What isn´t art?

Sometimes I just want to capture what I see. I see something interesting, I want to capture it to show it. But it's more that if you take a picture of a old building or a painting, is the picture the art? or the building/painting.

Image of a lamb, see post Casting-Metal: Spring always makes me happy

Also if I take a picture of a bird or animal that walks in front of me. I just want to capture what I see. But I didn´t do much for the picture. Almost anyone could have made that same picture.
But on the other hand, what if you try to capture the best angle/viewpoint for the building so that it shows its beauty the most. Would it have more impact in black and white? Or that I try to figure out how an animal behaves so I can get an even better picture. And put some thinking and time into figuring out and waiting trying to get the best possible shot.

What is art and/or creative?

Sometimes you try out different angles or I now sometimes do thrichrome photography. Something very fun and I will probably show some examples later. But if you can´t wait, look it up. Also with long exposure and depth of field there can be many choices on how you want to look a picture. I showed here some long exposure shots.

Long exposure picture of the Rheinfall

The one of the Rheinfall I was already thinking about it before I went to Austria. Taking my tripod and ND filters. I had a goal. I knew what I wanted to create. The other one was a sunrise. I researched where the sun would rise, so that I could have the sun behind the tower and over the water.

On the other hand I get myself thinking. That is just research, not much creative about it.

So what is for me what something makes it art?

It would be too simple to say effort/thought. While in my case, what is see as creative/art of things I made, it is effort or thought I put in something. Because I see myself sometime creating something that I would call art, but didn´t take me much effort.
But maybe then it's the effort I put to get to that point what count. But for me it's more the goal or intent behind something. Do I just want to show something. Or do want to show something special, maybe a view I saw but probably the rest didn´t. Or just putting much time and effort in something to show it as it's best.

Does it matter?

I guess not really, but for me it kindoff does. A photo is good when you like the photo. And great if others also like the picture. But in some cases I just think, what is special about it? Not much, almost everybody could take that shot. Of course, because I saw something a way, it's easy to think everyone would have seen it. Or have the same ideas to create something.
So I guess in the end it is probably the same as for many people that create art. Lowering the expectations or results of what they create. Maybe I should have learned to draw something. That always cost some effort to create.