On Wed, 1 Sep 2004 16:45:50 -0500, Haynes, Grady (PPC) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'm conflicted on your assesment of the couple in the background -- my > "photographic eye" agrees and says they need to be "brighter" and more > noticeable (maybe go ask the guy if he wouldn't mind wearing a lighter > colored shirt!), but my experience of viewing the photo was like > > Hmmm, an interesting photo of an interesting sculpture... I like > it. > > Nice exposure, interesting composition, -- > > Wait a second! There's someone back there... > > Oh, it's two people! And they're embracing! And that's what > the Giant Head Thing is looking so curiously about! > > What a great photo, I love it! > > and thus the ambiguousness of the couple was part of the charm for me. > > Of course one has to keep in mind how slim the chances are that you and > I both have our displays calibrated the same and both have the same type > of display and are both viewing from a platform with similar gamma > curves, etc... the noticeability of the couple is likely very different > for both of us. >
...or maybe I just felt like pissing off Shel... <vbg> -frank -- "The optimist thinks this is the best of all possible worlds. The pessimist fears it is true." -J. Robert Oppenheimer
