<LOL> That's a really fascinating observation because, for me, my eye is immediately drawn to the people and the dispensers in the back, and then wanders over to the white counter and display case.
LOL = Laughing Out Loud Shel > [Original Message] > From: Ann Sanfedele <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: 11/5/2004 11:24:03 PM > Subject: Re: PAW - Grand Ice Cream > > Shel Belinkoff wrote: > > > Frank said: > > > > > The only problem I have with that, is that the couple eating > > > ice cream are sort of lost in the whole thing. They're in the dark > > > corner of the photo (and the ice cream parlour, I guess), and I > > > actually didn't notice them until I'd been looking at the photo for > > > several seconds. > > > > Gee, Frank, I'm not sure how to take that comment. The two people are > > clear and detailed - I can see the whites of the guy's eyes, the little > > hair thingy in the woman's hair, her braids,even some detail in the guy's > > hair, and his ring. There's not a dark shadow in the scene. Are you > > suggesting that the corner in which they're sitting is very dark, or do you > > mean that they are just incidental to the overall scene? > > > > Shel, > I think the problem is the white counter in sheer volume holds your eye so > you don't drift naturally from left to right - and it keeps pulling you away > from the > couple. The center holds your attention (the end of the coutner, the forms > there). > The white counter is an arrow that stops mid frame, so when you are looking at > it > you have to make an effort to look way over on the right. > > ann
