# Is this photograph "portrait quality"?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-photograph-portrait-quality/794248>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [August 21, 2017, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-photograph-portrait-quality/794248 "2017-08-21T03:41:17Z")\
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**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\
**Post date:** [August 23, 2017, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-photograph-portrait-quality/794248/21 "2017-08-23T22:21:41Z")

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> [@CookingWithGas](#):
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> Now that I’ve read more of your posts I have a better idea what you’re looking for. You are _not_ looking for high-quality portraits, like how I evaluated your photo. You are looking for archive-quality records. All the above are very good archive record photos that do a good job of capturing the subject.

I agree. They all look perfectly fine to me. I even like all the dirt and scratches on them. Gives them a bit more history, in my opinion.

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