Thanks for the comments, Marnie. In fact I didn't appreciate the surrealistic air to the picture, but now that you mention it, I see it. Guess it was too familiar to me to see it analytically.
regards, Anthony Farr > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > In a message dated 5/21/2005 11:12:59 PM Pacific Standard Time, > [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > I wonder why you would crop the swimmer out. Do you see it as a defect? > > regards, > Anthony Farr > =========== > It bothered me a bit too. It's a very sort of surreal scene, squares, water, > and smack in the middle a man with a cell phone (well, off to one side). Nice > contrast between the background serenity and his concentration on something > that is probably not serene. But the swimmer brings it back to reality, making > the background less surreal. Anyway, Rick can answer you why he thought it > should be removed, but that's my take on it. I decided it was okay with the > swimmer, but it might be better without it/him/her. OTOH, maybe it would more like > a > cell phone ad too. > > HTH, Marnie aka Doe :-)
