Actually, I don't ever remember reading anywhere this saying from any poet as, I think, pictures (used as photographs) perhaps do not make a nice subject for poetry.
Nevertheless, we have to admit that there some pictures that stand out over other pictures and which differentiate them from others. They can be seen from the distance like a diamond that shines in a different way from regular glass.
It is like a genius in the middle of normal people. A genius may have the same look as everybody else but the minute you talk to them or you see them in action, you immediately recognize that something different is going on. Or, along the lines with poetry, there is someone out there that, once we see him or her, we feel immediately attracted to this person, even in the middle of the crowd, and that person becomes our love or our friend.
The same happens to pictures: among many pictures there is that one that shines and attracts. There is something in it that stands out and makes it different.
This happened to me after a day of shooting in Panama City: among hundreds of pictures, this one just jumped in front of me.
It shows some of the modern buildings that are part of the modern Panama City, including the very distinctive "D" shaped Donald Trump building.
The rocks in foreground are not normally visible as the low tides usually don't go that low but I was fortunate to be there at that time.
I could have chosen this one here instead specially because of little shiny spot on top of one of the buildings, but I felt that first one would bring more impact.
Yours to choose it!
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