I think that although light is a quantum phenomenon and we can detect single photons, many people overlook that photons still behave similarly to Maxwell's (wav

I think that although light is a quantum phenomenon and we can detect single photons, many people overlook that photons still behave similarly to Maxwell's (wave) equations. In particular, the average behavior is that of the electromagnetic wave (up to some extremes like extremely high energies). The 'bullet' model people think of when the word photon (particle) is mentioned is inadequate. This becomes clear in field theory (QED and QFT), where there's a more complete description based of this phenomena solely based on field (wavelike) behavior. It's believe any (small) system follows QFT exactly (there's still uncertainty around gravity). The exact nature of the relationship of quantumness and fields (i.e. how the single-particle behavior arises from QFT) is still unclear, which is why there are many competing interpretations of quantum mechanics. In the Copenhagen interpretation, which is the most "easy" one, the behavior of photons is just (almost) that of Maxwell's equations, on average, s.t. a single photon will be measured with probability equal to the average light intensity anywhere (they are said to "collapse" at the moment of measurement, which is surely a simplification of a more complete underlying theory).