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 p.3 #2 · Canon Ef 200-400F4L IS Release Date | |
PetKal wrote:
Jerry, shooting handheld is not done for fun, but for increased effectiveness. However, there is a break point as setups become longer and heavier......the difficulty of heavy lens control (and associated strain) eventually start to diminish capture effectiveness, let alone the fun of it.
Fully understood, as I'm sure you've guessed, my photography changed significantly and does as I age, reality is and you adjust. No more climbing/hiking about for flora, the perfect light at sun up or down...an extreme example but not much different if this ex surfer could still surf, the wedge in winter would be a not-that-much-fun and more-of-a-pain...and ever perhaps avoidable injury.
I've often thought, discussed this with others with my type/level of injury, that my loss was instant and although horrific, some what easier to manage physcologically. That may sound odd, could be just my internal take on life, but as I've worked thru this, most things have gotten much better since that initial low. There's no choice, this injury didn't give me the luxuy/agony of enduring a drawn out progressive illness...it's permanent, ain't gettin no worse there still be still fingers n legs 
When it comes to photography there is still enough left to enjoy shooting, under my own power and that is a most valued blessing. My internship with my dad; refurbishing cars/bikes, and architecture design background, helps me adapt. After much re-design, failures, re-design, some lost funds, the last piece of my chair support is on order. If I've calculated correctly, a 1D body and a 500/600mm could be mounted/used...not sure how successfully, but it should be possible. This bodes well for a lesser weight kit as well and that 400 f5.6L is looking quite doable...gimbal heads even work mounted near your lap 
The last part in question is a DSLR Slider/rail system, just had to find one with the correct dimensions. It solves several issues for stills and video. Those big whites don't have to be purchased to use, just rent and enjoy some big time EOS fun without the need to walk or 
Shoot until those big guns can no longer safely carry/shoot with those big guns...your imagery is what survives, displays your mastery, memories and our continued desires/passions sustain and push us help us adapt for even greater creativity....okay they force us as well
Your BIF shots, others, have inspired a flower shooter to push again...Thank You.
PS. This is the slider I found, I'm waiting on it and my wheels to get here from repairs...too much time to write me thinks.
http://www.amazon.com/Flashpoint-SLR-Slider-60cm/dp/B008THP7WC/ref=wl_it_dp_o_pC_S_nC?ie=UTF8&colid=TLSTRVD65FFE&coliid=IC3QUWQUXWY5T
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