RE: EVENING ON THE MEADOW BY THE SIDE OF THE ROAD
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It's not a dumb question at all. I haven't used the tripod in the last ten years or so. I used it before. Here in my area, there is almost always some kind of wind... and even if it is a gentle breeze, it shakes things too much for macro. The tripod doesn't help in those situations. That's why I use the flash most of the time, to get the high shutter speed that freezes things and allows me to shoot without a tripod. Furthermore, most interesting situations with insects and spiders involve them moving around, often pretty quickly, so the tripod wouldn't help much there either.
Sometimes I get the opportunity to shoot in ambient light, with no wind around, and with a longer exposure ... but I feel too lazy to drag the tripod around, so I put the camera on the ground or my knee and try to be still enough with steady hands ... with a bit of practice and exercise, one can get better at this .. just like shooting with a gun or something ... most pictures end up blurry, but if one or two are sharp - the mission is accomplished 🙂
Another thing ... different cameras have different stabilizer systems that make that shaking more or less present, that's another thing to consider.
I really appreciate the insight. It totally makes sense that you would take many photos that may come out blurry so that you ultimately end with a few perfect shots. I think so often we see a beautiful final shot, but forget about all of the failed attempts that may have come before it. In a way, you could say the same about life, we usually only see one side of a situation and hardly consider all that led up to it.