Sentence:  The `` moving '' picture of the train or the wave coming at the audience is , to be sure , more intense than a still picture of the same <WSD>subject</WSD> , but the difference is really one of degree ; the cinematic element of time is merely used to increase the realism of an object which would still be reasonably realistic in a still photo . 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  something (a person or object or scene) selected by an artist or photographer for graphic representation