Tag: focus

A Matter of Focus

On a new day
Of a new year
I remind myself

Do the work
To stay focused
On what’s important

I wonder if I’ve ever been
The subject of someone’s
Best photograph of the day
But never found out

Like this fellow here
On the third shot of eleven
Who never looked up

So never saw the camera
Pointed out the taxi window

Capturing this delightful moment

Colours and edges
Splashes and blur
Nothing to see

But for the eyes
A turn of a head

And just enough detail

This would be a discard
X’d out on a contact sheet

But for those eyes
Because now I want to know
What she sees

Unfocused
Unresolved
Motion blurred

Unsettled
Uncertain
Movement fractured

Undeterred
Unrelenting
Moving forward

Sometimes
It’s hard to stay focused
To capture all the details
To see the whole picture

Still
I see enough
To know the beauty
Of a moment

I look back
At times of impatience
Of diligence lacking
Decisive moments

Reminded of the virtues:
Steadfast focus
Attention to detail
And a good tripod

A family
Arranging a rickshaw
An essential
Every-moment moment
Of India
A million-times-a-day
Moment

A colourful picture
Beautiful
But the focus
Is a little short
The rickshaws
Are sharp
But the people
Are not

Often, I tunnel in
Narrow my focus
Until my vision
Hones on a singularity

All outside
Just fades away

As the days go by
Time chips away
At memories
Falling away
As flakes of rust
From old iron

As the years proceed
The man I was
Drifts further
And further
Into the shadows
Until, in the mirror
There is only
The man who is

Nowhere to land
Nowhere to rest
Details blurred
No clear subject

Frustration
As true in art
As in life