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Recommended Travel Friendly Macro Tripod

Started 5 months ago | Questions thread
Bobby2Shots Senior Member • Posts: 1,121
Shooting upside down? Use an "L" bracket.
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EarthMurmurs wrote:

I am an avid fungi photographer. My goal is to take shots as close to ground level as possible, to show a perspective unseen by humans who tower over these small, fascinating organisms.

To achieve this, I have a tripod with the centre column inverted, which allows my camera to be at ground level, and very stable to set up 10-20 shots on manual focus, which are then stacked when I get home.

This does mean operating the camera upside down, which takes some learning. Fortunately my camera has tilting display, so I do my focusing and metering from the screen.

Hello EarthMurmurs,

There's no need to shoot upside-down if you have an L-bracket for your camera. Using the same set-up you're using now,,, with the column inverted,,, just drop the ballhead's top-plate into its' 90* portrait-notch, then attach the side of your L-bracket to the ballheads' quick-release.

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