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Originally Posted by Nancy Fulda
Hm. That makes sense, but only now that you've explained it to us. I didn't get it AT ALL at first glance.
On a purely aesthetic note, the cover does not have very much (a) color, (b) contrast, or (c) dramatic implication. As a patron browsing a bookstore, I suspect I would have walked past it without looking twice.
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Hi Nancy. A couple of people have recognized The Eye but I'm sure 95% won't. And yeah, you don't get a chance to explain. LOL (It would be nice though!)
Yeah, the aesthetics. You're right. It is a photo of the fireworks display there. I'm pretty sure it's not photoshopped in the least. So there is all the smoke, kind of dulling the contrast. But I disagree with you on the notion of it not having dramatic implication. I think it has an intensity about it. An organic intensity, probably esp. since it hasn't been photoshopped.
And yet, most ebook cover photos are much "cleaner," I admit.