Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/12/21
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Mark Rabiner wrote: >But let me tell you lots of fashion photography gets done with a tripod. Likewise, lots of wildlife photography gets done with a tripod. Probably the vast majority. However I find that with greater mobility it's easier to get the backgrounds & foregrounds I want, to take best advantage of the lighting and the animal's habits, and to take advantage of other unexpected fleeting moments, like http://www.wildlightphoto.com/birds/anatidae/cago01.html (technically the camera was "on a tripod" but I had picked the whole thing up to pan with the geese) Most of the time I don't have human observers, however during my recent sessions with captive raptors there were several. One (also a photographer) observed my use of the shoulder stock/monopod rig and remarked at the greater mobility, and how this allowed me to quickly change backgrounds and perspective, and to move around left right up & down at will as the birds and their handlers turned stood sat and whatever else fidgety people and birds do. Makes a HUGE difference to me. Doug Herr Birdman of Sacramento http://www.wildlightphoto.com