Originally posted by normhead If you need some one else to tell you what a great picture is, what chance do you have of ever taking one. If you can't see a great picture in the wild, can you ever take one?
Hey let's leave my photographic inability out of this
The question wasn't aimed at someone enlightening us regarding what a good photograph is or isn't, but as to whether there are any parameters that we can actually agree on, considering that photography (and art in general) are so subjective and so dependent on the level of involvement that the viewer has with the subject.
But going back to your question, when I see what the "top pictures" are considered to be the best nowadays - usually full of HDR and other PP exaggerations, I will agree with anyone who says I probably have no idea what a good picture looks like if I ever saw one...