background, post-exposure removal of

Any photograph that undergoes post-exposure removal of the background (creating a “cut-out” background) is disqualified by P2 and by P7.

The result cannot qualify for the TTG label regardless of how it is labeled or explained.

In order to meet rinairs (as per P7), TTG photographs can only be cropped to a square or a rectangle.

Note that “blown-out” (overexposed white or underexposed dark) backgrounds do not disqualify a photograph from TTG if the photograph meets P7 for not misrepresenting the scene photographed.