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Hidden Falls near Auburn California.

The picture looks serene but it is by far the most dangerous and athletic picture I've ever taken. I stuck to the side of a cliff like Spiderman on a narrow ledge. Only two legs of the tripod would go on said ledge so I had to use my belt to tie the tripod off to myself so my camera wouldn't fall into the void.

In order to frame the shot I had to lean out hanging on to a (sturdy) tree root to get my eye to the eyepiece, all the while in a taxing half crouch.

Everything was made worse when I couldn't get the sunlit area to not overexpose so I had to use a graduated ND filter. I don't have any way to affix the filter to front of my lens; I usually just hold it there. The hand I usually use to do that had to hang on to the tree root so that was out. I was about to give up when I remembered that my camera has a timer. So I set it to a ten second delay, dangled out over the abyss to compose my shot, and used my right hand to hold the filter instead of actuate the shutter.

The result isn't earth shattering by any means, but this photo will always have a special place in my heart.

Description
Hidden Falls near Auburn California.

The picture looks serene but it is by far the most dangerous and athletic picture I've ever taken. I stuck to the side of a cliff like Spiderman on a narrow ledge. Only two legs of the tripod would go on said ledge so I had to use my belt to tie the tripod off to myself so my camera wouldn't fall into the void.

In order to frame the shot I had to lean out hanging on to a (sturdy) tree root to get my eye to the eyepiece, all the while in a taxing half crouch.

Everything was made worse when I couldn't get the sunlit area to not overexpose so I had to use a graduated ND filter. I don't have any way to affix the filter to front of my lens; I usually just hold it there. The hand I usually use to do that had to hang on to the tree root so that was out. I was about to give up when I remembered that my camera has a timer. So I set it to a ten second delay, dangled out over the abyss to compose my shot, and used my right hand to hold the filter instead of actuate the shutter.

The result isn't earth shattering by any means, but this photo will always have a special place in my heart.