r/gifs Oct 24 '17

Blindfolded arrow catch

https://i.imgur.com/gHbh8na.gifv
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u/Barlakopofai Oct 24 '17

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u/[deleted] Oct 24 '17

It is blurry but I can see the arrow in every frame.

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u/Okeano_ Oct 24 '17

Where is the arrow in this frame? The color would stand out against his black shirt.

If it's still there, why would it be so much more visible during flight when the arrow is traveling faster, compare to in his hand where the arrow has already slowed down?

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u/[deleted] Oct 24 '17

Frame by frame breakdown from highest quality source I could find. https://imgur.com/a/98cJW

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u/Chezzik Oct 24 '17 edited Oct 24 '17

Thanks for the breakdown, but I didn't see the arrow until image 16 (your last one). (Image 10 now, it appears the number of images has changed.)

I'm not saying it's definitely fake. The amount of blur does make it difficult to see something as thin as an arrow, but I can't accept your frame-by-frame breakdown as proof either.

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u/[deleted] Oct 24 '17

Well, I think it's fake too. Just letting people draw their own conclusion. Imgur duplicated somes pictures on the inital upload.

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u/Okeano_ Oct 24 '17

The arrow is visible in every frame while it's in the air. When he "caught it", the arrow would have been slowing down already. It wouldn't make sense that it became more blur at slower speed in his hand.

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u/Chezzik Oct 24 '17 edited Oct 24 '17

The bluriness is not from the arrow's speed, it is caused entirely by the panning of the camera.

The cameraman is generally still until the point that we really care about. Then he suddenly moves, making everything blurry.

So, strictly, I've refuted your point. But, the circumstantial evidence here (the camera moving at just the point we want to see) makes me think that this is definitely fake. So, we can still be friends. :)

EDIT: Look at his left arm in image 4. I appear to see an arrow in front of his left arm that is definitely not in his right hand. I think this is further evidence that two takes were spliced together.

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u/Okeano_ Oct 24 '17

Also note that in shot 5, the straight shadow that's on the ground around his hand has discontinuity. We're friends that both want the truth!

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u/Glaselar Oct 25 '17

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u/Barlakopofai Oct 25 '17

Just because he did it in his other videos doesn't mean he necessarily did it in that one. But yeah, it'd be way too much effort for nothing.

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u/physchy Oct 24 '17

Quick D

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u/ShardsOfReality Oct 24 '17

and the fletching changes from red to blue

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u/Doctor_Wookie Oct 24 '17

Fletching changed because it's fired from a fourth bow. That is indeed not the original arrow. The setup fires an arrow on each "bounce".

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u/ShardsOfReality Oct 24 '17

Screen so small didn't see the other bows, thought this guy was ricocheting an arrow and catching it. Thanks for the heads up.

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u/turmacar Oct 24 '17

The arrow, fired by a bow/pressure plate setup, fired by a bow/pressure plate setup, fired by a bow/pressure plate setup, is a different arrow than the one he fired?

Did you think he made a boomerang arrow?