ALL ABOUT KEYWORDING
06. Keywording Animals, Plants, And Objects

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Your keywords should offer much more than a mere glimpse of the animals, plants, and objects you photograph. We want factual information and facts!

When keywording images of animals, plants, and objects, the following information should be included whenever is possible. Please be sure to provide reliable information. You should be as specific as possible. However, if you are not sure about the information, it is better to leave it out. 

Animals/Plants

  1. Scientific name (ex. Panthera tigris or Panthera tigris, Pinus pinea)
  2. Common name (ex. tiger, Siberian tiger, Beluga, White Whale, pine, Italian stone pine)
  3. Other taxonomic ranks/info such as the family, order, and class  (ex. carnivore, mammal, feline)
  4. Animal Gender (ex. male, female, lioness, cow, bull)
  5. Animal Age (ex. young/baby animal, foal, chick, kitten)
  6. Number of animals (ex. one, two, pair, group, flock, herd)
  7. Activity (ex. flying, running, hunting, feeding)
  8. Significant animal/plant parts (ex. full length, head, snout, leaf, petal, stamen)
  9. Other keywords such as the role/status (ex. predator, prey, captivity, endangered)
All about Keywording: Keywording Animals, Plants and Objects

Objects

You should only include keywords for objects in your images if they are the image's subject or have a special significance in the picture. Do not include random, minor objects in your keywords if they have little overall importance. It would help if you considered including the following information when describing objects that are the subject of your image.

  1. Description  (ex. laptop, computer chip, top hat)
  2. Quantity  (ex. one, two, pair, group)
  3. Characteristics  (ex. Male, female, baby, pre-teen, 20-25 yrs. old, senior adult)
  4. Related concepts (ex. business, work, magic)
All about Keywording: Keywording Objects

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