Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/01/23

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Subject: [Leica] Why we all should buy an Alpa :-)
From: images at comporium.net (Tina Manley)
Date: Mon, 23 Jan 2012 09:01:03 -0500
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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
>
>
>
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-- 
Tina Manley, ASMP
www.tinamanley.com


Replies: Reply from mark at rabinergroup.com (Mark Rabiner) ([Leica] Why we all should buy an Alpa :-))
In reply to: Message from wildlightphoto at earthlink.net (Doug Herr) ([Leica] Why we all should buy an Alpa :-))