This is a photo I took in your yard vs This is the photo I took in your yard

Both phrases are correct, but they have slightly different meanings. 'This is a photo I took in your yard' implies that the speaker took a photo in the yard, but it may not be the only one. On the other hand, 'This is the photo I took in your yard' suggests that there was a specific photo taken in the yard that the speaker is referring to.

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This is a photo I took in your yard

This phrase is correct and commonly used in English.

This phrase is used to indicate that the speaker took a photo in the yard, without specifying that it is the only one.

Examples:

This is a photo I took in your yard. There are many others like it.
This is a photo I took in your yard last summer.

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Here is a photo I took of Shitao.
This is a photo I took standing on the rooftops of one of the largest slums in the world in Mumbai, India.
A photo I took earlier in front of the courthouse.
SARAH: The computer is analyzing the photos I took in Costa Gravas.
This is a photo I have no previous knowledge of.
This is a photo Elise took seconds before she was killed.
And I swear there was something in a photo I took the other day.
Daniel, I sent you a photo I took from Sasha's apartment/walk-in closet.
I've been going over the photos I took in autopsy.
I have every photo I took in high school, I...
Compare that to this photo I took.
Some photos I took that I didn't make the cut for the yearbook.
So let's see, here's a couple of photos I took while I was in Pakistan.
Get in the car, or I'll put those naked photos I took of you up on my Facebook page.
I'm more interested in the photos I took of little Adam round the back.
He's in this photo I took of DJ Salmon Run.
Now, if you'd feel more comfortable, I can have the photos I took sent to a colleague for a second opinion.
I sent the photos I took to a colleague in London.
I took a photo of a kid.
I took a photo of two people nearly two decades ago.

Alternatives:

This is one of the photos I took in your yard.
This is a picture I took in your yard.

This is the photo I took in your yard

This phrase is correct and commonly used in English.

This phrase is used to specify that the speaker is referring to a particular photo taken in the yard.

Examples:

This is the photo I took in your yard. It captures the beauty of the garden perfectly.
This is the photo I took in your yard last weekend.

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SARAH: The computer is analyzing the photos I took in Costa Gravas.
I've been going over the photos I took in autopsy.
This is the photo that I took of the inside of that truck.
This is the photo that I took for the bulletin board.
I'm more interested in the photos I took of little Adam round the back.
Now, if you'd feel more comfortable, I can have the photos I took sent to a colleague for a second opinion.
I sent the photos I took to a colleague in London.
I have every photo I took in high school, I...
This is a photo I took standing on the rooftops of one of the largest slums in the world in Mumbai, India.
Compare that to this photo I took.
A photo I took earlier in front of the courthouse.
Here is a photo I took of Shitao.
It'll go really nicely with the photos I took outside Haifa.
Some photos I took that I didn't make the cut for the yearbook.
And I swear there was something in a photo I took the other day.
So let's see, here's a couple of photos I took while I was in Pakistan.
Daniel, I sent you a photo I took from Sasha's apartment/walk-in closet.
Get in the car, or I'll put those naked photos I took of you up on my Facebook page.
He's in this photo I took of DJ Salmon Run.
You won't believe the photo I just took of you.

Alternatives:

This is the picture I took in your yard.
This is the only photo I took in your yard.

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This is a photo I took in your yard vs This is the photo I took in your yard