The swimmer has been a major sticking point amongst several viewers. Some can't identify the object as a swimmer, others 'get it' right away. It could be that monitor variation plays a part, but I suspect that cultural variation is a bigger issue.
In my culture, anyone seeing such a structure, even only a part of it, knows that it is a coastal swimming baths. Most of these were built in the early 20th Century as a way of providing Olympic standard pools that can be refreshed cheaply and easily with seawater, thus not requiring filtration or chemical treatment. At any time in daylight, in any weather, you can expect to see a swimmer 'doing laps'. Given that background, an Australian viewer would instantly expect an object in the water to be a swimmer. In fact, Australians who have seen it have all seen the swimmer for what she is. I didn't recognize a need to enhance the swimmer's visibility, or to see her as an ambiguity to be deleted, until I put the picture on an international stage. PDML is an amazing place to get a world perspective! regards, Anthony Farr > -----Original Message----- > From: P. J. Alling [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > I saw a number of posts on this before I actually saw the original, > including Cotty's crop. > I must say I like yours a bit better though Cotty's has the advantage of > having removed > the distracting element of the chain fence intruding into the lower > portion of the image. > My only problem is the swimmers cap is a bit too subtle. It should be > brighter, maybe > red. (Yes, I know, you had no control over that, but hey, so what). >
