chrishydro
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I am going to take them outside tomorrow to get some natural light instead of the hps, should be intrestingwoo hoo! individual trichomes! (isn't it so exciting??)
Photographing Cannabis
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dont forget shutter lag.. (on most point and shoot cameras)
the delay in pressing the button and having the photo taken... as years progress they are getting better...
ISO -higher the # the darker it should be outside
on board camera flash (worthless at 7 foot above most of the time)
photoshop =the way to fix the photos you take.
http://www.fredmiranda.com great place with real pros there..
I was a pro for a while till my health got in the way... not bragging just offering help
mellokitty
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bright sunshine is my favourite lighting for shooting plants.
mellokitty
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i had no idea you had so many talents up your sleeve!
shutter lag KILLS me when i'm trying to take pics of my kid.... i find myself abusing the rapid fire mode.
Ohhhhhhh I lie alot and make up the rest..
dont get stuck on the program camera settings.. any fool can shoot and hope for the best in the end..
my 1st wedding me and my partner shot over 1500 raw images each...
raw.. raw damit..!! this was worse then we hoped for.. 1st wedding was free too....
loved to edit the wedding photos.. to this day keep saying I wont ever do another... last one was 5-12... guess I lie alot more then I want.. LOL
MysticMorris
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hehehehe so will I
MysticMorris
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Thanks for the link and info buddy, havent ever had an issue with shutter lag but I have only ever used the newer Canon 5Ds (well others too but hardly) so It might be as you say down to improving tech. When u say a higher ISO# means it will be darker outside - you mean that a higher ISO is suitable for shooting in low light right? I take alot of footage in low light conditions and I up the ISO to brighten the picture. Also I plan to dabble in astrophotography, and in the lowest of all light conditions, Deep Space Object photography (nebula and galaxys etc) a massive ISO rating if favourable. Feel free to share info with us amigo, but be sure to share some pictures aswell
MysticMorris
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You are well on your way now! To think a few days ago you didnt have the camera, now you are snapping trichs, gratatas!
ISO = higher number used SHOULD be less light situations (dark)
the increase in ISO from 100-400 on most DSL cameras have little noise (static looking dots on your photos)
above 400+ higher noise levels
right side shows ISO noise (you can get software to kinda fix them up )
and shooting weddings was ok.... we did eat well too..
and as a photographer (ladies.... thank you for allowing me in your dressing rooms to take the good pics) and as a man.. HUBBA HUBBA!!
we had one bridezilla (air force's pilots wife) she was unpleasant the entire time.. we kept telling her she only paid for 2 hours and they ended shortly after the ceremony and she kept asking us to take more pics of the entire party. Normally if it was a decent fun couple we would have stayed but the price of 2 photogs+ assistant was not in her future..
the increase in ISO from 100-400 on most DSL cameras have little noise (static looking dots on your photos)
above 400+ higher noise levels
right side shows ISO noise (you can get software to kinda fix them up )
and shooting weddings was ok.... we did eat well too..
and as a photographer (ladies.... thank you for allowing me in your dressing rooms to take the good pics) and as a man.. HUBBA HUBBA!!
we had one bridezilla (air force's pilots wife) she was unpleasant the entire time.. we kept telling her she only paid for 2 hours and they ended shortly after the ceremony and she kept asking us to take more pics of the entire party. Normally if it was a decent fun couple we would have stayed but the price of 2 photogs+ assistant was not in her future..
MysticMorris
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haha Bridezilla XD
Nice before and after ISO example. My Camera goes right up to 8k, you can almost film in moonlight, and as you mention work a bit of editorial magic. I think with my macro stuff I usually go right up to the 1250 mark so I can have apperture up higher. Interresting, I didnt know that the 100-400 range didnt really make a diff to noise levels.
Nice before and after ISO example. My Camera goes right up to 8k, you can almost film in moonlight, and as you mention work a bit of editorial magic. I think with my macro stuff I usually go right up to the 1250 mark so I can have apperture up higher. Interresting, I didnt know that the 100-400 range didnt really make a diff to noise levels.
mellokitty
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that's me, a monkey driving a ferrariOhhhhhhh I lie alot and make up the rest..
dont get stuck on the program camera settings.. any fool can shoot and hope for the best in the end..
my 1st wedding me and my partner shot over 1500 raw images each...
raw.. raw damit..!! this was worse then we hoped for.. 1st wedding was free too....
loved to edit the wedding photos.. to this day keep saying I wont ever do another... last one was 5-12... guess I lie alot more then I want.. LOL
i've been playing around in custom mode (closest thing to manual that i have) a bit with the plants, but moving objects is a whole separate challenge that i'm not ready for yet.... (hooray 'kids and pets' mode)
i'm still manipulating the environment at this point.... i will get around to manipulating the camera.
mellokitty
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here's the latest slideshow i made:
[video=youtube;QMWc-GnMlR8]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QMWc-GnMlR8[/video]
this was basically me getting to know the camera's macro settings -- the only setting i can turn it on and off manually is 'custom' .... otherwise there's no "close-up" setting unless i use the 'smart-auto', which i rarely ever use.....
i noodled around a bit with lighting and background a bit but little else (ie. the camera). i really like the shots with the red background over the rest (in truth it's just a magazine cover with the photo of a strawberry on it).
[video=youtube;QMWc-GnMlR8]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QMWc-GnMlR8[/video]
this was basically me getting to know the camera's macro settings -- the only setting i can turn it on and off manually is 'custom' .... otherwise there's no "close-up" setting unless i use the 'smart-auto', which i rarely ever use.....
i noodled around a bit with lighting and background a bit but little else (ie. the camera). i really like the shots with the red background over the rest (in truth it's just a magazine cover with the photo of a strawberry on it).
MysticMorris
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Thats a pretty kickass collection of macro work
mellokitty
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thank you!Thats a pretty kickass collection of macro work
i'm still doing something wrong -- i can't focus on the very top of a bud unless it's off-center. (all the overhead shots where i pretend the cola is a rose, all turn out a bit grainy in the middle.)
MysticMorris
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Very welcome.hmm I dont know enough to suggest what it might be. At least you can work around it for just now. I personally have an 'artifact' that appears right in the centre of my lense and focus so small you can only see in macro stuff, really anoying group of pink looking pixels, so I often snap stuff off centre aswell.
MysticMorris
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Not sure if this one is any good or not...
Here you can see in the background my impression of Akira going nuclear on NeoTokyo's ass, Stencils and spray paint, not very good but I was learning. I hoped the beam of white might look like it was an aura around the bud. Not the best picture but it was sitting there all lined up ready to be taken so I captured it. Strain is Critical Jack Auto.
Here you can see in the background my impression of Akira going nuclear on NeoTokyo's ass, Stencils and spray paint, not very good but I was learning. I hoped the beam of white might look like it was an aura around the bud. Not the best picture but it was sitting there all lined up ready to be taken so I captured it. Strain is Critical Jack Auto.
mikeandnaomi
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Great musical selection. Awesome creativity.
chrishydro
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Still have not taken them outside in the real light yet but starting to get better at this.
Any suggestions
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MysticMorris
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Yeah you are managing to capture good detail, keep it up! I find with macro stuff you have to have the apperture up to a silly amount to get more of the bud in focus. In your pics you are only focusing on a very narrow portion of the bud so it will be impossible for you to get rid of the blurrs and the whole thing in focus. You need to pump up the apperture, even if it means lowering your shutter speed alot. I think you could afford to turn up the apperture at least a bit before touching other settings as I'm seeing a bit of over exposure (too much light). Also there might be pre-set white balance options on your camera. I set mine to tungsten and it goes a long way to normalising the colour of light emitted by an hps.
In brief - turn apperture up to at least twice what you have it on now, use manual focus incase you are on auto, and also its a good time to start looking into the whitbalance setting on your camera.