An aspect of the present invention selects one of the images captured in burst mode as an optimum image based on processing only the captured images, without requiring any external images. According to another aspect of the present invention, the camera settings are set to different combination of values and a frame is formed for each combination of values from the corresponding captured image. Image metrics representing inherent image qualities may be extracted from each of the frames and one of the frames is selected based on the extracted metrics. In an embodiment, each combination of the camera settings includes corresponding values for exposure duration and white balance.