On 11-11-2011 23:10, Robert McGregor wrote:
> Thomas de Groot<tenDOTlnDOTretniATtoorgedDOTt>  wrote:
>> On 11-11-2011 5:39, nemesis wrote:
>>>
>>> Congrats, dude.  A very fine illustration for the new molecule.
>>
>> Yes, congrats too! Excellent image. Apity it dod not make to the cover.
>> Stupid editors ;-)
>>
>>>
>>> Hah, we can always be amused to know the atom is reflecting a kitchen HDR
>>> probe... :)
>>
>> LOL. Indeed! Indeed! Micro- and macroworld coming together. And all
>> these scientists commenting the image will be totally unaware of it.
>>
>> Thomas
>
> Thanks Thomas! The irony of the cover image is that the magazine's art
> guidelines specifically emphasize, several times, to keep the image concise and
> simple, and so I did (even though that goes against my general aesthetic, as
> you're well aware). I was informed last week that the image was "too simple" and
> they wanted something "more interesting." Oh well...

There are more ways than one for something to be interesting. Two are 
important here. One is where you can see in one glance that something is 
happening. The other is when you look at something and decide that you 
understand what is going and then suddenly realize that something is not 
as you expected. The guy that decides on the cover goes for the first 
and probably has not enough background to understand that it is a case 
of the latter.
That way the journal missed a opportunity to create a coffee table 
discussion piece.



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