I used to use a similar technique of something sticking up from the ground. I have a particular thing that I can carry with me. To increase stabilisation, the thing I have that sticks up from the ground has three legs. You can call it a tripod, if you like.
Now that I use my Pentax Q and 03 Fish-Eye lens as the panorama rig (that can fit in a coat pocket), I just hold it up above a notional point on the ground — no dangling string waving about in the wind, and no thing to carry around. Just imagine you have a connecting thing from camera to ground. An imaginpod. On 4 August 2013 02:05, Gnome Nomad <[email protected]> wrote: > On 08/03/2013 01:04 PM, John Eklund wrote: > >> I once came up with what I called the "inverse philopod". You may call >> it the Johnpod if you want. :) >> >> Instead of something hanging from the lens, you can use something >> sticking up from the ground. A branch or stick or whatever you can find >> on the scene, provided it is tall enough. Hold the camera just above the >> stick without touching it and shoot as needed. >> >> It's easy to stick something in the ground if you shoot on grass or >> soil. In the asphalt jungle that won't work so I leave it to the reader >> to be creative... I once used a piece of rebar sticking up in the ruins >> of a half-demolished building I wanted to capture close-up. >> > > A friend of ours has a cane designed to stand upright when you're not > holding it. Works fine on solid level surfaces. > > -- > David W. Jones > [email protected] > wandering the landscape of god > http://dancingtreefrog.com > http://www.clanjones.org/**david/ <http://www.clanjones.org/david/> > http://dancing-treefrog.**deviantart.com/<http://dancing-treefrog.deviantart.com/> > http://www.cafepress.com/**otherend/ <http://www.cafepress.com/otherend/> > > > -- > A list of frequently asked questions is available at: > http://wiki.panotools.org/**Hugin_FAQ<http://wiki.panotools.org/Hugin_FAQ> > --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "hugin and other free panoramic software" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to > hugin-ptx+unsubscribe@**googlegroups.com<hugin-ptx%[email protected]> > . > To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/** > msgid/hugin-ptx/51FDA8CC.**8040001%40gmail.com<https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/hugin-ptx/51FDA8CC.8040001%40gmail.com> > . > > For more options, visit > https://groups.google.com/**groups/opt_out<https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out> > . > > > -- *Ian Tindale* -- A list of frequently asked questions is available at: http://wiki.panotools.org/Hugin_FAQ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "hugin and other free panoramic software" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/hugin-ptx/CAMHi7%3Du_%3DKj1--U3s0aTao-keNLf%3DT70w%3DMGP4oToncaCZhDWQ%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
