Was digging through my grandpa's old camera bag last weekend and found a little beanbag he used to keep in there. Turns out he'd wedge it under his lens on fences or car hoods to steady shots when he forgot his tripod... Tried it myself at a park in Denver last Tuesday for some golden hour shots and it worked way better than I expected. Kept getting blurry shots of birds because I was too lazy to carry the big tripod up the trail. The beanbag trick gave me sharp enough results that I could crop in without losing detail. Anyone else got an oddball stabilization method they swear by?