# Which is the best forum for posting a photo that you took, and you want the post to be at least partly \*about\* the photo itself?

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**Author:** ![Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spectre_of_pithecanthropus/32/12343_2.png) [@Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spectre_of_Pithecanthropus)\
**Post date:** [July 4, 2023, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-is-the-best-forum-for-posting-a-photo-that-you-took-and-you-want-the-post-to-be-at-least-partly-about-the-photo-itself/986529/1 "2023-07-04T03:26:19Z")

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You know how sometimes you want to post a photo, but you want the post to be not just about the thing or event you photographed, but also about the photo and the process by which it was made as well.

Should that go in CS? MPSIMS? Somewhere else?

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**Author:** ![InternetLegend](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/internetlegend/32/13154_2.png) [@InternetLegend](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/InternetLegend)\
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I don’t know about my qualifications to decide, but since photography is an art form, I’d expect it to be in CS.

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**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\
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I agree, since it’s about photography itself, it’s art-related.

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**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\
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> [@Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](#):
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> but also about the photo and the process by which it was made as well.

This would convince me it was a Café item. There is even a #photo tag for the Cafe.

If it was just “Look at this random cool shot”, it would be MPSIMS.

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**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\
**Post date:** [July 4, 2023, 11:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-is-the-best-forum-for-posting-a-photo-that-you-took-and-you-want-the-post-to-be-at-least-partly-about-the-photo-itself/986529/5 "2023-07-04T11:00:00Z")

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Sounds like it may belong in [this thread.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-photo-thread-show-us-a-photo/952641/415)

mmm