Shel Belinkoff wrote: > > From: Ann Sanfedele <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > 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. > > I think it has more to with other things than whether a person had > religious training. Based on your thoughts, might not the Chinese or > Japanese start looking at a photo from the top.
sure. It isn't _religion_ I'm talking about -- I just mentioned Hebrew school because I knew hebrew was meant to be read right to left... and you are confirming it with your comment below... :) > Frank noted that he may > start looking at a photo from any point. You tend to look at things > starting from the left side, I'm drawn to the right side unless looking for > something specific. When I skim a magazine, as when in the Drs waiting > room, rarely do I look at the left side pages unless I'm reading an article > that's on the left side. > > > > > > 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. > > Mostly I print dark, work a lot more with middle tones and blacks. Of > course, rarely am i photographing something white. The real world, life on > the streets, natural scenes like landscapes, don't contain much white, up > in Zone 8 or 9, not in large, continuous areas, anyway. I don't think > you'll notice much of anyone's work with large areas of white or in the > higher luminance ranges. Right - especially now that we have gone digital where it is really a problem.. > > > > > > > > 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. > > You don't ... others may, and others do. > > > > 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. > > But Frank already stated that he may start viewing a photograph from any > point in the image. So, of the four people who have commented on this > point, you're the only one who generally (always?) starts the viewing > process on the left side. Not that it's wrong any more than it's right for > me to want to see people in photos .... > too small a sample :) > > > I'm only being picky because it is an inheirently interesting subject and > shot > > but you probably realize that > > > Far less interesting than many other photos I've made. Were I to lose the > negative it wouldn't bother me a bit, unlike if I lost other negatives. > I probably wouldn't have gotten deeply into this if I had not been in procreastination mode - but the "why" we do things is interesting got me too. And what is happening to my eyes is occupying a lot of my thought as well. > > Kind regards from the cold, dark blue state of California > > Shel I go for blue. we like it here too :) and back to you ann
