Do you ever flip your images horizontally?

[dmiraie]

I've been playing around with this 'technique' to see if (temporarily) changing the perspective (of a project you've sunk numerous hours into) will help lend new ideas/insight on how to further edit/fine-tune images.. I would consider it analogous to something like temporarily pitch-shifting a song you're working on up or down a semitone or two, to observe how you react.. I'm guessing it's the closest thing you can get to seeing your work again for the 'first time,' to try and gauge what your first impression might have been.. Has anybody else experimented with this? Do you consider it a useful tool? And do you use any similar techniques? thnx!

[Chuck Uebele]

I guess so.

[Chuck Uebele]

For flow, yes, I agree with you Dag. Your last example is a good image for this. The top image gives me the impression of the woman in the shawl is handing the woman with the outstretched arm something, where as in the second image, it gives me the impression that it's the other way around. For straight composition, an upside-down image works well. And as Semaphoric mentioned, culture also impacts this.

[D Fosse]

FWIW, I've had F-triggered actions, no modifiers, for as long as I can remember. Of course, I can barely remember my own birthday, so...

[War Unicorn]

I flip images a lot during composition, not just horizontally. It's just a matter of vision.