Manfred, I think that Brian is referring to the several posts (for example this) he made before this one, many of which feature a lot of red in the subject matter.
Not if you are seeing two quite distracting bright areas in the top corners.
Brian - if I see them, so do others. Bright areas near the edge of the frame tend to draw the viewer's eyes away from the subject and out of the frame.
Perhaps a little bit of selective lighting adjustment would help direct attention to the anther more.
You've run into the problem I did... dimming down the bg tends to make it look a little gray or perhaps the term would be muddy? But the anther certainly draws more attention
Brian - if I see them, so do others. Bright areas near the edge of the frame tend to draw the viewer's eyes away from the subject and out of the frame.
The corners have brighter areas but they also have darker areas. I will try again. Footloose has brought ut the anther more but it seems a muddier bg to me.