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To: Uncle Frank who wrote (8247)	6/29/2004 12:53:40 PM
From: Done, gone.	Respond to of 21667

Yes. I think the subject -- the sharp moon perfectly nailed between two prickly trees -- is not getting any help from your addition of warm and fuzzy. If additional framing constructs just must come, in this case they stomp in with wood clogs, instead of sneaking around in soft loafers. (g) But that's what real frames are for anyway, once the image is printed. Adding them on -- before I have a chance to pick just the perfect one I want -- only adds cost. To me. (g) But you knew all that. (VBG)

To: Uncle Frank who wrote (8247)	6/29/2004 3:33:00 PM
From: Bill Ulrich	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 21667

...just one quick comment to add some articulation on this old subject that has resurfaced: What happens (to my eye, at least) is that my vision does see that moon, but it also keeps going over to the edges because my brain is saying, internally, "What's making it pop off the page like that? Oh, I see, there's a shadow under these edges and even a bevel, I think." With a printed image in a frame on a wall, one's mind figures out that context pretty quickly, and gets back to the subject at hand, the moon. Onscreen, one's mind spends some time on the moon, some time looking at that stuff all around the outside edges. Back to the moon, back to the edges. That it should be spending any time on the edges and away from the moon at all is the issue, I think, in a standalone presentation. A physical frame, or even a different context such as a brochure or web page where there is lots of mixed media (additional text, etc...) give justification for the eye to be wandering around. Standalone, don't draw focus away from the moon; why force the users to intake and think about stuff other than the subject? Should they be saying, "Great shot of The Moon!" or should they be saying, "Great Frame around that shot of ... I think I remember a moon in there somewhere inside that wonderful frame?" But anyhow, it's an old discussion. Back to the regularly scheduled program now...