2023 Share Posted July 18, 2023 (edited) +2 Alamy aren't looking for any thing special, they just to see if you can shoot AND select a sharp image. Shoot someting man made with sharp edges, a building or a tin of soup. Good luck. Edited July 18, 2023 by Mr Standfast shocking spelling 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NYCat Posted July 18, 2023 Share Posted July 18, 2023 On 17/07/2023 at 05:36, Musafir Timur said: Excuse me, sorry if my question sounds basic. I am a new contributor at Alamy.com. I'm currently in the test submission stage. After submitting 3 photos, The Alamy team was said that one of my photos did not pass QC because it was soft or lacking definition. After I evaluated the photo, I didn't find the error which they mention. Can the contributors here give me a technical guide on my photo mistake and how I can fix it? This is the photo link https://drive.google.com/file/d/1bfH2x8QsViC_Sf5a5TMB1jmCi7654tcP/view?usp=sharing Thank you very much for all the information and advice provided Musafir I look forward to seeing your photos. I love that one. The problem with shooting animals is that they are always moving even in small amounts so for your first submissions I would stick with easier subjects. With animals they should be checking the eyes as the spot of focus. Paulette 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allan Bell Posted July 18, 2023 Share Posted July 18, 2023 Having looked at your photo it does not have focus in any part. Granted the nearest point in focus is the bears eyes but still blurred. Maybe when you took the shot you moved the camera. What lens were you using and what make and model of camera are you using? Allan 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Mitchell Posted July 18, 2023 Share Posted July 18, 2023 (edited) Downsizing might have helped save that image. You can go as small as 3000 pixels on the long side (17MB). As others have mentioned, though, it's not the best subject to include in your test submission. Best of luck. P.S. Love the bear. Edited July 18, 2023 by John Mitchell 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ognyan Yosifov Posted July 18, 2023 Share Posted July 18, 2023 My advice to OP is to take images that are not soft and that have proper "definition"... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Betty LaRue Posted July 18, 2023 Share Posted July 18, 2023 As Paulette mentioned, the eyes need to be tack sharp on any animal, bird, whatever. That goes for portraits of people also, The leading eye (the one closest to you) should be sharp. I have taken pictures of birds & their eyes are small. Sometimes the focus box didn’t get it right because the whole had fit in the focus box. I just tossed those images, sorry to say, but necessary. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M.Chapman Posted July 18, 2023 Share Posted July 18, 2023 (edited) Besides the possible focussing / movement possibilities. I see from the EXIF data the image was taken with a Nikon D3100 with a Tamron 28-200mm zoom at f/10 1/320th sec ISO 800. IMO that's pushing it a bit. Tamron "super-zoom" lenses can struggle to reach Alamy QC standards unless the image is downsized (this image isn't). I also suspect it might be a jpeg straight from the camera (there's no editing data in the EXIF) so maybe the Camera applied some noise reduction at ISO 800 which may have reduced definition too? For best results, shoot in RAW format and perform careful noise reduction and sharpening using computer based software. Stick to prime lenses or 3x zooms (or downsize the final image to 3000 x 2000 pixels). Keep ISO low. Mark Edited July 18, 2023 by M.Chapman 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zxzoomy Posted July 18, 2023 Share Posted July 18, 2023 On 17/07/2023 at 10:36, Musafir Timur said: Excuse me, sorry if my question sounds basic. I am a new contributor at Alamy.com. I'm currently in the test submission stage. After submitting 3 photos, The Alamy team was said that one of my photos did not pass QC because it was soft or lacking definition. After I evaluated the photo, I didn't find the error which they mention. Can the contributors here give me a technical guide on my photo mistake and how I can fix it? This is the photo link https://drive.google.com/file/d/1bfH2x8QsViC_Sf5a5TMB1jmCi7654tcP/view?usp=sharing Thank you very much for all the information and advice provided Musafir One of my test images, indeed at ISO 800 with a similar old Nikon, failed because of noise; a nice image of a Buddhist monk with a pan of coloured bones from a deceased person with the family around it. I have sold loads with a Nikon D3100, which buyers can find on Ebay for £60, so nobody is forced to spend a fortune on gear. As others say, test images suggest static subjects, lots of light, careful focus, camera on something solid and low ISO. Now I am old I am often leaning the camera on a handy street pole to reduce the risk of camera shake, not something that I thought about when I was 18. Good luck and welcome soon. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spacecadet Posted July 19, 2023 Share Posted July 19, 2023 15 hours ago, John Mitchell said: Downsizing might have helped save that image. You can go as small as 3000 pixels on the long side (17MB). As others have mentioned, though, it's not the best subject to include in your test submission. Best of luck. P.S. Love the bear. This. However, it's not clear what the problem is with that image- it doesn't seem to be missed focus and it's not subject or camera movement. It's quite a small image so probably an older camera but that shouldn't be a problem. Maybe a poor kit zoom at too wide an aperture. Tell us more, OP. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allan Bell Posted July 19, 2023 Share Posted July 19, 2023 34 minutes ago, spacecadet said: This. However, it's not clear what the problem is with that image- it doesn't seem to be missed focus and it's not subject or camera movement. It's quite a small image so probably an older camera but that shouldn't be a problem. Maybe a poor kit zoom at too wide an aperture. Tell us more, OP. See Mark's post above. Allan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Musafir Timur Posted July 21, 2023 Author Share Posted July 21, 2023 On 18/07/2023 at 15:09, Inchiquin said: If you look at the image at 100% it is clearly not sharp. This is why it failed. Alan Thank you for the information. I'll change the image Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Musafir Timur Posted July 21, 2023 Author Share Posted July 21, 2023 On 18/07/2023 at 17:23, Mr Standfast said: +2 Alamy aren't looking for any thing special, they just to see if you can shoot AND select a sharp image. Shoot someting man made with sharp edges, a building or a tin of soup. Good luck. Thank you for the advice. I'll try it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Musafir Timur Posted July 21, 2023 Author Share Posted July 21, 2023 On 18/07/2023 at 23:08, Allan Bell said: Having looked at your photo it does not have focus in any part. Granted the nearest point in focus is the bears eyes but still blurred. Maybe when you took the shot you moved the camera. What lens were you using and what make and model of camera are you using? Allan I took the photo using Nikon D3100 and lens Tamron 18-200 mm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Posted July 21, 2023 Share Posted July 21, 2023 (edited) 1 hour ago, Musafir Timur said: I took the photo using Nikon D3100 and lens Tamron 18-200 mm Looks like perhaps too shallow DOF. At what aperture was the image captured? Edited July 21, 2023 by Phil Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M.Chapman Posted July 21, 2023 Share Posted July 21, 2023 (edited) 42 minutes ago, Phil said: Looks like perhaps too shallow DOF. At what aperture was the image captured? EXIF says f/10. 1 hour ago, Musafir Timur said: I took the photo using Nikon D3100 and lens Tamron 18-200 mm Which version of the 28-200mm was it? I've owned a couple of versions of Tamron's 28-200mm lens over the years, and neither of them would have met Alamy's QC standard, especially at the telephoto end. Mark Edited July 21, 2023 by M.Chapman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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