Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/01/23
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]It's hard to be invisible and use a tripod. And a tripod does no good if the people in your photo are moving and you're trying to get unposed photos. Tripods aren't good for all kinds of photography, I do use a monopod sometimes - both for the camera and as a hiking stick! Tina On Mon, Jan 23, 2012 at 7:33 AM, Doug Herr <wildlightphoto at earthlink.net>wrote: > Mark Rabiner wrote: > > >I think tripods in a sense free us up more than they do the opposite as > most > >people think. Tripod use is the secret weapon for really great photography > >is my view. > > Try moving a tripod 6 inches to the left in dense brush w/o spooking the > subject. The vast majority of my photos were made using a monopod combined > with a shoulder stock for support. A rotating tripod collar on the lens is > critical to using this support effectively IMHO. > > Doug Herr > Birdman of Sacramento > http://www.wildlightphoto.com > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > -- Tina Manley, ASMP www.tinamanley.com