lensmaster Loc: Chicago

your comment regarding MONOPODS being banned is incorrect. Watch any NFL game and you will see photographers using long glass with monopods.

I've photographed high school sports for many years, my GO-TO lens is the Nikkor 300mm2.8 mounted on a heavy duty monopod and I've never been questioned or asked to leave the field. Never.

cjc2 Loc: Hellertown PA

Without you using "Quote Reply" we have no idea who you are answering! I've photographed Pro, College and HS Sports and never hear a negative word about a monopod. For most of these events, a Tripod is just not allowed. Best of luck.

hrblaine

I switched to 35mm so I wouldn't need to carry other stuff sround (like tripods and monopods). For god's sake man, up your shutter speed to a 125th or more. When shooting dance, I found that speed would stop everything but a rapidly swinging hand or foot. It stopped jumps and runs for example. Harry

Stonewall Loc: Pocono Mountains

Check out this video from Ron Bielefeld ~ Whistling Wings Photography.com

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GdI2jzxoNJQ

I have tried this system and feel it is highly worth your time to watch!

E.L.. Shapiro Loc: Ottawa, Ontario Canada

The way I see it, PERSONALLY, is that if you tell someone their image is great when it is not, just to be polite or friendly when you know better, you are doing them a disservice. You are not helping them! It is best, to tell the truth, and if I submit an image for critique, I expect the truth as well. You gotta take the good and the bad- it's all a learning experience.

I emphasized the word "personally" because I believe that serious critiquing should be honest and helpful. It is especially important to me on a professional level, especially where teaching is concerned. I can not, however, foist the opinion on everyone. les and some traditions but it is not a school, I am not a teacher or restructure here, I am not mentoring anyone online, etc. so I will only offer critiques if asked to do so.

I have seen some serious misinformation go down on this forum but I am reluctant to step in and argue simply because experience has taught me that, on this forum, all that leads to is endless what the kids used to call "flame-wars" and personal attacks. I will, however, intervene if some suggest that is OK to use a Speedlight in the bathtub or swimming pool or that it's perfectly advisable to drink Potassium Ferrocyanide to prevent Covid-19. Otherwise, I give most folks the benefit of the doubt and assume they are intelligent and able to separate the wheat from the chaff.

I gotta agree with Gene- If you stop learning and challenge yourself to be better- bad things will happen to your brain!

jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

A monopod can move more than a tripod but less than a human. Three legs are better than two. Keep practicing. Experiment with shutter speed and ISO.

hrblaine

Nope: "Four legs good, two legs bad!" (Orwell) Harry

lowkick Loc: Connecticut

First, be cognizant of the fact that a monopod gives you vertical stabilization, but not horizontal stabilization. It does help horizontally, especially if you are mindful of the fact that it may be harder to hold the camera still horizontally on a monopod than if you were hand holding. That being said, there are things that you can do to help. For shooting still objects, I try to hold the monopod up against something like a fence, a bolder or anything you can find to keep it from swaying. If you are sitting, brace the monopod against the inside of your leg, or against whatever you are sitting on. If you have a strap around your neck, you might be able to hold the camera steady by putting tension on it. If you are shooting fast moving subjects, your camera or lens stabilization and shutter speed should compensate for the swaying. Some lenses have stabilization settings for horizontal or vertical movement. Practice to see what works best for you.

Photolady2014 Loc: Southwest Colorado

I’m going to have to try that! Thanks!