Forum: Vue


Subject: Just Wondering...

smallspace opened this issue on Aug 08, 2003 ยท 22 posts


smallspace posted Fri, 08 August 2003 at 5:03 PM

All Right. 2nd picture. A squint tells me it also has 4 zones. 3 diagonal stripes and a circular area in the bottom right corner. Hard to tell if the focal point is the duck silhouetted on the rock...it has the most contrast...or the lead momma duck...she is the most isolated. The rock leads the viewer into the scene, and the line of ducks leads eventually to the mamma duck. But where to from there? The momma is surrounded by a big shadow that is isolated by a circle of light. There's no place to go. The Viewer can't go back, because are all pointing like arrows in the same direction. You need a target in the upper left corner. This target should then lead the viewer along the upper edge of the picture to the upper right corner where the direction of the shadows and reflections will automatically lead him straight back to the duck on the rock. From there the rock allows the viewer to step out of the picture again.

I'd rather stay in my lane than lay in my stain!