blackest Loc: Ireland

Hi
It wasn't the greatest day for photography, but i wanted to test a new rig with the idea of getting very low to the ground maybe too low
maybe i'm on the smallest scale

waiting for spring

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Linda From Maine Loc: Yakima, Washington

It works for me. A perspective most of us either never think of or can't get to The fresh green shoots against the dead remains of winter - a hopeful message.

blackest Loc: Ireland

it wasn't so hard i recently bought a cheap travel tripod with a reversible centre column (it weighs around 3 pounds), using a 200mm nodal rail which I was delighted to find is arca swiss in 2 orientations ( it can be clamped upside down a few more bits to make a column at one end and a flash bracket had my camera right way up in a sort of C hanging from the ball head i used the other end of the column to mount a field monitor and i used that screen to focus and adjust. A 2 second delay and it worked well. Prior to this i would have been lying down in wet grass

Longshadow Loc: Audubon, PA, United States

Cool.

UTMike Loc: South Jordan, UT

Creative (photo and tripod)!

pquiggle Loc: Monterey Bay California

"Prior to this i would have been lying down in wet grass."

Done that many times.

I like the image a lot and that low angle is so good for so many close ups. A different angle that missed the out of focus diagonals behind the subject would be nice, if that were even possible.

RichardTaylor Loc: Sydney, Australia

For me low is good, as is your photograph..

Blenheim Orange Loc: Michigan

Thanks for sharing your method. I am still in the "prior to this" phase, and I am often down in the wet grass. I have the tripod and flash bracket for this - everything but the field screen. What are you using for that and how do you set it up?

I like the image a lot.

Mike

blackest Loc: Ireland

I recently picked up a field monitor an andycine A6

https://www.amazon.com/ANDYCINE-A6-Monitor-1920x1080-Gimbals/dp/B077FNHBVF

I bought it used for about $80 there are cheaper field monitors but they have less resolution or less features. I took advantage of the fact my tripod has a 3/8ths thread at the bottom of the centre column so the bracket for the field monitor was screwed to that via a 3/8th to 1/4 male to male adapter. rather than being held in the hot shoe of the camera. it was about 2 and a half feet above the ground. Alternatively it could have been held by a "magic arm" clamped to the tripod it's very light weight so it wouldn't really affect the stability of the tripod.
My camera has a micro hdmi port which was connected by a hdmi cable to the hdmi port of the monitor, there is a small delay but it's not an issue, i just manually adjusted focus until i could see the focus peaking on the field monitor.

There is a more professional standard called SDI which is similar to hdmi but has less lag, however it's not commonly available in most consumer cameras. More expensive field monitors have more features such as time code recording the hdmi output passing out the hdmi output. But this is way beyond whats needed to take photographs and keep out the wet grass.

Another option might be a phone or tablet app and some form of tethering wired wireless or bluetooth, but my experience of this hasn't been very good. My ipad has the 'camera connection kit' so it may be possible to use a usb cable provided i can mount the ipad I do have a bracket with a 1/4 20 thread for iPad ( i have it on a light stand for piano lessons).

This photo was handheld using the back screen of the camera flipped to horizontal, it would have been easier with my rig.

Snow

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jaymatt Loc: Alexandria, Indiana

I like it--nice work. I’m envious of you who can do these kinds of low photos because if I get down that low, I'm stuck until someone comes along and helps me up.

northman Loc: Northern Minnesota

I took this one at a small water fall close to where I live in Northern Minnesota. I'm on my belly on a rock with the lens and camera underneath a fallen log. The water is almost at the same level as the camera. The water area is about 4 feet across. I call these "smallscapes." They are all over once you train your eye to see them.

AzPicLady Loc: Behind the camera!

I really like this - and your point of view. I do that frequently with young plants.

camerapapi Loc: Miami, Fl.

Looks good to me. Always interesting to shoot from a different angle.

blackest Loc: Ireland

It was one of the reasons i bought the travel tripod although it can go to the usual 5 - 6 foot high it is better used at waist level, most photos seem to get taken around 6 foot of the ground. At waist high its more of a childs point of view which for most of us was a long time ago, and hopefully makes the famiiar a little unfamiliar.

northman Loc: Northern Minnesota

I like the lower perspective and use it a lot. Below waste or even close to ground.