Comments on: Three Hours in Newport, R.I. (Day 76, Part 2)

By: Roberta

Roberta — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 01:17:44 +0000

OK. Liking the picture. I imagined myself sailing on the ship, off the page.

By: bkdunn

bkdunn — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 01:15:41 +0000

I don’t like the effect as such, I like how considerate the photo is for recognizing itself as deficient and therefore having the politeness to try and get the viewer’s eyes off itself. If only more people were as considerate as this photo!

By: Telkontar

Telkontar — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 21:37:48 +0000

You may likethe effect, but it draws the viewer’s eyes automatically off the picture and onto the right-hand column. Useful in a left-hand column of a newspaper, but meaningless composition on a website. It is painful to even try to look at that picture.
Let’s see what you can do with Lady Liberty (per your 6-hour-old tweet– she’s from France, you know.