I took this picture at Cirque du Soleil a few weeks ago. This was the main stage where all the acrobats would do their thing, and to my left was a slightly higher stage where they had props from which cast members would emerge. It was a lot going on and at a weird angle for me, so the selective lighting helped focus where the show was going on.
This is a very traditional form of selective focus, but it really is executed well here. Clearly the spotlights are on everyone in the center, and this makes everyone in the audience appear darker since they are not the people of importance. Nothing is clearly visible except for the main people.
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