I’ve always found the notion of putting a frame around a piece of art to be somewhat interesting. After all, if the art is so great, why do we need to put a fancy frame around it? Eventually I realized that the frame served a purpose, effectively providing a window into the world of that piece of art, and helping to set a visual boundary.
This concept of literally framing up an image also applies to what you might think of as a virtual frame by way of a vignette effect.
A natural darkening of the edges in an image can be caused by light fall-off with a wide-angle lens, but of course you can add a vignette effect after the capture as well.
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