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 (
    '268', '269', '270', '271', '272', '273', 
    '274', '275', '276', '277', '278', 
    '279', '280', '281', '282', '283'
  ) 
ORDER BY 
  q_images_links.position, 
  q_images_links.pair_id

Query time 0.00097

JSON explain

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            },
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            ]
          }
        },
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              "image_x",
              "image_y",
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            ]
          }
        },
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      ]
    }
  }
}