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Recommended Travel Friendly Macro Tripod

Started 5 months ago | Questions thread
richj20 Forum Pro • Posts: 10,181
Re: Photographing low to the ground

EarthMurmurs wrote:

richj20 wrote:

EarthMurmurs wrote:

The VariZoom VZTP760 has two center columns: one is 3", the other 12".

Thanks for the suggestion The image you shared.... isn't positioning the camera anywhere near low enough for the shots I go for. With my inverted column method, I can have the camera body suspended 1/2 inch from the earth. There's no gains for me using a tripod like the one you shared, if that's the lowest to the ground it can go. I do not want to be pointing down to the subject, I want to be level with it where possible.

I have actually considered buying a second identical tripod to the one I own I use, and completely sawing off the centre column, but haven't bothered, for the reasons outlined above.

OK, I understand your situation. I normally don't need to position the camera that low.

However, here is a contraption I made for use in my garden. I use it to photograph newly emerging plants with the camera on the ground.

I affixed a tripod mounting plate to a 8x10 matte board:

I made a few shims to level or raise the board as necessary.

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