Ground Pods?

Who here uses a ground pod for their wildlife photography? The reason why I ask is that I am thinking of making my own and was looking for input from others. There are plenty of ones you can buy but they look very easy to make.

Scott Murray said:

Who here uses a ground pod for their wildlife photography? The reason why I ask is that I am thinking of making my own and was looking for input from others. There are plenty of ones you can buy but they look very easy to make.

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Holly heck! I had no idea what you were talking about so I did a quick search. They were charging 99 bucks for a furniture mover disk with a post mounted on it? Man I am in the wrong buisness.

To make one I would just go to a hardware store abd buy a furniture moving kit that contains some of those plastice movers disks. Then just make a bracket and boom. Done.

Deezey said:

Holly heck! I had no idea what you were talking about so I did a quick search. They were charging 99 bucks for a furniture mover disk with a post mounted on it? Man I am in the wrong buisness.

To make one I would just go to a hardware store abd buy a furniture moving kit that contains some of those plastice movers disks. Then just make a bracket and boom. Done.

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I was thinking of making one out of a cheap aluminium frying pan ;-) or some parts that I may be able to source here at work.

Scott Murray said:

I was thinking of making one out of a cheap aluminium frying pan ;-) or some parts that I may be able to source here at work.

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You know what? A frying pan would do the trick. Maybe use a 3/8 inch bolt thru it. Then you could use any old tripod head you have laying around. You just need to clear the lip of the pan. Hmmmm....i have an old frying pan. Or a trip to Goodwill may be in order.

Deezey said:

You know what? A frying pan would do the trick. Maybe use a 3/8 inch bolt thru it. Then you could use any old tripod head you have laying around. You just need to clear the lip of the pan. Hmmmm....i have an old frying pan. Or a trip to Goodwill may be in order.

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Yeah either that or some marine ply.

Make your own - Do-It-Yourself Ground Pod - YouTube

Lawrence said:

Make your own - Do-It-Yourself Ground Pod - YouTube

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Nice video... I had no idea what these were!

Pat in NH

I had never heard of them either but cool idea.
Now if only I could bend down AND get up again!

Thank you Scott you have educated me the only trouble i forsee is if i get down there i may not get back up.

lawrence said:

make your own - do-it-yourself ground pod - youtube

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nice find - thanks

@Lawrence

Thanks for posting that, that looks pretty easy and inexpensive to make. Need to add it to my favorites

I didn't know what a ground pod is either. This is a good video. He gives good, concise instructions.

Cool idea! All I need is another tripod head and I'm good to go.

That looks good @Lawrence, the reason why I am considering a flat based which is curved is so that I can work in sandy/muddy areas. I think the legs on that on in the video would sink some what and that is not ideal in soft ground. I will be looking around the shed for old plastic lids etc or even an old frying pan or cheap new frying pan for my design. Something similar to this - home made skimmer or ground pod - Australian Photoholics Forum or this · Ground Pod How to:

I might even give this a try. Now to sneak a pan out of the cupboard before the wife catches me!!