On this page, you’ll find high-resolution versions of images that I have released under a Creative Commons license.

You are free to use and redistribute these images without cost as long as you comply with the requirements of the applicable Creative Commons License. The license is specified in the metadata included with each photo.

Simply click on a thumbnail. When you see the large image, right-click and choose to download the image. Appropriate metadata will be included with your downloaded image.

It is always a good idea to work from the best available version of an image, especially if you intend to redistribute the image.

The glorious light of late afternoon finds a African Iris growing in Bonnie’s garden. I needed a sample shoot, so I shot some of Bonnie’s flowers on April 13, 2017. Photo by Carl Seibert/Creative Commons BY-NC-ND4 (Please link photographer’s name to https://www.carlseibert.com/commons )
Metadata Test Imagw
This is a metadata test file. It has values in all of the relevant IPTC fields, including many extended fields, in both the IIM and XMP data blocks. In addition, it contains Exif data as would be written by a mobile phone, Including sample GPS data and values in the three Exif fields that have IPTC equivalents. NOTE that this file is out-of-sync. The Caption/description, Creator and Copyright fields have different values in the IIM, XMP, and Exif data blocks. Thus, this file has some utility in determining an application’s metadata reading behavior. (“Some utility” means just that. It is not authoritative.) This file also contains some Photoshop log information. This file is not representative of any file you are likely to encounter in the real world. Any copy of it you find floating loose on the internet is very likely to be corrupted. The original file can be found at www.carlseibert.com/commons Carl Seibert / Creative Commons 4.0
(This caption in IIM) This is a metadata test file. This file is a version of https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Metadata_test_file_-_includes_data_in_IIM,_XMP,_and_Exif.jpg with the Exif data block removed, so it has only IIM and XMP metadata. The original file can be found at www.carlseibert.com/commons Carl Seibert / Creative Commons 4.0
(This caption in Exif) This is a metadata test file. This file is a version of https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Metadata_test_file_-_includes_data_in_IIM,_XMP,_and_Exif.jpg with the IIM and XMP data blocks removed, so it has only Exif metadata. The original file can be found at www.carlseibert.com/commons Carl Seibert / Creative Commons 4.0
Vendors hall at WordCamp Miami 2020
WordCamp Miami 2020 attendees circulate in the conference’s vendor hall. This year, five of eight WordPress hosting providers reported that they enable ImageMagick by default, thus preserving metadata across millions of websites. Photo by Paul Miller/Creative Commons BY-ND 4 (Please link photographer’s name to https://www.carlseibert.com/commons )

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