davidrb wrote:
My new cameras all come with additional batteries and an "L" bracket, absolutely. Don't beat yourself up over the photos you never even tried to shoot, that might be endless. "L" brackets are so practical and useful they should be built-in on pro and pro-sumer models, IMO. If your photography interests lean towards landscapes you are cheating yourself badly by not having and using one.
That is the kind of encouragement I needed, David! I shoot a little bit of everything but lean towards big birds, landscapes and close ups of flowers. Even with Egrets and Herons I frequently end up cropping to a portrait format when it would be better to just shoot it that way. I find myself using a tripod more and more so this seems to make sense for me.