Tripod

If you have a good tripod and head, you'll find that you have at least 10 controls to adjust. Each of them will move the camera. None of them will move the camera along the axis that you care about.

Philip Greenspun
Extracted from: http://photo.net/learn/macro/primer

When the world gives you a lemon...

Well, what can I say more - the picture says it all - "make some lemonade!"