In article
, Dave
Hill writes

Strange that no one has mentioned a Mono Pod, a lot less to lug
around.
David Hill


Is that you on one leg David or an actual piece of equipment. Where or
how would you balance it so that the camera didn't tip it over?
I agree about having a remote control so you can photograph birds etc. I
was once going to photograph my red oak every month from the same
position. If I had had a tripod I could have left the tripod there and
just attached the camera. I never seemed to get the same angle. I have
seen a picture like that with an oak tree in a field taken every month
throughout a year. Sean Walters has it in his checkout shed at his Plant
Specialist nursery, it's very effective. Be nice to do one with the
garden.
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Janet Tweedy
Dalmatian Telegraph
http://www.lancedal.demon.co.uk