Do You Save Bad Photos?

[Sir Topham Hatt]

So not all the photos you take are going to be good, but do you save those that are blurry or out of focus?

At the moment, I do, but since starting to shoot in RAW then I have realised they are starting to take up space on my tiny hard drive.

Just wondering what other peoples thoughts are on the matter.

[Lt-DavidW]

It depends how bad the photo is.

If it's just a grey smudge I will delete it, but everything else gets categorised into two folders: 'Facebook Worthy' and 'Non Facebook Worthy'. :p

[Deletedforeverhaha]

Posting pics on Facebook... Why?

What happened to cataloging on PC and sharing it through Flickr to only a few friends than allow every friend on Facebook access your photos?

[+Tantawi Subscriber²]

If the photo is blurry or out of focus, then it's a no-no (N).

But if it's "bad" as in composition and such, I still save it, but I know the day will come when I'll go through all these photos and delete them :D

[hjf288]

Posting pics on Facebook... Why?

What happened to cataloging on PC and sharing it through Flickr to only a few friends than allow every friend on Facebook access your photos?

Manage your friends lists for access rights? :p

Anything I put on Facebook Photowise I dont really have a problem sharing.. to be honest

I do more or less delete most of the blurry/out of focus pictures unless they are really worthy..

[Abhishek kapoor]

Most of them I keep which are recognizable later when i saw ....... other i delete them while transferring to PC

i use picasa very good to manage PIC

[WelshBluebird]

Usually I keep everything on the camera that I take (unless I run out of room on my memory card), then I'll transfer everything to my laptop, and get rid of most of the terrible ones then. I still have quite a few bad ones on here though, I'm just too lazy to sort them out lol

[Konstanov]

If I take an out of focus photo it's on purpose since I have an Autofocus motor on my camera lenses. So yeah, I save them.

[+Tantawi Subscriber²]

If I take an out of focus photo it's on purpose since I have an Autofocus motor on my camera lenses. So yeah, I save them.

Autofocus combined with user error can still produce out of focus photos (bad lighting, fast movement, focusing on unwanted point, wrong focus point selection, etc)

Actually If I want 100% precious focus of my critical shots I use a tripod+Life View on LCD+magnification, then manual focus :D

[Konstanov]

Autofocus can still produce out of focus photos (bad lighting, fast movement, focusing on unwanted point, wrong focus point selection, etc)

Actually If I want 100% precious focus of my critical shots I use a tripod+Life View on LCD+magnification, then manual focus :D

I know, but I was just using that as an excuse for my OCD complex when it comes to perfect photography.

[Prince Charming]

If it's hideously underexposed (completely black) or overexposed (completely white), or *really* out of focus, I delete it. Usually delete it in camera before even downloading to my PC. If its just poor composition or a bad angle or whatever then I keep it - hard drive space is really cheap and who knows, might want stuff...someday.

[Lt-DavidW]

Posting pics on Facebook... Why?

What happened to cataloging on PC and sharing it through Flickr to only a few friends than allow every friend on Facebook access your photos?

I only add Facebook friends I know and trust.

[Nicholas-c Veteran]

if its 1: Out of focus 2: rubbish exposure i will get rid, otherwise i will keep

[Deletedforeverhaha]

I only add Facebook friends I know and trust.

You're the minority. :p

[Brian M. Veteran]

I keep most things, and once a month (or so) I'll go through everything and kill any that I don't like.

I actually turned one really blurred photo (accidentally blurred) into something cool while messing with Photoshop - just being blurred doesn't mean it can't be something good.

[Aperture]

I don't delete anything. My camera screen is too small to make any decisions like that - so I wait to upload them. Storage is cheap now-days, so I keep everything.

I know I've looked back on stuff I've initially hated, and fell in love with it. Sometimes it just takes a fresh day to realise something :D

[+Tantawi Subscriber²]

I know I've looked back on stuff I've initially hated, and fell in love with it. Sometimes it just takes a fresh day to realise something :D

Exactly (Y). I do the same every once in a while.

[Cormier6083]

If it is bad, then yes. The only exception is when it is too precious/cute/bootyful/memorable.

[Jayayess1190]

I delete bad photos. Why keep them if they suck?

[goodcase]

I keep everything I take.

Im close to filling a 250GB hard drive with pictures. I need to get a new one shortly, ill probably go with a 500 or 1TB depending on cost.

[Mainer82]

I will remove the bad photos once I view screen them on the computer, then of course I keep the good photos and convert them from RAW to JPG, sort them as such:

2008

-06 - June

--10

---JPG photos

---RAW photos

[metro]

For the most part, yes, I keep my images. The ones that don't meet my personal standards of putting on the web, in a portfolio, or even putting my name on are potential money makers in the stock industry. :shiftyninja:

[C++]

I save everything. If I can spare several gigabytes for some crappy game, then I can certainly spare a few megs for extra photos or data.

[Pink Floyd Veteran]

No I dont for 2 reasons:

1. no time to do photo editing

2. Already have 120gb+ photos, I need space hehe

[Sir Topham Hatt]

Well, I have decided to delete some of them. Its not like I am ever really going to go through them, so I will delete some of the really bad ones and keep some of the nicer bad ones.

Thanks