I think you either hate or love tripods... I hate tripods from the bottom of my heart . I might get a monopod someday but that's about the furthest I will go (probably have to take this back oneday...)

That's the reason why I've been saving up for a telezoom lens with image stabilizer, so no need for tripods . My lens should arrive tomorrow - hopefully not too late on the day so I can go out while the weather's still nice. There are these deer in the park (surrounded by fences!) across the road from our house and a male one with a huge antlers that's been begging for photographs for weeks everytime I ran past it. So yeah - hopefully tomorrow.