Why does a high quality picture/video taken of something look better than seeing it in person?
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It has to do with how your eyes focus. Human eyes have about 575 megapixels of resolution, but only in the exact spot we are focusing on. A high end photo camera can have around 60-70 megapixels, but the focus cone is much wider than what the human eye is capable. So while the human eye is technically higher quality, it’s only able to be high resolution on a small area. Plus cameras can zoom and magnify images easily, making the image’s details more pronounced.
In professional photos, every light source is placed carefully to make the subject stand out, only a few pictures are selected fom hundreds, and some editing is done to make the picture look even “better”
“High quality” usually means lots of work was done in post-processing. Editing usually involves manipulating the light specifically with the goal of making the photo look better. In person you can’t really change the way things look, but with a photo you can do whatever you want to make it look better
It is possible that you need glasses. You may be noticing that your eyes can focus on a near screen much better than a distant scene.
Or it may be that digital cameras are getting better at automatic processing and make objects look a little hyper-real.
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