Tripod for sunny shots?

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Fancy going out soon in this beautiful sunshine, however I would love not to have to take my tripod unless it's going to make decent shots almost impossible!

So can I get away with landscape shots handheld? Not 'get away with' but more, will I get the same quality hand held as I can on my tripod?

Thanks :)

Also I have a Hoya Skylight 1B filter from an old SLR my Grandad gave me, will this be any use when taking landscape pictures? :)
 
If it's sunny you should be able to - if you have a bean bag/gorillapod (I use the latter) they're are really useful and lightweight.

The only problem you will have is if you want to stop down to quite a small aperture (smaller than f/11), you might find that your shutterspeed gets a little too slow for handheld shots (especially at the dusk etc when the light is often at its nicest. Obviously you can compensate with this using a higher iso (though this will start to impact on quality a little)

One tip I can offer is look for natural tripod replacements - rocks, walls, tree stumps - all of them work well and often offer a creative perspective you wouldn't have thought about otherwise.
 
markrichardson said:
If it's sunny you should be able to - if you have a bean bag/gorillapod (I use the latter) they're are really useful and lightweight.

The only problem you will have is if you want to stop down to quite a small aperture (smaller than f/11), you might find that your shutterspeed gets a little too slow for handheld shots (especially at the dusk etc when the light is often at its nicest. Obviously you can compensate with this using a higher iso (though this will start to impact on quality a little)

One tip I can offer is look for natural tripod replacements - rocks, walls, tree stumps - all of them work well and often offer a creative perspective you wouldn't have thought about otherwise.
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Excellent thanks very much. Yeah I was thinking about using this to act as a tripod to, as you say, gain a perspective I wouldn't have otherwhys had.
Thanks very much for your time to reply :):)
 
As a rule of thumb, if your shutter speed is 1/focal length then you can hand hold.
Scenic shots in bright sunlight won't be a problem at f11.
 
Is it fair to say that its nightime that tripods are usually essential?
 
Thanks for the replies guys, I went out and had a few snaps, got a couple of half decent photos (nothing like I wanted, rubbish set if I'm honest..)
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Will be going out again soon properly, didn't really like any from today... They were the pick of the poor bunch.
 
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As a rule of thumb, if your shutter speed is 1/focal length then you can hand hold.
Scenic shots in bright sunlight won't be a problem at f11.
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dont forget to use your crop ratio for that rule to
 
Those photos are lovely! I particularly like the one where the plane made it into the shot too.
 
As a compromise a monopod can help steady you. An old dodge is to tie a piece of string round the lens with the other end on your foot, pull it up to keep it in tension, that helps to stabilse things as well, also fits in your pocket :D
 
Personally I like the first one, what is it you don't like about it?
 
RJL2005 said:
Personally I like the first one, what is it you don't like about it?
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Thankyou. I don't really know and can't pin point what is is I dislike... I think it might be the lack of real subject, and the fact there is no "wow" factor to it :cuckoo::thinking:
 
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