Shootin' blind

This is my "push challenge" shot for Amy @aspada which was, "Take snap shots of whatever catches your eye from the beginning of the day to the end of the day. Do not look in the viewfinder/LED screen to compose the photo. Do not check the images right after the shot. At the end of the day pick one that you like the most."
Good thing there is a delete button! I had a pile of shots out of focus or of the floor! :) This was a lot of fun, Amy! I'll be giving this another shot!

[jerry plume]

@aspada

[Kerri]

Nice capture

[Richard Tyson]

worked out well!

[Meghan Holliday]

Oooh cool! Neat idea too!!

[Teresa (pocketmouse)]

Beautiful - and such a cool "push" idea. :) Hahah and yes I would totally fail at focus if this was me!

[Vee]

Nice DOF!

[Anita]

What a great challenge and what a brilliant result!

[Aaron]

Great shot Jerry, fun challenge! You should use your viewfinder less often! :)

[Pam Hawkes]

Great challenge and a successful capture! Sounds like fun!

[Robyn]

I dig it!

[Nikki]

Wow what a cool challenge & resulting shot

[Michelle Blackford]

Great shot and what a fun challenge!! Might have to try that sometime. :)

[Janet Shaffer]

Great job!

[Lesley Chisholm]

Oh that sounds like fun too!

[Jeff Walker]

I actually do this alot more than I should, with the exception that I do check the viewfinder afterwards to see if I got anything worthwhile. One of them got 18 faves, so I won't stop shooting that way, even if I don't do it often (about once a week). This is a great comp for not composing it.

[Sheri]

What a fun idea!! Even looking through my viewfinder I hit delete alot..can't imagine what I would have without looking! Great shot!

[Amy Spada]

Great result, Jerry! What a different composition to your usual work :) and the light tones are very pretty. I like it! Looking forward to seeing more...

[Tara]

This is a great result. You can just make out boats(?) in the background and the wheel is in great focus. Nice job!

[Susan T]

I really like how this turned out! It sounds like fun to just let loose and shoot. I will have to give it a try!

[Kelly]

Great result Jerry, love the softness to the shot and your composition

[Patty]

Love the challenge and your "blind" capture Jerry, pretty awesome!

[TerriTh]

Cool focus, neat idea

[Sue Wilde]

This sounds like a really cool technique...and I like the results

[jerry plume]

@jsw0109 Lol! Funny you say that, Jeff! I do the same thing! Mostly with low pov! But like you I check the view finder after too!

[hueymilunz]

blind shot! interesting concept! well done.

[Margaret Tryon]

This one turned out great Jerry. Good for you.

[Marie]

This is a really cool shot! Love the idea and would love to try it someday.

[PixScene]

I love the idea! Great dof and comp!

[Cindy Muir]

What a great, fun challenge! Nice shot!

[Anndee]

Well done. LIke this very much.

[Lyn]

what a GRAND challenge. . .am envious! It's a great picture!

[Aleksandra]

What a fun challenge! This has worked out great!

[Peter de Graaff]

A great idea to achieve randomness

[Nicole Campbell]

Jerry this is a really good photo. I like your composition and processing. Sounds like you had fun with the challenge.

[Henri Russell]

Interesting capture.

[Anna]

Love the tones & the composition is nice )))

[Patty J]

Cool shot - I like it!!

[☯ Sarah ☁]

Cool idea & nice end result :)

[Sally Ings]

Wonderful challenge and a fabulous result. Really like how you processed this, the softness adds something special!

[peter/zipp]

Well done mister, can imagine your frustration of not seeing the immediate results - very retro.
Cool colour dof and composition

[Livia]

A cool shot for the challenge! I like the light and composition!

[Laerke Thorndal]

This is super - love it!

[Donna St.Pierre]

Great shot! lol. I love your stories Jerry! They are so uplifting and make me
giggle. I think I'm going to try that sometime....only because there is a delete button!! :)

[Denise]

A very cool perspective. Great challenge.

[Sheli]

I bet this tested your willpower, not looking at the screen after the shot. Not sure I could go back to the film mentality now. As everyone else has already said, really great result from going in blind.

[Alison]

oh! what a challenge!! ~~ nice result

[Louie]

Great shot Jerry - amazing focus and composition for shooting blind. I'd struggle not to check them - but it would be fun and going through them at the end of the day would be interesting!

[Jessika Jane Gilker]

It worked out great! Beautiful light & tones!

[trude]

that would have been a fun challenge.....especially when you get to look at them altogether!! you got great focus on the tyre and fantastic interesting dof!!

[Amanda Thepanda]

What a great challenge!

[Katia]

totally agree with amanda! :) awesome result!

[John]

Col crop

[Michael Elliott]

Cool feel and photo Jerry. Leave it to Amy @aspada to come up with a wonderfully sensitive challenge.

[Krissy]

What an awesome challenge! That could be a fun weekly challenge to do.

[Alison Hewitt Bailey]

Looks like a very successful experiment - subject, composition and dof are really cool.

[Sebella O'Donovan]

Great shot...I like this too.

[Kate Klinck]

fav!

[Chris Johnson]

What a fun challenge! Great POV and tone of colors!

[Michelle]

Fantastic challenge!! Must try it one day...and brilliant result too!

[Jen]

Nice result.. The challenge sounds like me everyday.. Lots of out of focus blurred images that I see at the end of the day and delete!

[☠northy]

omg! what a nerve-wracking challenge! and what an awesome result! really well done!

[Wendy]

Awesome tones and processing! Lovet the composition too!

[samantha]

Lovely tones in this one! =)

[Paul Myers]

Sounds like an interesting challenge.

[Ade Akinyede]

Very cooly blindingly composed ;)

[Kd Wallis]

this sounds like it would be fun! such an interesting shot you got too! love the tones and background!

[Harry J Benson]

like the composition

[Pam]

Love the dof, and composition! Wonderful tones! Great challenge! I will have to give this a try.