Tripods - Overland Travel & Transit

South America : Africa : Asia : Middle East

Grabbing snap captures of any moving subject using a tripod gives great results with most shots 100% in focus. Solo overland travel transiting through any continent is a mission in itself with the amount of baggage one has to lug around. Personally, my tripod is the first item packed and ready for any travel. In the past before using tripods, many images taken of moving subjects were often soft, or out of focus because of not using a tripod. The image captures below show a moving subject with each image capture in focus and level. The images were taken with the photo-gear above.

If you're like me, and want tack sharp images 99% of the time, a reliable lite-weight tripod and tripod head is recommended. There's always a spot to set up tripods in the middle of bustling cities, or inside vegetable markets, and bazaars. As they saying goes - location is everything. Capturing distant wildlife without using a tripod is difficult, walking around through any wildlife sanctuary carrying the weight of a 2-3 kg lens and body all day becomes slave labor. In general, most wildlife subjects will remain at certain locations if there's ample feed and water. Using tripods will not only ensure tack sharp image captures, but save the arm muscles to last through a full days shoot.