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Originally Posted by helloadit
By the way, how do you spot when the 'key elements' of the event are actually there in front of your eyes and avoid skipping the best of the event's moments?
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Anticipation. See the possibility
before it happens. You wait until it happens, and you'll probably have missed the shot. Continuous burst shooting can help, but only up to a certain point. You pretty much need to be within the second.
I shoot birds in flight a lot. After that, event timing is a breeze.
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And how important is the use of a tripod in this kind of situation?
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Not much unless you're using a very long lens. Remember that a tripod/monopod/IS just lets you use a slower shutter speed without adding camera shake blur. It doesn't do anything to help you freeze subjection motion--for that you need a faster shutter speed.