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In photography (and probably art in general), there's a composition "rule" to frame moving subjects from left to right. So the direction may not be that intere

by pterhx 3mo ago

In photography (and probably art in general), there's a composition "rule" to frame moving subjects from left to right. So the direction may not be that interesting!

copperx 3mo ago
Is it culture dependent? Is it because in English we read left to right?
- simonw 3mo ago
  There was a glorious moment when I thought that the Chinese models were more likely to produce right-to-left cycling pelicans, but sadly that trend didn't seem to hold up.
  - BeetleB 3mo ago
    For almost the last 70 years, Chinese has been left to right. Before that it was vertical (although the ordering of the columns was right to left).
  - CorrectHorseBat 3mo ago
    Chinese is also written left to right
  - valleyer 3mo ago
    Arabic or Hebrew would be better tests for that.
ahtihn 3mo ago
I wonder if that changes in countries where the main language is written right to left?
- filoleg 3mo ago
  That was my first thought too, I wonder if it works the same in countries speaking arabic (as that's the first one i could think of that's a language with truly no-buts right to left writing).
  - elashri 3mo ago
    Arabic native speaker here. Yes, people will usually post or draw a bicycle right to left which is going to ve opposite of what normally is drawn. I tried the prompt in arabic for many models and I don't recall any adjusting it based on that difference at least culturally speaking.
- pclmulqdq 3mo ago
  It is. All over the Arab world, imagery in ads is “backwards” and I believe several companies will flip their ads horizontally, and UI localization involves flipping graphics.
  - embedding-shape 3mo ago
    Do the gears and stuff sit on the other side of the bike in the Arab world? Otherwise I'd expect cycling ads to still show a bike going from left to the right, considering https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48951828 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48951828
nick3000 3mo ago
The other thing to consider (as someone who frequently take a photos of their bike) the common direction has the drive side out! In cycling forums it is sacrilegious to post a photo of your bicycle without showing the drive side.
- ray_kay777 3mo ago
  Beat me to it - but I had the same thought. Most amateur and nearly all professional studio photographs of a bicycle will have it drive side out so I expect this plays some role in it.
- embedding-shape 3mo ago
  > the common direction has the drive side out Took some searching and sleuthing to actually figure out what "drive side out" means, as I'm just a casual "from A to B" cyclist: apparently this is referring to the side the chainset, chainwheels and all those things are on.
talloaktrees 3mo ago
side scrolling video games were always moving from left to right
- sehugg 3mo ago
  Well except for Jungle King

by pterhx 3mo ago

In photography (and probably art in general), there's a composition "rule" to frame moving subjects from left to right. So the direction may not be that interesting!

copperx 3mo ago

Is it culture dependent? Is it because in English we read left to right?

simonw 3mo ago
There was a glorious moment when I thought that the Chinese models were more likely to produce right-to-left cycling pelicans, but sadly that trend didn't seem to hold up.
- BeetleB 3mo ago
  For almost the last 70 years, Chinese has been left to right. Before that it was vertical (although the ordering of the columns was right to left).
- CorrectHorseBat 3mo ago
  Chinese is also written left to right
- valleyer 3mo ago
  Arabic or Hebrew would be better tests for that.

ahtihn 3mo ago

I wonder if that changes in countries where the main language is written right to left?

filoleg 3mo ago
That was my first thought too, I wonder if it works the same in countries speaking arabic (as that's the first one i could think of that's a language with truly no-buts right to left writing).
- elashri 3mo ago
  Arabic native speaker here. Yes, people will usually post or draw a bicycle right to left which is going to ve opposite of what normally is drawn. I tried the prompt in arabic for many models and I don't recall any adjusting it based on that difference at least culturally speaking.
pclmulqdq 3mo ago
It is. All over the Arab world, imagery in ads is “backwards” and I believe several companies will flip their ads horizontally, and UI localization involves flipping graphics.
- embedding-shape 3mo ago
  Do the gears and stuff sit on the other side of the bike in the Arab world? Otherwise I'd expect cycling ads to still show a bike going from left to the right, considering https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48951828 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48951828

nick3000 3mo ago

The other thing to consider (as someone who frequently take a photos of their bike) the common direction has the drive side out! In cycling forums it is sacrilegious to post a photo of your bicycle without showing the drive side.

ray_kay777 3mo ago
Beat me to it - but I had the same thought. Most amateur and nearly all professional studio photographs of a bicycle will have it drive side out so I expect this plays some role in it.
embedding-shape 3mo ago
> the common direction has the drive side out Took some searching and sleuthing to actually figure out what "drive side out" means, as I'm just a casual "from A to B" cyclist: apparently this is referring to the side the chainset, chainwheels and all those things are on.

talloaktrees 3mo ago

side scrolling video games were always moving from left to right

sehugg 3mo ago
Well except for Jungle King