What should I pay attention to when shooting with a tripod in winter?

Lead: For landscape photographers, winter is by no means the season of hiding at home to keep warm, but to make full use of this rare opportunity to shoot beautiful scenery that is difficult to meet in other seasons.

What should I pay attention to when shooting with a tripod in winter? In cold weather, some special matters should be paid attention to when using tripod:

1. Non-slip

In winter, you should pay special attention to the ground trampled by ice and snow. Is it difficult to nail ordinary feet to the ice? Stop? At this time, you can cut a small hole in the ice, and then insert a foot nail in the small hole to stabilize it.

Prevent snow

On the ground with thick snow, you can install snow fields for your feet. The kind you often see on ski poles or trekking poles.

Step 3: Wind protection

In winter, the wind is not only strong, but also biting. On the one hand, we should pay attention to adding a counterweight to the tripod, such as hanging a camera bag at the lower end of the central shaft (but it will be counterproductive if the camera bag is blown by the wind); On the other hand, we should also pay attention to do a good job of wind and warmth for ourselves.

4. Moisture-proof

When the tripod covered with snow enters a higher temperature, the snow will melt into water. The tripod should be dried or dried in time to prevent water droplets from gathering at all joints, especially the tripod head.

keep out the cold

In winter, metal tripods can be very cold outdoors. Avoid direct contact and unarmed operation, and wear effective warm gloves. Nowadays tripods are generally equipped with sponge sleeves, which can be held in winter.

6. Others

Low temperature will affect metals and lubricants. A cheap tripod that is not too hard in quality may not work properly at extremely low temperatures. Such as cold shrinkage and embrittlement of metals or solidification of lubricating oil. If the tripod is found to be abnormal, it should be stopped immediately to avoid damaging other photographic equipment.