What Makes A Great Image

For me, there are many little elements that go into this, but one large one. I think the main part is originality. You need to have something different. I will use an example. How many fire hydrant have you seen. I can imagine a lot. I know I have seen many. But I remember one, it was a hydrant, but it was shot from the inside going out. It was completely unreal. I don't remember any other fire hydrants because they looked the same. But the originality of this one was unmistakable. It made a great image.
Then you have the technical aspects. Such as making sure you expose is just right, or making sure the focus is how you like it. Take the image. I believe that obsessing over a image usually doesn't work. Take the image, trust your ins tics. If it feel wrong take it again, but if not, leave it be.
Then you edit the image. I think that to make a great edit of an a image, you need patients. You need to also bring originality back into the picture. Put your own spin on what your doing. People make great images out of pushing the ordinary aspect out of the editing, and making it original.
A great image, comes along very seldom. I feel like it is almost fate sometimes. I think my best image I ever took, was completely fate. I was just walking home, and I happened to have my camera. I took the image that was literally just under my feet. It was great and different. I love that about photography. That sometimes the best image, is the random image, and by far the most original image.