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 10/16/2006 05:01:02 PM · #1
IMO it would be nice to have a "blind shot" challenge. By "blind shot" I mean a picture taken without looking through the viewfinder or at the live LCD. I think that this challenge could turn up some interesting candid photographs.
 10/16/2006 05:01:50 PM · #2
The only problem is...if someone legitimately did that and took a pearler of a shot...would the voters believe that they followed the rules?
 10/16/2006 05:02:28 PM · #3
Originally posted by agenkin:
IMO it would be nice to have a "blind shot" challenge. By "blind shot" I mean a picture taken without looking through the viewfinder or at the live LCD. I think that this challenge could turn up some interesting candid photographs.


Cool idea! Shooting from the hip! Impossible to verify.
 10/16/2006 05:03:15 PM · #4
So what if it is impossible to verify? Should we pass on the fun of it?

Message edited by author 2006-10-16 17:12:54.
 10/16/2006 05:03:52 PM · #5
Originally posted by thegrandwazoo:

Cool idea! Shooting from the hip! Impossible to verify.


Very true, something that looks shot from the hip might just be shot by a short photographer :-)
 10/16/2006 05:04:44 PM · #6
No I like the idea. But how do you prove it was from the hip? Have someone take a picture of you taking the picture?
 10/16/2006 05:05:54 PM · #7
Originally posted by thegrandwazoo:
No I like the idea. But how do you prove it was from the hip? Have someone take a picture of you taking the picture?


that can also be scened :)

like the idea, but you can never verify this.
 10/16/2006 05:07:10 PM · #8
Forget verifying it... let the voters decide on the POV. If someone wants to get on his/her knees and cheat, oh well. IMO, the results will be different than from a blind shot.
 10/16/2006 05:09:15 PM · #9
Originally posted by thegrandwazoo:
No I like the idea. But how do you prove it was from the hip? Have someone take a picture of you taking the picture?

Well, how do you prove that a picture in the Rain challenge was not simulated using a garden watering hose? :) Or how dod you prove that a picture in Candid III challenge was really candid? Many challenge topics are hard to verify.

Besides, there is this look to candids shot from the hip that is hard to fake.
 10/16/2006 05:10:26 PM · #10
OK! it was just my .02
 10/16/2006 05:58:27 PM · #11
no contest, (apparently) most of my submissions are taken with my eyes closed ;)

ok, there will be those that set the shot up on a tripod and shut their eyes whilst they hit the remote release but hey, they will be the good shots so we can mark them down lol

now, a challenge that 'gives the perception' of a from the hip candid (whether it be set up or not) sounds like fun :)
 10/16/2006 06:03:56 PM · #12
I vote for this one, verification be damned!
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