Cotty gave me some advice on holding big lenses including: "Shooting handheld with long glass, if you can, always brace against something static like a lamp post or jumbo jet or nuclear flask etc. If standing free, spread feet apart, draw elbows in to the waist/chest, hold breath at point of exposure."
If you look at the other pics that frank took of me shooting the deer, (there is like 3 or 4 of them i think), you will notice that that is just what I am doing. I braced against the little lean-to thingy to steady myself and support the lens. Didn't help the pics much though, they still sucked. lol. "...or (of course) use a lens with IS....." I'm close Cotty, so very, very close... tan.
