Editing has limits when trust is part of the work.

Where the problem usually begins

Most photographers do not fail at this stage because the camera was not good enough. The weaker point is usually decision-making: what to include, what to remove, and what the file is supposed to prove.

Practical review notes

  • Category boundaries
  • Source files
  • Disclosure

Use the list as a working check before submission, not as decoration after the edit is already finished.

Before you submit

Read the relevant category page, then the rules. If the photograph still feels right after both checks, the entry is probably in the correct place.

Internal links to consider: Rules

Image source: Pexels photo by Jose Franco