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Sport or landscape?!?
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You'd better tell the Olympic committee that then before they consider adding it as a "sport" in 2020
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The definition of sport gets more bizarre! Snooker is not a sport, neither is Darts in my view! Bridge is competitive, but no way is a 'sport'.
Looking forward to seeing some great climbing pics!
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Need it to stop bloody raining first!
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What are you taking a picture of? I.e. what is the subject, if it is the person then it seems to me it is sport; if it is the rock/cliff/mountain it's landscape. Think about it like this, if I started taking pictures of football grounds, that would be architecture but if I photographed football games, players in action then it would be sport.
As for the "is climbing a sport" debate then the word "sport" is one of those that has loads of meanings but I think bridge and chess are ruled out because they do not involve any physical skill whereas darts and snooker do. Some definitions require an element of competition but that does not need to be direct competition (e.g. things like long jump) and the best climbers are often trying to climb the hardest route, competing both with their own abilities and with others who are also trying to climb hard routes. There is also "Sport" in the huntin' shootin' fishin' sense of undertaking a physical activity for pleasure.
As for the "is climbing a sport" debate then the word "sport" is one of those that has loads of meanings but I think bridge and chess are ruled out because they do not involve any physical skill whereas darts and snooker do. Some definitions require an element of competition but that does not need to be direct competition (e.g. things like long jump) and the best climbers are often trying to climb the hardest route, competing both with their own abilities and with others who are also trying to climb hard routes. There is also "Sport" in the huntin' shootin' fishin' sense of undertaking a physical activity for pleasure.
For those saying if the subject is predominantly the rock/mountain rather than the climber it's a landscape - then you should consider that many action/outdoor sports magazine's regularly use pictures where the actual person being pictured is a tiny part of a dramatic landscape - they are still the subject because the pic wouldn't get used without them being in the picture.
As a football photographer I can envisage a scenario where I took a wide angle photo of a large part of a stadium that I would still consider a 'sports' shot - now if I'm doing a thirty second exposure of the same view of a stadium and photoshopping the hell out of it afterwards - then that's landscape
As a football photographer I can envisage a scenario where I took a wide angle photo of a large part of a stadium that I would still consider a 'sports' shot - now if I'm doing a thirty second exposure of the same view of a stadium and photoshopping the hell out of it afterwards - then that's landscape
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