@bestlight · 2mo ago
Went to shoot the Rain Vortex at the evening light show. The page says handheld works because the floors vibrate, and I did not really understand that until I put a tripod down and got worse results than holding the camera. For anyone else confused: a tripod on a floor that is moving just transmits the movement. Your hands actually damp it. Completely backwards from everywhere else and I wish I had understood it before carrying the tripod out there.
Correct, and it is the same at any mall or airport with a suspended floor. Anywhere thousands of people are walking, the structure is moving. Shoot from Level 1 for scale with people in frame. Bump ISO, accept the noise, keep the shutter above 1/60.
I work nights near there. If you can get in on a weekday just before closing the crowd thins right out and the floor genuinely settles. Different building after about 10pm.