Looking at the image more broadly can make it easier to notice relationships between distant parts of the scene. A hidden face may extend across a larger portion of the forest than expected, so examining individual branches separately can prevent the viewer from recognizing how they connect visually.
The deer can also be deliberately ignored or temporarily covered. Because it is such an obvious object, the eye may repeatedly return to it even after the viewer decides to search somewhere else. Covering that portion of the image removes one of
