She is what the French critic Roland Barthes called the "punctum," the not necessarily conspicuous detail that gives a photograph its emotional resonance.
Saving the image as a JPEG file, which compresses files by discarding the least conspicuous picture details, can reduce file size by one-third to more than 90percentt, depending on the level of compression you select.
The handsome row homes seem completely out of place in downtown D.C., and there are no conspicuous signs detailing the buildings' use today.
The agreement will force developers to post conspicuous privacy policies detailing what personal information they plan to obtain and how they will use it.
The adventure clothing industry is years behind the fashion world, which has long since recognised the seductive appeal of non-conspicuous branding, subtle details such as the four stitches that signify a Martin Margiela jumper.
But something about its lavish detail and conspicuous expense evoked, for me, the recent excesses of the Wild Wild East: Moscow bling nonpareil.
A few years ago, the writer Ted Genoways discovered an alternate version of the image, differing only in one detail: a conspicuous bulge had been added to Whitman's crotch.
It has become increasingly difficult to read a newspaper or magazine without encountering the details of extravagant, conspicuous consumption, usually on the part of new millionaires, or billionaires, usually under 30.
This last detail takes some time to emerge, since Moss's wife is referred to only as 'she', while his gun, strapped over his shoulder with a harness-leather sling, gets a full portrait: 'A heavybarreled.270 on a '98 Mauser action with a laminated stock of maple and walnut.' One of the drawbacks of a self-consciously economical style is that any tiny splurge of detail becomes so conspicuous.
The video game stars Kevin Spacey as the scheming president of a private military firm; his performance is rendered in striking digital detail, save for one conspicuous flaw.
Possibly that revelation is still to come, but its absence on Friday was conspicuous to me in her otherwise detailed litany of the facts.
