Originally Posted by
Julie Kenward
Patty, when an animal is in an image, it's best to have them "looking in" - in other words, in this image, they would be on the right because that gives them more virtual room to "look around" whereas in this left corner they can only look straight ahead and to the small area to the left and then they are "cut off" by the frame.
It seems silly at first but once you start to look at the most successful images you'll see why they work so well...people who view the image want to think that they deer will walk across the entire scene whereas here they are almost walking out.
Does that make sense?