On May 31, 2013, at 09:44 , [email protected] wrote: > Glad to know it's not just me. :-) > > For night shots, portraits, and macros, yeah, you definitely/usually need > a tripod. But it's like, hey, cutting down on my inspiration. Or the > inspiration I get by moving around. I suppose, technically, one could do set > up > shots first, move around all you want to try out angles, then pick a place > and use a tripod there. But that wastes a lot of effort too, if those move > around shots are naturally going to be blurry without a tripod. >
I have one of these stuffed in my bag: http://www.amazon.com/Pedco-UltraPod-Lightweight-Camera-Tripod/dp/B000ANCPNM It's not as stable as a regular tripod, but it's good enough to get your camera strapped to something or set on something so you can aim it correctly. That way you can be spontaneous and you're not lugging around 20 pounds of "maybe I'll need this". Granted - with the K5 and the 16-50, that's a fair amount of weight on this tiny thing so I don't find myself strapping that combo to vertical poles much! Also: I like this shot you did. Great lighting and exposure. Like I think Paul mentioned, I might rotate it a bit to square it up but that's about it. -Charles -- Charles Robinson - [email protected] Minneapolis, MN http://charles.robinsontwins.org http://www.facebook.com/charles.robinson -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
