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Originally Posted by Simon D
Personally for my type of shooting I don't require tripod/monopod. I often improvise and use whatever I can see around me to balance or help stabilize either myself or the camera on/against.
For example, in the dark you don't need your lens hood. Take it off and balance the camera on it on the floor. Makes for unusual perspectives.
This image (which I've posted elsewhere on these forums so appologise for the repetition) uses my improvised "camera on a lens hood" balancing method... 
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Put my expensive lens hood on the floor
, I take your point though, and I would rather put my money in glass than extending sticks.