Originally posted by JinDesu How does he shoot with one arm akimbo?
He was waiting for the next race. I noticed that he and his mate, who also had big glass, held the end of the lens hood when shooting. I tried it later (at another corner) and it certainly helped when I was in monopod mode. Most of the day I used a tripod as I've never been successful with the monopod.
BTW, the "inadequate" comment was tongue in cheek! That pic was a severe crop from the original and I was happy with its quality. He was some distance away.
I did notice that my camera/lens combo was vibrating in the wind and removing the lens hood helped as did removing the BlackRapid strap which was blowing around and hitting the tripod legs causing even more vibration.