The perfect photo?
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craig_s

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289 posts

225 months

Tuesday 27th January 2009
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I'm sat here having my lunch wandering aimlessly though Flickr and reading some of the comments left by people. This has led me to wonder what the perfect photograph actually is and does one even exist.
We all try to take the best photos that we can and try to make each one better than the last but is there a point where it can't get any better? I know everyone has different tastes and styles but is there any photo so good that almost everyone agrees that it is "perfect"?

Famous Graham

26,553 posts

255 months

Tuesday 27th January 2009
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There's two angles to it, imo. On the technical side you've got exposure, composition, focus (I won't say "sharpness" because it's not always the desired result), so that would be a "yes" in that regard.

But the artistic side of it would be a "no". What's pleasing (or perfect) to one person, might not be to someone else.

SamHH

5,078 posts

246 months

Tuesday 27th January 2009
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No. Everyone has different tastes, even about the apparently technical aspects that Graham mentioned.

VxDuncan

2,850 posts

264 months

Tuesday 27th January 2009
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Well I for one know that I've never taken a single image that I am 100% happy with!