I've just been investigating the many ways that brightness and contrast can affect a simple photograph and alter the emphasis of the picture. For example, these three pictures are all the same photo (a cherry blossom taken a month or so ago). The pictures are identical except for the amount of light/dark/contrast in each, and yet the focal point is completely different in each. In the first (bottom), your eye tends to be drawn towards the top right hand corner of the photo; in the second (middle), the focus is on the flower (off-centre) and the leaves just below whereas the third (top) there is almost a silhouette, with the light just bringing out the daintiness of the petals...
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