Great imagination here. #2 and 3 are my favorites I think.
You have your camera hanging upside down? I tried that once, man my neck sure hurt afterwards trying to twist and turn to see everything upside down...
Jim
Thank you Jim. I\'ve done this a lot and you learn to operate your camera upside. Thank goodness for live view. When possible I get down and use the view finder though. The advantage is I can get closer to the ground this way than laying the tripod legs flat out.
jek-wy wrote:
Beautiful - I love them and really appreciate the background information! Your efforts really paid off and what a great day with your new tripod!
Your setup shot brings to mind a question I\'ve wondered about. Obviously stability in your shots is not in question! Is it better to have the wide legs with two sections or to collapse the tripod down to one section (maybe that would eliminate room to weight down the tripod)? Great Work - Thanks for sharing!
Jim
Thank you Jim. It boils down to a few things for me. One being I use a center column as I also use this tripod for my real estate shoots and the ability to quickly change the height of my camera is essential. The downfall is I have a tripod with a center column so that means laying the tripod flat on the ground is not an option unless my center column is extended fully. But it is quick to flip the column upside down and allows me to get lower than without a column installed. I just have to use my camera upside down though. Another advantage to this setup is less damage to the tripod as the legs are not laying on debris or rocks. I like to work quickly as I hate wasting precious time when light is peaking. For that reason I also bought a leveling base for my panoramic work. Now I just get the tripod close to level and a quick adjustment of the leveling base and I am ready to make panoramas. No more cursing up a storm trying g to get level on rocks and uneven surfaces.
Alan Brock wrote:
#1 for me is the best. The strong side lighting makes the image.
#5 is good with the leading line but looks like you clipped the top of the tripod; may want to work on that...
Thanks Alan. My wide angle lens for my BlackBerry was at home.
aFeinberg wrote
1st one for sure. w/o that bts shot i would have guessed a much larger tree. very cool. 5min will do wonders eh?
aF
Thank you Aaron. Yes love the long exposures but don\'t try them often enough. This time I set out with that goal in mind and actually stuck to it.
ckcarr wrote:
Great Scott!
(or, Egad!, in old timey language!)
Excellent, although I\'m partial to number two (using my down and dirty quick look technique). I think it\'s the sky and color of the sea.
Thank you Craig. #1 was taken a couple hours before sunset and the second was taken when the golden light started. Which is why the colours are different.
Great imagination here. #2 and 3 are my favorites I think.
You have your camera hanging upside down? I tried that once, man my neck sure hurt afterwards trying to twist and turn to see everything upside down...
Jim
Thank you Jim. I\'ve done this a lot and you learn to operate your camera upside. Thank goodness for live view. When possible I get down and use the view finder though. The advantage is I can get closer to the ground this way than laying the tripod legs flat out.
jek-wy wrote:
Beautiful - I love them and really appreciate the background information! Your efforts really paid off and what a great day with your new tripod!
Your setup shot brings to mind a question I\'ve wondered about. Obviously stability in your shots is not in question! Is it better to have the wide legs with two sections or to collapse the tripod down to one section (maybe that would eliminate room to weight down the tripod)? Great Work - Thanks for sharing!
Jim
Thank you Jim. It boils down to a few things for me. One being I used a center column as I also used thus tripod for my real estate shoots and the ability to quickly change the height of my camera is essential. The downfall is I have a tripod with a center column so that means laying the tripod flat on the ground is not an option unless my center column is extended fully. But it is quick to flip the column upside down and allows me to get lower than without a column installed. I just have to use my camera upside down though. Another advantage to this setup is less damage to the tripod as the legs are not laying on debris or rocks. I like to work quickly as I hate wasting precious time when light is peaking. For that reason I also bought a leveling base for my panoramic work. Now I just get the tripod close to level and a quick adjustment of the leveling base and I am ready to make panoramas. No more cursing up a storm trying g to get level on rocks and uneven surfaces.
Alan Brock wrote:
#1 for me is the best. The strong side lighting makes the image.
#5 is good with the leading line but looks like you clipped the top of the tripod; may want to work on that...
Thanks Alan. My wide angle lens for my BlackBerry was at home.
aFeinberg wrote
1st one for sure. w/o that bts shot i would have guessed a much larger tree. very cool. 5min will do wonders eh?
aF
Thank you Aaron. Yes love the long exposures but don\'t try them often enough. This time I set out with that goal in mind and actually stuck to it.
ckcarr wrote:
Great Scott!
(or, Egad!, in old timey language!)
Excellent, although I\'m partial to number two (using my down and dirty quick look technique). I think it\'s the sky and color of the sea.
Thank you Craig. #1 was taken a couple hours before sunset and the second was taken when the golden light started. Which is why the colours are different.
Great imagination here. #2 and 3 are my favorites I think.
You have your camera hanging upside down? I tried that once, man my neck sure hurt afterwards trying to twist and turn to see everything upside down...
Jim
Thank you Jim. I\'ve done this a lot and you learn to operate your camera upside. Thank goodness for live view. When possible I get down and use the view finder though. The advantage is I can get closer to the ground this way than laying the tripod legs flat out.
jek-wy wrote:
Beautiful - I love them and really appreciate the background information! Your efforts really paid off and what a great day with your new tripod!
Your setup shot brings to mind a question I\'ve wondered about. Obviously stability in your shots is not in question! Is it better to have the wide legs with two sections or to collapse the tripod down to one section (maybe that would eliminate room to weight down the tripod)? Great Work - Thanks for sharing!
Jim
Thank you Jim. It books down to a few things for me. One being I used a center column as I also used thus tripod for my real estate shoots and the ability to quickly change the height of my camera is essential. The downfall is I have a tripod with a center column so that means laying the tripod flat on the ground is not an option unless my center column is extended fully. But it is quick to flip the column upside down and allows me to get lower than without a column installed. I just have to use my camera upside down though. Another advantage to this setup is less damage to the tripod as the legs are not laying on debris or rocks. I like to work quickly as I hate wasting precious time when light is peaking. For that reason I also bought a leveling base for my panoramic work. Now I just get the tripod close to level and a quick adjustment of the leveling base and I am ready to make panoramas. No more cursing up a storm trying g to get level on rocks and uneven surfaces.
Alan Brock wrote:
#1 for me is the best. The strong side lighting makes the image.
#5 is good with the leading line but looks like you clipped the top of the tripod; may want to work on that...
Thanks Alan. My wide angle lens for my BlackBerry was at home.
aFeinberg wrote
1st one for sure. w/o that bts shot i would have guessed a much larger tree. very cool. 5min will do wonders eh?
aF
Thank you Aaron. Yes love the long exposures but don\'t try them often enough. This time I set out with that goal in mind and actually stuck to it.
ckcarr wrote:
Great Scott!
(or, Egad!, in old timey language!)
Excellent, although I\'m partial to number two (using my down and dirty quick look technique). I think it\'s the sky and color of the sea.
Thank you Craig. #1 was taken a couple hours before sunset and the second was taken when the golden light started. Which is why the colours are different.
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