Becca Buries a Bean

Lady Cannafan said:
It isn't much better. I struggle with it and have to touch up far too much. Time consuming.
Changing my background when I shoot is always the easier way.
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My dad was a photographer. I learned a lot from him and worked in photographic retail while I was in college so I learned a few tricks. Adorama still sells backdrop paper. If I had more room, I'd get a couple rolls in different colors.
For now my blanket will have to do, though, lol! :laugh:
 
BeccaBuds said:
My dad was a photographer. I learned a lot from him and worked in photographic retail while I was in college so I learned a few tricks. Adorama still sells backdrop paper. If I had more room, I'd get a couple rolls in different colors.
For now my blanket will have to do, though, lol! :laugh:
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I do a lot of purchases at Adorama for backdrops and other equipment. I just use a rolling clothes rack to hang (Clip) them on. You can hang anything on it, white sheets...etc. Take it down and under the bed it goes until I need it again. I do have the regular frames made just for backdrops, but rarely use them.
 
I was surprised to see all the film Adorama still carries. I might have to dig out my old Nikon FE2 sometime and see if it still works.
 
BeccaBuds said:
I was surprised to see all the film Adorama still carries. I might have to dig out my old Nikon FE2 sometime and see if it still works.
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I used to have my own darkroom. I miss the roll film days. My first "real" camera was a Pentax K1000. Lol Dig it out, have fun.
 
My first SLR was a Mamiya Sekor DTL500. Well made but your basic threaded lenses, match needle metering SLR. K1000 was a nice camera, nice and compact and light. Sold a few of them.
Jeez, $15 for a 36exp roll of slide film now. Guess I'll continue using my phone camera, lol! :laugh:
 
Speaking of pictures, here's some of my little Forbidden Fruit today, whose pot weighed in at 663g or 23.4oz:

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Lady Cannafan said:
I used to have my own darkroom. I miss the roll film days. My first "real" camera was a Pentax K1000. Lol Dig it out, have fun.
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My dad had a full darkroom and he taught my brother and me all the chops. I used to develop my own B&W film back when I was trying my hand at astrophotography (speaking of expensive hobbies) and still have the tank & jars for solutions. Gawd, that was almost 30 years ago now.
 
BeccaBuds said:
My dad had a full darkroom and he taught my brother and me all the chops. I used to develop my own B&W film back when I was trying my hand at astrophotography (speaking of expensive hobbies) and still have the tank & jars for solutions. Gawd, that was almost 30 years ago now.
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Yep, B&W was my favorite toy in the darkroom. My enlarger is still in my folks basement with some other things, timer, dodge and burn tools....you get the "picture". Lol
Good relaxing times.
 
BeccaBuds said:
I remember loading 35mm film onto that reel for developing was a challenge. That took practice to get good at it!
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Yes, that was a PITA. There are colleges and universities that still have courses on 35mm photography and darkroom work, so at least it's not been wiped out of existence....yet. I resisted the digital age like a disease, but had to finally give in because it was just too large to keep trying to avoid it. It's amazing every time I go back in time with some of my original works and remember how long it used to take in a darkroom to create the image the way I wanted it, hours and hours of work. The same thing is done now in milliseconds with photo programs. A click of a mouse.

On with the grow! :cheer:
 
The plant was getting too big for my desk so I moved the Foxtail Agave out of my cacti tent and put her in there, where she has more room and more, better light. Adjusted the cacti light schedule to 18hr ON/day.

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She’s looking happy in new home :)
 
budnoob3 said:
She’s looking happy in new home :)
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She loves it! She's going to get much better light now. Wait til I put her in the 4 gal SIP- growth is going to be insane.
 
Phytoplankton said:
Wow, I’m gone for a week and the little ones are now teens!!! How fast they grow!
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She got a slow start in soggy soil but she's going big-time now!
 
BeccaBuds said:
I have to admit I cheated... first I gave her some fertilizer :morenutes: , lol, then I let her do all the work. :popcorn:
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Hey, if you cheat and prosper, it ain't a bad thing. I'm all for synth nutes wink 😉
 
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