OS X 10.5.2 won't create alias with icon preview

I have successfully been able to create alias copies of .NEF and .JPG files. The original files have the "icon preview" of the actual image. However, when I create the alias, I only get the "blank page" with the curved arrow in the lower left corner. How do I get an alias to show the icon preview like the original?
Thanks!

I just upgraded to leopard and immediately to 10.5.2 and found all my aliases to anything on external drives are blank document icons. i tried creating one new one and the same thing. this happens even if the target is a folder. must be a bug in leopard, but is it unique to 10.5.2? I also cleaned out all caches and restarted, same thing.
edit: this situation is not unique to external HDs, creating aliases to items on boot volume has same problem.
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