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The dynamic response of thin metal plates to blast loading is a fundamental problem in protective structural design, traditionally investigated through DIC. Although it provides full-field displacement measurements with high spatial resolution, it requires stereo camera arrangements, controlled illumination, speckle pattern preparation, and elaborate calibration procedures that significantly increase experimental cost and complexity. This study introduces a monocular optical method applicable to axisymmetrically defined material testing applications, such as the response of circularly supported isotropic plates under a uniform impulsive load, to recover the transient out-of-plane displacement field without using DIC. Clamped circular aluminum plates are subjected to blast loading generated by PG-3 charges of variable mass detonated at the closed end of a shock tube, with the exposed face matching the tube cross-section so as to enforce axisymmetric pressure load. A diametral reference line marked on the rear face of each specimen was recorded by a single high-speed camera, and a perspective correction derived from the axisymmetric deformed geometry was then applied to reconstruct the time-resolved displacement profile along the diameter. The permanent post-test deformed shape of each plate was subsequently digitized through 3D scanning and used as ground truth to validate the optical reconstruction. The reconstructed profiles closely matched the scans: for the conventional responses the root-mean-square error was 1.251 mm with a normalized mean residual of 6.57% (Case A) and 1.793 mm (9.20%, Case B), while for the anomalous counterintuitive response it was 1.043 mm (14.93%, Case C). 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