On the one hand, our eyes can accommodate to distant and near objects simultaneously and feel that they are all in focus; often a camera can’t reproduce exactly what we think we are seeing. There is an opposite circumstance that I’ve experienced, however. Considering the picture that accompanies this entry, I believe the photographer is likely to have seen the different aspects of the scene one at a time in quick succession—the horses of the carousel inside on the other side of the glass, or the pattern of lights around the top of the carousel, or the reflection of the sun just past setting in the distance, or the lamps, railings of the pier, and approaching person, all also reflections. But the camera has an equal opportunity gaze and gives honor to all those elements concurrently. This can produce an image that has an interesting juxtaposition of components, or one that is simply confusing. Since I was there on the Seattle pier, I’m coming down on the side of interesting this time.