I agree. The red was strong enough that the shells almost seemed to sink into it, if that makes any sense? Now they rise above the darker, inviting me to look more closely.
The border matches well, but it seems to crowd the shells so that when my eye gets to the end of the shell it's grabbed by the border and taken off that direction. A very narrow one would be nicer, IMO.
The shells are gorgeous, btw, and the lighting really exposes all the fine detail well. :) |