Here is my decision making process for culling and deleting images prior to importing the images into Lightroom. My reasons and decision-making process for culling/deleting images prior to importing into Lightroom.
1. The image is out of focus or The bird isn’t sharp enough
2. The Exposure can’t be fixed
3. The birds eye isn’t sharp or doesn’t have a highlight
4. The wings, feet, head are clipped
5. The point of view is bad and I can’t correct it by cropping
6. There’s distracting stuff (branches, houses etc.) in the background
7. The hand of man is in the photo - wires, telephone poles etc.
8. I keep only one if if have 10 images that look the same, I try to find the sharpest one, then delete the rest.
9. If the bird has a bad head angle I delete it.
10. If there’s dark shadows under the birds’ wings I delete it if I have images with the wings totally up or all the way down.
11. If the bird is too small in the frame I delete it.
12. If the image is too dark, to gray or there’s no color in the image i delete it.
13. If the image has too much digital noise or luminance noise - graininess I delete it.
14. Birds colliding, they aren’t separated enough
15. Light is at the wrong angle
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Canon EOS 5D Mark IV
Canon EOS R
Control Ring Adapter for EOS R
Drop-In Filter Mount Adapter EF-EOS R
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Canon EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS II USM zoom lens
Canon EF 600mm f/4L IS III USM Lens
Canon EF 600mm f/4L IS II USM Lens
Canon EF 17-40mm f/4L USM Ultra Wide Angle Zoom Lens
Canon EF 1.4X III Telephoto Extender
Canon EF 2.0X III Telephoto Extender
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Vello TTL-Off Camera Flash Cord for Canon EOS
Wimberley F-9 Head II Flash Bracket
Wimberley M-6 Extension Post Flash Bracket Module
Better Beamer Flash Extender FX-3 for Canon 5580 EX, 580 EX II, 600EX-RT
Honl Photo Professional Color Effects Gel Filter Kit (CTO Warming)
Honl Rollup Filter Case
HonlPhoto Speed Strap for Shoe Mount Flashes
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Rode VideoMicro Compact On –Camera Microphone
GoPro Pro 3.5mm Mic Adapter for Hero 7
Mini Ball Head Hot Shoe Adapter 360-degree Rotation
PULUZ Aluminum Case for GoPro Hero 7
CAMVATE Camera Cheese Baseplate with ¼ and 3/8 inch Thread Holes
FOTYRIG Hot Shoe Mount Adapter Shore Mount Flash Adapter
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Canon ef-s 10-18mm f/44.5-5.6 IS STM Lens
Sennheiser ew 112 G3 Wireless Mic (replaces my version ew 100 G3)
Canon 5D Mark IV Gear
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Rode VideoMic Pro
Dead Cat for the Rode Mic
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Singh-Ray 77mm Vari-ND Filter
Hoya 77mm Variable Neutral Density Filter
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