Finally figured out the elbow trick for shaky night shots

I've been taking blurry photos of the moon and city lights for like 2 years. Tried tripods but I'm always hiking and don't want to carry one. Last week I was messing around at sunset near my local park and remembered someone on here saying to tuck your elbows into your ribs like you're hugging yourself. I did that and braced against a tree. First shot came out crystal clear. I guess I was always holding my arms out like a dork. Has anyone else had that dumb moment where it was just your stance the whole time?

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nelson.gavin2d ago

Two years of blurry shots over a stance thing, lmao.

ryanh772d ago

Totally feel you on this one @nelson.gavin. I've been shooting for almost a decade now and watching someone dig in their heels over something that minor is just exhausting. It's one thing to have a preference, but making it a hill to die on while the actual craft suffers is a joke. Been there with a buddy who refused to shoot anything except at f/2.8 even in bright daylight, so half our event photos looked like soft mush. You just gotta laugh at the stubbornness sometimes.