Is the background behind these Balinese dancers too busy? Photographers can differ on this point. At first when I set this up for my photo tour group in Indonesia, I thought the intricate root system of the tree would be distracting. However, when I saw the pictures, I thought it was so unusual that I liked it. Yes, the roots draw attention to the background, and usually you want that attention reserved primarily for the subjects. But the colors of the dance costumes are so fibrant and bright that this is where we look first, and this is where our eyes return again and again. That's exactly how it should be. In this instance, I feel the organic background adds an exotic quality to exotic subjects.