Focus; I have never been good at … I have always been all over the place and have loads of things going on at the same time.
With my little powerful camera in my hand, am I a lot better with focus – and with it’s auto focus I’m get the focus right most of the times.
My entry this week was meant to be focused – at Copenhagen’s Airport’s train station, One minute the platform was packed with homecoming and home-going people with destination Sweden first of all.
When the train had swallowed everyone except me, not the right train for me, there was this lonely luggage cart left on the platform, so I focused my camera on the cart as the train started to leave the station. And it has became one of my favorite shots.
I needed a feature image for this post and then I got the little camera out and focused it against my old school Swedish-English dictionary – against the Swedish word; Fokus. A rush job, but very focused.
“You can’t depend on your eyes
when your imagination is out of focus.”
Mark Twain
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The “A Train,” the Mark Twain, and Swedish focus. Perfect, simply perfect.
Thank you so much, for your comment – I like it very much …. it was fun to put it together.
I like this weeks subject – focus.
I love this shot too. I can almost feel the train whizzing by! good job Vivi
Thanks, Terry … it looks like it has higher speed than it had – is was really slow moving – just started up.
The cart looked so lonely – that’s why i took the photo.
I love your lonely cart 🙂 Think I’m too far out of focus for this challenge. (smile) It may just be the wine.
Jo, I’m sure you have a photo with strong focus – or you can create today, you have flower shots that are focused – 2 weeks ago I was lost too with the challenge – so I didn’t post anything.
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This is a very cool shot!
Thanks, Wendy!
Love the mixture of great swing, wise words and stunnung photography! Not necessarily in this order.. 🙂
Dina, thanks for your great comment – goes so well with my first cup of coffee for the day.
nicely done Viveka! Both shots are very, very good, but the cart one is outstanding! Congratulations 🙂
Thank you – for the cheering on. I only had one shot ot the cart and then the train would have been gone. Need loads of luck in the camera too. *smile
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Good one!
Thanks, Julie … I really like this photo too. I only had one chance to get that chart right and I was on in the other end of the platform.
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This is great focus and excellent shot. Thank you dear Viveka, have a nice day, love, nia
Nia, thank you so much for your support – I’m really happy with the way it came out – I was on quite a distance too.
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You did a wonderful job for this challenge.
Bebs, thank you so much – there is some good luck involved in the shot too. *smile – only had one chance to get the right focus.
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Great job Viveka. I love this post.. That Mark Twain quote is great.
Helen, coming for you … I suddenly became 30 cm taller. The quotes is one of my favorite.
You are too kind Viveka 🙂
Great takes on the challenge! Here’s to a Hasselblad!
Thanks … you will be the first one to know if there will be a Hasselblad on Monday. *smile
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Excellent picture, dear Viveka 🙂 The train in motion looks really FAST! 🙂
Happy weekend xo 🙂
Thanks, Dia … yes, it truly does … but it had hardly no speed at all. Loads of luck in this photo.
Wonderful photos on both counts!
Angeline, thanks for your nice comment. I like this week’s subject.
This surely is a “bulls eye”! Fits perfectly and great ideas mixed with good photos…excellent!
Thanks for your support for this entry … have been looking for a chance to publish this photo for nearly a year .. and here it was.
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oh thank you dear Viveka
it all your blessings dear 🙂 🙂
Am enjoying today’s music selection Wivi
Great tune … and I love big band, glad you like my choice of cloud.
What a great shot. That’s the perfect photo for this topic. It really demonstrates the concept of keeping your eye on the main goal without being distracted by all the ambient noise.
Cindy, thanks for your support .. for my entry. I’m truly bad on keeping my eyes on the goals in my life *smile … I if it hadn’t been for the auto focus on the camera I wouldn’t get one great photo. My life should have an auto focus mode too. *smile
Love the Mark Twain quote! I’ve never heard of that.
Ah, focus… yes. Well, hmmm!!!
Good photo, Viveka.
Noeleen, I just love that quote – so true … I came across it some years ago. I’m so bad on being focus. *smile
Great capture of the luggage cart. But the concept of the dictionary shot is just brilliant!! 🙂
… thanks, because of the theme I use for my blog – I need a feature image and then I got the idea about the dictionary.
Because I have seen images with the word “focus” before. You, know me – always try to think outside the box if all the cells are awake.
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That lonely little luggage cart really missed the train, Viveka. Great shot! 🙂
Ad, that is how I saw it too … left behind the fully packed train. Thank you so much, I really like it myself.
Love the Dictionary, of course it’s all Greek to me : )
Thanks, Swedish isn’t the easiest language to learn, because we have so many words that sounds the same, but spelled so differently and has total different meanings.