as i recall, the theory of the dynamic mean in art, is that a most pleasing visual affect of an object, is where two thirds of the mass of an object is contained within two thirds of its total mass...for example, visulize the silhouette of the image of the merkel doublegun dave displays at the top of the contents page of this fine forum...notice how about two thirds of the gun appears to be to the left and the final third to the right...i find these proportions to be very pleasing to the eye...now imagine the gun with significantly longer or shorter barrels...this change throws the proportions out of balance...and the gun is no longer as pleasing to my eye...i bet this gun has 28" barrels and a 14" length of pull...which gives it a very pleasing profile...
Last edited by ed good; 10/12/22 09:33 PM.
