
Like playing chess, one element has a reciprocal effect on the other. Here, both the background and foreground are interchanging in the role of which will be the focus. Which will catch the eye first? Where will the eye go after that? Does the subject become the foreground or does the background becoming the subject as the eye looks further into the image?
Diffusion in-front of the lens creates all sorts of questions I’m not sure the answer to.