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It doesn't matter if the other images were awesome.  If one within a submitted batch fails the whole batch is rejected.  So if you think that the other three are good, then find a different fourth one and re-up.  Just keep in mind the way they inspect.  They don't check every image, they spot check.  Because of this they make a broad brush assumption that one or more of the rest of the batch is bad too.  If/when you get accepted, be careful how many you upload.  If you upload 100 and one of the inspected images is bad, all will be rejected and you'll have to upload all of them again once the image corrections/deletions are made.

You have to make the call on what image failed and take the risk for reuploading the ones you think are good.  To eliminate any doubt, upload four different ones.  Make sure you are viewing them at 100% and using a calibrated monitor.  By the way I have found that most sites are more critical of images that don't POP in color and contrast...i.e. Istocks flat, dull rejections.  On many of my images I now use low percentage of a high pass filter for sharpness and contrast because it is non destructive and I can turn it off within an image if I want.  Make sure your images are sharp and eye catching.

Good luck.

Or once one fails, it's over so they don't look at the other three. Same as their reviews. Send in 100 photos, one fails, it gets moved to the front of the list, with the reason and that's all you get. No comment on anything else.

What we don't know from the OP is if it was the first image in the batch or the 4th. It does make a difference.

Easiest is assume they all failed if they were similar and the images all need to be sharp and clear. Just start over. If someone only has four good enough images, there's probably a problem there as well? 

Just remember they move anything rejected to first in the report when they come back to you. If you sent in 100 and they got to #57 and rejected it, then the whole batch gets tossed, the first one will be the one with the reason.

Also keep in mind you could send in a brown rock on brown sand and if it's exposed properly and sharp, Alamy will take it. Doesn't matter what the photo is. (within some obvious moral and legal limits...)  I have one place with Alamy that's a foggy road leading to a bridge in the mist. Passed just fine, because it was a clean shot. Everything doesn't have to be tack sharp, just clear, properly exposed and well defined.

If you have a good camera on the list (recommended camera list: http://www.alamy.com/contributor/help/recommended-digital-cameras.asp ) and good sharp, clean images, you'll get accepted. The biggest rejection I see repeated over and over is SoLD "Soft or Lacking Definition". Shoot at ISO 100, full image frame, get accepted and then start worrying about the rest of what's going to be online and what will sell. Don't use Neat Image or any of those things that ruin images more than they help in most cases.

No sharpening, read the limitations. What they mean is they will actually allow minimal sharpening, NEVER use it on the sky, but anything noticeable and, zip, you're gone.

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