Pietrach Posted November 7, 2017 Share Posted November 7, 2017 Hi, I have not submitted anything for a long while. Now I submitted 7 images of which retrospectively I do agree one was poor quality (this one was using a camera not "supported" by Alamy). Remaining 6 were high quality better than I normally submit. However, the entire submission was failed and I got a 10 day ban. Is this normal that the entire submission gets failed? And what is the case with the ban? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hdh Posted November 8, 2017 Share Posted November 8, 2017 yes, its normal. Just follow the QC guidelines, how to pass QC and read the 10 most common QC failure reasons. If you do that you should be fine with your future submissions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colin Woods Posted November 8, 2017 Share Posted November 8, 2017 Yup There is a link discussing it here. When you say "better than I normally submit" means you are submitting below par images. You will spend a lot of time in ten day bans if this is the case. You are supplying images for professional use, which could be postage stamp size or double page glossy spread. It hurts you and Alamy if the client thinks he's getting a top notch high res photo for his big double page just to find that its someone's second class shot. Best stuff only. http://discussion.alamy.com/topic/8553-failed-submissions-non-discrimination/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pietrach Posted November 8, 2017 Author Share Posted November 8, 2017 52 minutes ago, Colin Woods said: When you say "better than I normally submit" means you are submitting below par images... It hurts you and Alamy if the client thinks he's getting a top notch high res photo for his big double page just to find that its someone's second class shot... Thank you Colin for your advice. I probably worded this wrongly. What I mean is that I now have more experience, more knowledge and higher quality camera and lens than I had before. Therefore I believe my current images are of higher quality (technically) than the images submitted in the past (few years back). Thank you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Morrison Posted November 8, 2017 Share Posted November 8, 2017 6 minutes ago, Pietrach said: Thank you Colin for your advice. I probably worded this wrongly. What I mean is that I now have more experience, more knowledge and higher quality camera and lens than I had before. Therefore I believe my current images are of higher quality (technically) than the images submitted in the past (few years back). Thank you So if you reject the shot which is "poor quality", you'll be fine... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allan Bell Posted November 8, 2017 Share Posted November 8, 2017 One in batch fails they all fail and have to be re-submitted. Allan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Southmind Posted November 8, 2017 Share Posted November 8, 2017 13 minutes ago, Allan Bell said: One in batch fails they all fail and have to be re-submitted. Allan In what case do we get the 10 days ban ? Every time QC fails ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hdh Posted November 8, 2017 Share Posted November 8, 2017 1 hour ago, Southmind said: In what case do we get the 10 days ban ? Every time QC fails ? yep, if not longer. basically one does not want to fail QC - and with the clearly laid out rules this should not be too difficult Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spacecadet Posted November 8, 2017 Share Posted November 8, 2017 I wasn't sanctioned for my last fails. But they were over a year ago so may have been under the old regime. However I still only have one QC star and it makes no difference. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Southmind Posted November 8, 2017 Share Posted November 8, 2017 Ok. It was my first fail yesterday for 'noticeable retouching' on one image. But I passed QC today without pb with the next images. I have 3 QC stars so may be it depends of this stars ... It was my fault this time but if we make a mistake sending a bad file in a batch, there is no way to delete the current batch in AIM. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hdh Posted November 8, 2017 Share Posted November 8, 2017 I just got my 3rd star this week. Since I joined I had one semi fail for file size below 6Mpix - also not connected to a ban. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NYCat Posted November 8, 2017 Share Posted November 8, 2017 I wonder if I will ever get that third star. My last fail was, as far as I can tell, in March of 2014. I don't submit very often so perhaps that is the difference. I actually kind of like to have a bit of time after I submit to steel myself for the dreaded Alamy Image Manager. Paulette Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Lewis Posted November 9, 2017 Share Posted November 9, 2017 I can't say I obsess over QC failure, (I've only every failed one image upon initial submission), but it is a bit of a pride thing for me. I have had 3 stars for some time and would be crushed to lose one. Maybe it's me but it seems there might be a little more attention being paid by the QC team lately, or those that fail are more willing to announce it to the Forum. I would be embarrassed too much to tell on myself. Before every submission, I review again, for about the fourth time, each image at first 50% looking for softness and/or definition of subject, and then at 100% for flaws. I hope I've not jinxed myself by all this. Ha... Rick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jill Morgan Posted November 9, 2017 Share Posted November 9, 2017 3 hours ago, NYCat said: I wonder if I will ever get that third star. My last fail was, as far as I can tell, in March of 2014. I don't submit very often so perhaps that is the difference. I actually kind of like to have a bit of time after I submit to steel myself for the dreaded Alamy Image Manager. Paulette I would think you have to 'x' number of failure free submissions, or 'x' number of images that have passed QC without a fail. Jill Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Mitchell Posted November 9, 2017 Share Posted November 9, 2017 Yes, I think that the number of QC stars has a lot to do with the number of submissions and/or images without a fail. I got promoted to a three-star general last year, and my last failure was in 2014, not really that long ago. However, I tend to upload small submissions regularly. My aim is one upload per week of 12 to 24 images. I'm definitely not a candidate for the Bulk Shooters Club. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spacecadet Posted November 9, 2017 Share Posted November 9, 2017 Well 46 straight passes haven't got me past one star. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allan Bell Posted November 9, 2017 Share Posted November 9, 2017 8 minutes ago, spacecadet said: Well 46 straight passes haven't got me past one star. How many images in those passes? Allan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spacecadet Posted November 9, 2017 Share Posted November 9, 2017 I'm on the wrong machine for that but going by my average sub about 1300. It's been a thin year for some reason. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allan Bell Posted November 9, 2017 Share Posted November 9, 2017 1 minute ago, spacecadet said: I'm on the wrong machine for that but going by my average sub about 1300. It's been a thin year for some reason. Thank you. Allan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hdh Posted November 9, 2017 Share Posted November 9, 2017 1 hour ago, spacecadet said: Well 46 straight passes haven't got me past one star. I got my third star with my 49th submission during wich I had a "semi-fail" - no ban - for file size below 6 MPix as I cropped the hell out of the picture without noticing it became too small. On average I seem to upload about 50 images per batch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spacecadet Posted November 9, 2017 Share Posted November 9, 2017 1 hour ago, Allan Bell said: Thank you. Allan Not a bad guess, LR says 1241 but a few get the chop after export. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Mitchell Posted November 9, 2017 Share Posted November 9, 2017 I'm willing to sell two of my stars to the highest bidder. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allan Bell Posted November 10, 2017 Share Posted November 10, 2017 I'm a one star general and always have been. But not in the market to purchase stars, prefer to gain them by hard work. Allan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spacecadet Posted November 10, 2017 Share Posted November 10, 2017 2 minutes ago, Allan Bell said: I'm a one star general and always have been. But not in the market to purchase stars, prefer to gain them by hard work. Allan It's hard to work out how hard, though, if 50 passes doesn't do it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allan Bell Posted November 10, 2017 Share Posted November 10, 2017 As mentioned above perhaps it is a combination of quantity of images and sequential passes. Allan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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