Made it to Downtown Dover, NH today with the tripod. I basically had the entire park to myself since it was still covered in about 6" of snow. I got to use the tripod in a funky way today too, for my second series of shots (which really didn't do it for me back here during PP), I had to collapse two legs to allow them to rest on the brick wall beside the river. This put the camera in the correct position to shoot over the wall, down to the falls. Had I been feeling a bit more daring, I'd have moved the center column to the horizontal position and extended it over the wall. Once I get my quick release plates AND a bit more confidence, I will probably do that. No way I'm extending my 40D over a 25' drop to water covered granite on my first outdoor try!

I also got to use the remote timer cable again, though only to trip the shutter. Today would have been a great day to remember to pack my ND filter! In the shade at ISO 16, the slowest shutter speed was 1/8!!

I liked this preset, it began with a color IR preset, I tweaked it a bit from there. I like how it brought out the red, giving it a real nice lighting effect.

So far I believe the only thing missing from my tripod setup (save for the Quick Release Mount and Plates) is the retractable spiked feet. The cheesy rubber feet that comes with the 055MF3 are not gonna cut it outdoors.