I carry a tripod with me on most occasions.  Usually, it's meant to take a panorama or HDR shots while I am out hiking. It's one of the light tripods so it's not a burden at all to carry it around.  I would have to say that every time that I hike, I take my tripod along.

The one thing that strikes me in the past few months is that I generally don't use the tripod to take shots of myself.  It's a simple thing to do.  Put my camera on my tripod.  Takes a second to unfold the legs.  Autofocus, then set on manual.  Set up the self-timer.

Recently, I decided to take a few more shots of myself using my tripod. This is one of the shots that I really liked while I was taking a whole series of photos at the Oregon Gardens.  It really only took me two seconds to set up.

And, I kind of like it.....

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