Basic Trope: Someone wants to take a clear picture, but it ends up being obscured
- Straight: Mary takes a picture with her camera. Her thumb is blocking the entire shot.
- Exaggerated: Mary's cell-phone picture is blocked by her phone case. She takes it off, but her camera's still dirty and that obscures the picture. Then she takes a third picture, but her thumb gets in the way.
- Downplayed: Mary's thumb only blocks a small part of the photo, and it's easy to crop out.
- Inverted: Mary puts her thumb over the camera, but when she takes the picture, it comes out completely clear and focused.
- Subverted: Mary thinks her thumb got in the way, but when she looks at the picture, it's not there.
- Double Subverted: Something else is blocking most of the shot.
- Parodied: There's a lens cap randomly blocking the picture on Mary's smartphone.
- Zig-Zagged: ???
- Averted: Mary's picture comes out clear.
- Enforced: "Mary's going to take a picture for proof of a rare creature. But since Status Quo Is God, let's just say she accidentally blocked the lens with her thumb."
- Lampshaded: "Agh, my thumb got in the way!"
- Invoked: Someone else puts their hand in front of the camera right before Mary takes the picture.
- Exploited: Mary has to pretend to take a picture of something gross, but she doesn't want to look at it anymore; she intentionally blocks the lens so the picture is just dark instead.
- Defied: Mary uses the preview to ensure that the focus is clear before she snaps the picture.
- Discussed: "I hope nothing blocked the picture."
- Conversed: "Why didn't Mary already notice that her thumb was in the picture before she took it? Do phones in that universe just not have camera previews?"
- Implied: We see Mary with her thumb over the lens, and she says the photo is no good, but we don't see the final picture.
- Played for Laughs: Mary's camera roll consists mostly of pictures of her thumb.
- Played for Drama: Mary is a crime scene photographer, but she can't get any clear pictures in time.
- Played for Horror: Mary's attempts to photograph a terrifying monster always end up being obscured, so the audience never gets to see what it looks like.
Okay, everyone gather together for a photo! (CLICK) Hey, who's the Camera Obscurer!?
