It was recited to me years ago that the "eye channel" flowed from the lower left to the upper right. Sounds a bit absolute and pat to me, but have always felt that to be the case with me. (?)
Jack --- On Sat, 10/23/10, Larry Colen <[email protected]> wrote: > From: Larry Colen <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: Boris Peso #46 - F1.2 Minor > To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <[email protected]> > Date: Saturday, October 23, 2010, 11:53 AM > > On Oct 23, 2010, at 10:51 AM, Boris Liberman wrote: > > > On 10/23/2010 10:57 AM, Larry Colen wrote: > >> Yes, but since we read from left to right we have > a tendency to > >> compose things to be viewed from left to right. > > > > I have to remind you that Hebrew is not my native > language, Larry, and therefore my habit is reading in the > same direction you do. The alphabet is a bit different but > not all that dissimilar either. I never thought that > composing my photos will have to do with my writing > habits... > > > > Although I've been half-joking here, you did point out > an interesting and serious notion. Thanks. > > My initial comment was only half joking too. I > haven't done any real research on compositional flow, > whether they differ when people are used to reading left to > write, right to left, or are done by people who basically > don't read. > > > > -- > Larry Colen [email protected] > sent from i4est > > > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link > directly above and follow the directions. > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
