Speaking as an amateur photographer, that strikes me as ridiculous. Look what happens if you reduce the original picture to four pixels algorithmically: http:/

Speaking as an amateur photographer, that strikes me as ridiculous. Look what happens if you reduce the original picture to four pixels algorithmically: http://i.imgur.com/q2z3w.png http://i.imgur.com/q2z3w.png Point being, the final four-squares image in the pixel series bears no relationship at all to the original photograph beyond a color scheme which is only reminiscent of (not identical to) the original. And the color scheme wasn't the original photographer's invention, anyway. If there's any "inherent beauty" or "balance" in that last picture, with just four squares of color, it was put there by the artist who made the series of pixel versions.