sharp focus
Precise visual attention
Sharp focus describes an image or view where details appear crisp and clearly defined, with distinct edges rather than blur: The photographer adjusted the lens until the subject came into sharp focus.
Extended to mental attention, it means concentrated and undistracted: She brought the project into sharp focus during the final week.
The phrase emphasizes precision—not just focused, but maximally so.
- clarityState of being understandable
- crystal clearEntirely unambiguous, perfectly understood
- precisionAccuracy of measurement
- crispFirm and breakable
- lensLight-focusing curved glass
camera · detail · concentrate · attention · zoom · fine tuning · aperture · acuity · pinpoint · dead center · zero in · laser · laser beam · intense · vivid · definition · resolution · hone
- photorealismphotorealism, hyperrealism, superrealism, precision, trompe-l'oeil
- photographycamera, photo, flash, lens, shooting
- focusconcentration, attention, concentrate, mindfulness, hyperfocus
- mental claritymental clarity, lucidity, clear thinking, clear head, clear-headedness
- keen observationhawk eye, watchful eye, trained eye, piercing gaze, hard look
- acuityvisual acuity, keenness, acuity, mental acuity, clarity
sharp focusblur
Lack of sharpness
blurriness · soft focus · out of focus · blurry · fuzzy
sharp focusdistraction
Thing diverting one's attention
inattention · unfocused · absent-mindedness · mental fog · brain fog
sharp focusblur
Lack of sharpness
blurry · out of focus · soft focus · unfocused · blurred
sharp, focus, sharpen, sharpened, sharpening, sharpener, sharply, sharpness, sharper