On Flickr why remove info

I have a question that I am really curious about and was wondering what someone elses take other than my own is on the subject. Why do people remove the camera, lens and the exif info from their photos?

I always thought that the observance of what others use and the information was a helpful guidance tool. Is there a particular reason why people are not showing it. I never really though about taking it off or a good reason to remove it. It helps others to see if I took a good shot and also someone could look at that info and give me help to make myself a better shooter. Whats your thoughts on this? Have you ever noticed or you just don't care?

Flickr removes EXIF from all resized images they serve. Their clients have no say on that.

Thanks for that info. I never noticed on pics that I cropped or resized I will have to go and check. I just assumed all my pics had the info available.

It could be that they are using "save for web".
I export right from Lr and my Exif usually shows up under the image.

As far as checking other peoples Exif data to see how they are shooting, I think that it's really not going to get you too far, unless you're lens hunting.

1. as Scatterbrained says: don't use "save for web" in Photoshop as it strips the exif
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2. when embedding images from flickr choose the "original" size. Anything else strips the exif, as Pekka said. As POTN's image posting rules don't allow images larger than 1280px on the long side, your "original" cannot be larger than that. As I also like to keep my exif intact, I resize my images to 1280px and then choose "original" when posting here. (I'm on ipernity now, but it's the same as on flickr.)

That's how I chose most of my lenses..... and viewing a few people around and about pics and asking questions.It's kinda looking at what they are shooting with on their quality shots. I dont do that much any more other wise I would have bags of lenses if I did. lol

Thanks for the info now I know.

kcrunchone wrote in post #17086542
I have a question that I am really curious about and was wondering what someone elses take other than my own is on the subject. Why do people remove the camera, lens and the exif info from their photos?

I always thought that the observance of what others use and the information was a helpful guidance tool. Is there a particular reason why people are not showing it. I never really though about taking it off or a good reason to remove it. It helps others to see if I took a good shot and also someone could look at that info and give me help to make myself a better shooter. Whats your thoughts on this? Have you ever noticed or you just don't care?

Why do you want exif info? I think exif info is a misnomer i.e. it doesn't serve you as to what settings you want for your own environment/photograph​y. Do I look at Exif info? Very rarely, I tend to use DPP because there are more information than Lightroom or Photoshop RAW editor/File info.

To make yourself a "better shooter", you will have to learn the basics of photography and exposure, don't have these, and you will probably be like me for the first three years of me picking up a dSLR, understanding squat all about exposure and photography. Yes, you can edit photos to your hearts content, but it's usually better to get it right in the first place

RichSoansPhotos wrote in post #17099698
Why do you want exif info? I think exif info is a misnomer i.e. it doesn't serve you as to what settings you want for your own environment/photograph​y. Do I look at Exif info? Very rarely, I tend to use DPP because there are more information than Lightroom or Photoshop RAW editor/File info.

To make yourself a "better shooter", you will have to learn the basics of photography and exposure, don't have these, and you will probably be like me for the first three years of me picking up a dSLR, understanding squat all about exposure and photography. Yes, you can edit photos to your hearts content, but it's usually better to get it right in the first place

EXIF info isn't just the basic shutter speed/aperture/ISO that may,or may not be helpful depending on what your queries are, but also includes lens and camera identifiers, use of flash, and, depending on the lens the focusing distance. So, yes, EXIF can be very valuable in evaluating how a shot was made, and in troubleshooting the problem someone (ISTR I asked you for EXIF a few times when you were getting started and having problems) is having.