I treated myself yesterday. After a couple of years coping with various tripods, either cheap or ancient; I finally brought myself a brand new one. So now I have a lovely Giottos MTL 9361B and MH5001 three way head. Originally I wanted something light, but as my budget restricted me, I settled for this. It is rock solid and easily supports my 300mm lens at shutter speeds of a couple of seconds. Hopefully my pictures should be noticeably sharper now ! 
I really love this composition, and don’t believe I have never used it before. But by the time I noticed it, the light wasn’t quite right. Hopefully will be able to return another time to capture the scene even better.
