SELECT 
  q_images.*, 
  q_images_links.*, 
  q_common_descriptions.description AS alt, 
  q_images.image_id AS images_image_id 
FROM 
  q_images_links 
  LEFT JOIN q_images ON q_images_links.image_id = q_images.image_id 
  LEFT JOIN q_common_descriptions ON q_common_descriptions.object_id = q_images.image_id 
  AND q_common_descriptions.object_holder = 'images' 
  AND q_common_descriptions.lang_code = 'en' 
WHERE 
  q_images_links.object_type = 'product' 
  AND q_images_links.type = 'M' 
  AND q_images_links.object_id IN (
    '30685', '30686', '30687', '30688', 
    '30689', '30690', '30691', '30692', 
    '30693', '30694', '30695', '30696', 
    '30697', '30699', '30700', '30701'
  ) 
ORDER BY 
  q_images_links.position, 
  q_images_links.pair_id

Query time 0.00095

JSON explain

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    "cost_info": {
      "query_cost": "140.81"
    },
    "ordering_operation": {
      "using_filesort": true,
      "cost_info": {
        "sort_cost": "26.00"
      },
      "nested_loop": [
        {
          "table": {
            "table_name": "q_images_links",
            "access_type": "range",
            "possible_keys": [
              "object_id"
            ],
            "key": "object_id",
            "used_key_parts": [
              "object_id",
              "object_type",
              "type"
            ],
            "key_length": "81",
            "rows_examined_per_scan": 26,
            "rows_produced_per_join": 26,
            "filtered": "100.00",
            "index_condition": "((`portal`.`q_images_links`.`object_type` = 'product') and (`portal`.`q_images_links`.`type` = 'M') and (`portal`.`q_images_links`.`object_id` in ('30685','30686','30687','30688','30689','30690','30691','30692','30693','30694','30695','30696','30697','30699','30700','30701')))",
            "cost_info": {
              "read_cost": "47.21",
              "eval_cost": "5.20",
              "prefix_cost": "52.41",
              "data_read_per_join": "2K"
            },
            "used_columns": [
              "pair_id",
              "object_id",
              "object_type",
              "image_id",
              "detailed_id",
              "type",
              "position"
            ]
          }
        },
        {
          "table": {
            "table_name": "q_images",
            "access_type": "eq_ref",
            "possible_keys": [
              "PRIMARY"
            ],
            "key": "PRIMARY",
            "used_key_parts": [
              "image_id"
            ],
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            "ref": [
              "portal.q_images_links.image_id"
            ],
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              "data_read_per_join": "19K"
            },
            "used_columns": [
              "image_id",
              "image_path",
              "image_x",
              "image_y",
              "is_high_res"
            ]
          }
        },
        {
          "table": {
            "table_name": "q_common_descriptions",
            "access_type": "eq_ref",
            "possible_keys": [
              "PRIMARY"
            ],
            "key": "PRIMARY",
            "used_key_parts": [
              "object_id",
              "lang_code",
              "object_holder"
            ],
            "key_length": "107",
            "ref": [
              "portal.q_images.image_id",
              "const",
              "const"
            ],
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            "cost_info": {
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              "eval_cost": "5.20",
              "prefix_cost": "114.81",
              "data_read_per_join": "15K"
            },
            "used_columns": [
              "object_id",
              "description",
              "lang_code",
              "object_holder"
            ],
            "attached_condition": "<if>(is_not_null_compl(q_common_descriptions), (`portal`.`q_common_descriptions`.`object_id` = `portal`.`q_images`.`image_id`), true)"
          }
        }
      ]
    }
  }
}

Result

image_id image_path image_x image_y is_high_res pair_id object_id object_type detailed_id type position alt images_image_id
0 49242 30687 product 51203 M 0
0 49244 30686 product 51205 M 0
0 49377 30701 product 51338 M 0
0 49379 30699 product 51340 M 0
0 49382 30697 product 51343 M 0
0 49384 30696 product 51345 M 0
0 49385 30695 product 51346 M 0
0 49387 30694 product 51348 M 0
0 49388 30693 product 51349 M 0
0 49389 30691 product 51350 M 0
0 49390 30690 product 51351 M 0
0 49392 30689 product 51353 M 0
0 49393 30688 product 51354 M 0
0 49495 30700 product 51456 M 0
0 49496 30692 product 51457 M 0
0 82085 30685 product 84028 M 0