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Keepers?

Started 6 months ago | Discussions thread
AshleyMC Senior Member • Posts: 2,228
Re: Keepers?

“One person’s trash is another person’s treasure.”

keepers = those that remain after the unwanted ones are deleted

a keeper = one of the keepers

It is impossible to come up with a set of generally accepted criteria for “keepers” as they are contextual and subjective. Sharpness and proper exposure alone are not useful criteria for keepers. These days, the notion of “good enough” prevails among snapshots taken with camera phones.

I happen to enjoy the process of creating photographic images “in the field” much more than doing elaborate post-processing adjustments “in the lab,” so I tend to shoot to keep or to delete — simple for me.

What is my first criterion for deletion? Boring. Second? Out-of-focus. Third? Camera shake, or unintended subject movement. Fourth? Photo bombs.

Ansel Adams: “You are responsible for everything within the frame.”

Is the below a keeper? Well, to me, for now, it is.

iPad screen capture, from a Google Photos album

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