Shel Belinkoff wrote: > I sure hope you are being facetious.
only partly so - My eyes can't take in the whole picture at once at the size it is on my monitor... and my eyes just go from left to right. No matter what I'm looking at - The left side of an open magazine, the left side of a room when I enter it - and I'm left handed -- but I did really think it might have been something that had it's roots in the way were were guided when young. > Yes, I went to Hebrew school, but I > also went to public school. One fosters reading from the right, the other > from the left. I suppose that might mean I always start looking at photos > from the center <LOL> Ah - now all is clear! <lol> > > > Bill, I believe, noted that he started his viewing on the right side of the > pic. This flies in the face of a couple of theories put forth here. Yup. But my particular eye problems probably contribute to how bright and therefore distracting, the leftside of the picture is. On my monitor the display is so white that it just leaps out at me. Not something Ive ever noticed before in your stuff, btw. > > The beauty of a photo is that one can start viewing anywhere, and just let > the eyes wander through the photograph at will, stopping here and there to > examine a detail, moving back to encompass the entire print, averting one's > eyes and then coming back for a second look. One can, but one doesn't - I mean I really think it is a physiological thing in part. > > I tend to see people first and foremost, in any photo. Even when looking > at a landscape I quickly scan to see if there are any people in the frame, > and am generally disappointed when i find none, even though none are > expected. > > Shel Thats a little different, I think - but I, of course, quickly scan to see if there is any text :) I think bruning in the stuff on the left and bringing up contrast on the people might improve things. I don't think Frank and I are the only ones who read left to right. I'm only being picky because it is an inheirently interesting subject and shot - but you probably realize that best, ann > > > > [Original Message] > > From: Ann Sanfedele <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > Shel, did you go to Hebrew school when you were very young? It occurs to > > me reading right to left instead of left to right when young might > actually > > change this drift.
