[at-l] Weary's one-stick post

[jbullar1 at twcny.rr.com (Jim Bullard)]

At 09:30 PM 9/25/2004 -0400, Slyatpct@aol.com wrote:
>In a message dated 9/24/2004 9:31:55 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
>ellen@clinic.net writes:
>
> > That works reasonably well when one is taking scenics. Less well when
> > photographing flowers, salamanders, centipedes, fungi and the like.
> >
>
>If you're INTO taking photos drop the stupid stick if it's in the way and
>pick it up when you're finished.  Geez, you'd think we were talking rocket
>science.
>
>Am I missing something?
>
>Sly

If his knees are like mine, he'll need the stick to get back up after 
photographing little things on the ground. :) BTW - A collapsible stick is 
good for shooting close to the ground where the light is often dim in the 
woods and shaky photos are likely to reveal an unsteady hand and/or stance. 
I bought a mini ball head <http://tinyurl.com/5hzco> to put on my 
EMS/Komperdell which is 3 sections and collapses down to 29" including the 
ball head. With it I can tilt the camera any way I want. I made a 
sleeve  from a piece of rubber tubing to slip over the ball head when I 
take the camera off and put the cork knob back on so that the ball head 
stays clean and straight when not in use. RE: one stick VS two - One is 
enough for me. The only place I can envision needing 2 is fording swift 
water. I can always pick up a second one when needed courtesy of Mother 
Nature and leave it on the other bank for others to use. YMMV