Re: [OM] Macro shots

[gwsears]

I use a Bogan Super Clamp (B&H Catalog # BO2909), along with a Bogen Dbl  ball joint HD w/camera platform/QR, (B&H Catalog # BO2916QR).  This setup  will clamp on most anything. I clamp it to the leg of my tripod most of the time.  Works really well.
GeoW


On 18 Apr 2001, at 17:07, Scott Gomez wrote:

> OK, I'm playing around with macro shots (its time to take a stab at
> the TOPE) and besides the fact that getting enough light on a given
> subject is a major exercise in and of itself, I can deal with it. I've
> run into something else that's making me crazy.
> 
> How do those of you that shoot a fair amount of macro cope with
> getting a 'stable platform'? While I can see that for static
> items--like coins, household objects and the like--it would not be all
> that difficult, pictures 'out & about' are a challenge.
> 
> I've got a tripod (not the best, I'll admit, it's only a Slik) but
> mounting the camera on the tube beneath it isn't all that useful, as
> then everything is upside down. Not to mention that changing positions
> much at all means moving the whole blasted assembly around.
> 
> Anybody have a more creative solution for getting down close to the
> ground (preferably with the camera body right side up)?
> 
> ---
> Scott Gomez
> 


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