+1. The make fun of the GWAC has run its course here. We have seen them all. What happens with posts like these unfortunately, is that an OP will put up a shot in good spirit, which it this one is, but then everyone and their uncle will chime in taking cheap shots at the guy and I dunno... just comes across as our profession as being arrogant, whiney, unprofessional, and obnoxious. I know that's not the intent, but with everyone having a chance to put in their two cents, it can become that, and unfortunately, the OP takes the brunt of it for initially posting it in the first place.
Didn't mean to offend anyone nor was I trying to be obnoxious about the kid doing what he was doing. I just found it amusing. To those of you that took offense, I apologize. To those who didn't share my amusement...well I guess a sense of humor doesn't work the same for everyone. And Trenchmonkey, that was hillarious!
Chris....normally this isn't a good practice for what Paul and Randy alluded to. I shoot quite a bit of wrestling and whether they be relatives or students capturing video for a senior project or the school, I notice this technique a lot. Sometimes the gyms are so tight....and especially during tournaments, there is no where to put the wrestlers and they are sometimes 3 and 4 deep on the edges of the mat. That means sometimes these people have no other choice but to lift their rigs up for a bit to get an unobstructed view.
On the other end of the spectrum....I've actually done what Will posted. Not on a chair and not with the pod fully extended.....but when I shoot Little League and I want some tight face shots of the catcher between warm up's....I'll get down low and turn the pod up like that fellow rather than disconnect it. The umps give me the latitude to go onto the field so I try to work fast not to slow things up.
Frank Lauri wrote:
Chris....normally this isn't a good practice for what Paul and Randy alluded to. I shoot quite a bit of wrestling and whether they be relatives or students capturing video for a senior project or the school, I notice this technique a lot. Sometimes the gyms are so tight....and especially during tournaments, there is no where to put the wrestlers and they are sometimes 3 and 4 deep on the edges of the mat. That means sometimes these people have no other choice but to lift their rigs up for a bit to get an unobstructed view.
On the other end of the spectrum....I've actually done what Will posted. Not on a chair and not with the pod fully extended.....but when I shoot Little League and I want some tight face shots of the catcher between warm up's....I'll get down low and turn the pod up like that fellow rather than disconnect it. The umps give me the latitude to go onto the field so I try to work fast not to slow things up.
Frank doesn't your collar rotate on the lens? I just loosen up the collar if locked and rotate the camera. Seems that would be much easier then holding the monopod out.
I keep mine loose all the time so I can switch quickly between landscape and portrait mode.
