billglaw and bevciron. you're absolutely right! That's it! :) Some trunks doesn't make a focal point just because they're in the foreground, - and are dark. Your brain expects to see them there, so it makes your eyes keep wandering to find "it" :) That is definately the case with this picture, bevchiron, - I don't think it is with the pallette one. I don't get the same feeling of being "cheated", when I look at that. :) Britt