Nobody has a natural innate talent that makes them immediately good at photography, they can only have developed talents conducive to being a good photographer.
My feeling has always been that, point blank, some people have more innate potential and facility than others in any given discipline. I've seen too much supporting evidence of this in photography, in music, and elsewhere.

That said, I do think what separates bona fide genius-brand work for non-genius-brand work is the content. Anyone can become a technical ace, but not everyone has the same grade of muse whispering in his or her ear...