I love Steve Axford's fungi photos. At times his camera/macro lens is just millimetres from the ground, so he can shoot up at a mushroom and include the gills of the mushie in the photo.
What are some tripods (or techniques) that will allow you get the camera this low to the ground? He does focus-stacking with these photos, so the set-up has to be stable.
Also Steve says that he uses a macro ring, which allows him to attach the tripod directly to the macro lens (presumably to get it lower). Has anyone used one of these?
Thanks, Rex