Sometimes you need to take your eye OFF the ball

Cropped view of full picture

I saw a funny story in Time Magazine about a fan who wanted to get a picture of a movie star he spotted while on vacation.

A father, on vacation with his family in Montauk, NY (at the far end of Long Island), recognized Matthew Broderick when he and his family stopped for snacks in a small store. He asked to get a picture of Mr. Broderick with his daughter. The only problem was Matthew Broderick had a friend with him who was in the picture, too. So, the father motioned for the friend to move out of the way. He was still in the picture so the father kept motioning for him to move further out of the picture. But finally, the friend could move no more so the father thought he would just crop the picture to only include his daughter and Matthew Broderick.

The full picture with Matthew's friend

As he was walking back to the car, his family was shouting to him about his mistake and what was he thinking? The full, uncropped picture is on the left. Matthew Broderick's friend, Jerry Seinfeld, is on the right! It's funny how you can miss a lot when you're focused on one thing. Not that getting a picture with Mathew Broderick wasn't a great thing to do but what about missing another terrific (or more specifically Super Terrific Happy) picture in the process? Sometimes you need to take your eye off the ball to see what is happening in the wide view.

The full picture is from the Twitter account @HonoredSpirit and can be found at this link.