The 420 Fotographer Collective: Advanced Cannabis Photography

Agemon said:
More importantly, did you see the difference?
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Yeah particularly when running the brush over the bright spots or dark spots. I think the brightening of the dark areas is more effective, unless when super backlit like the Amnesia shots under light boxes, but need to practice that more.
 
Well things have slowed down enough for me to get around to the other journals I follow. Also time to come back here and see how things are going. I was hoping we would have a few more people sharing their work flow or tips on how they shoot stuff. I suspect some folks dont think they have the expertise to share stuff. You dont need to be a pro to share useful tips.

Besides the obvious discussions about the cameras, techniques, and editing. I want to share basic “recipes” or set ups. Providing a platform for folks to recreate a shot or situation. Whatever can possibly help someone “click” with a concept or method.

So here is my set up for the last bud pics I took. Including my submission for nug of the month.


Here I have my Canon D80 set up on a tripod with the 100mm f2.8 Macro lens on. The subject, dank ass nugs, are placed on a clean base. In this case I chose a small blue medallion case and a nice wooden top from a case of wine. I like it clean. No distracting elements. No crumbs. Nothing. This is set up on a stool for my comfort and next to a window with good light. The sunlight is diffused by the white curtains. You will also notice the light box to the left. I want light on all sides. Limiting shadows. Lastly I have my reflector but it wasnt really needed with all the good light.

As far as settings go, you gotta experiment, try different aperture settings or shutter speeds. Change the nugs up, different angles, basically work until you think you captured a few winners. My harvested buds are not nearly as good as most of yours. But my photos make them look better than they are. Again these have been reduced in quality and size for posting here.
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Green Crack
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Thanks Urban - really nice pics and description of your set up for them. It's a good tip just getting to somewhere near a nice natural light source like the diffused window.

I know for myself - I'm doing a lot of experimentation inspired by this thread and have some things to share, but just haven't been able to upload and share yet. My workflow is very slow and I can only spend so long at the computer. So rest assured there is more going on than what is evidenced here . (I wouldn't be surprised if this were the case for others too).

OMG!! I just noticed in your last pic, a couple of undeveloped seeds... is that what I'm seeing? Cool photo .

I actually have it in my plan today to post a before and after I did in apple's Photos app to show a workflow with a basic consumer available (free) tool. I'll endeavour to get that done!!

:Namaste:
 
UrbanAchiever said:
As far as settings go, you gotta experiment, try different aperture settings or shitter speeds.
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On a good day I can change shitter speeds without a problem, but how do you change the apeture setting on your arse hole.

:rofl::rofl::rofl:
 
Basically I'm using Snapseed to adjust white balance on photos taken with an iPhone 7. I really need to play with snapseed more. I really do need a better light source to really get decent photos.
 
UrbanAchiever said:
Dammit, I caught that moments before you posted, and tried editing it before anyone caught it lol.
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Had a little giggle at that myself on the first pass :battingeyelashes::laughtwo:
 
Shitter speeds :) On a good day indeed. On a bad day the shitter speed is rather slow and painful :)
 
Anyone wanna join in on a timelapse challenge after we are done with the smoke challenge?
 
Amy gave me a brilliant idea a few months back. Do you remember you told me it looks like the plants were on the dance-floor in one of my photo's?

I want to try that on film - That look only the plants should dance for real. That's why I want to get good at timelapsing. :)
 
DeVille said:
Anyone wanna join in on a timelapse challenge after we are done with the smoke challenge?
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I would do it. I have a picture a day from May to October in my journal.
Canada Guy's 2017 Outdoor Alberta Gold
I always thought about doing a time lapse video with the pics but I don't have the technical skills required.
 
i want to take a photo every 10 minutes for the whole duration of a grow :)
 
Canada Guy said:
I would do it. I have a picture a day from May to October in my journal.
Canada Guy's 2017 Outdoor Alberta Gold
I always thought about doing a time lapse video with the pics but I don't have the technical skills required.
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hey cg i went and looked through your journal of the plant that was pretty cool that poor girl stood up to some real nature thanks for that show,how did it smoke!
 
ilikemsticky said:
hey dv i would like to see that it would be interesting,btw have you talked to snarley weed?
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I havent heard from him in months, he was outta pretty quick tho. He and I, as well as Toast were in a few journals. Last word was he is back to work with a new girl in the picture. I dont think he's coming back.
 
Agemon said:
I havent heard from him in months, he was outta pretty quick tho. He and I, as well as Toast were in a few journals. Last word was he is back to work with a new girl in the picture. I dont think he’s coming back.
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i think hell be back one day its to much fun on here hope he's having a good time with what ever he's doing!
 
HI all, this is not a post featuring the smoke/vapour challenge. I spent some time trying to get the shot I was after for that and it just wouldn't come off - and I'm fairly low on dry herb right now so didn't want to burn through anymore unnecessarily just trying to get 'the shot'. If I have another idea, I'll do that. In the meantime, I thought I'd share a little experiment I did to show what's possible with a pretty low-grade camera and some freely available software, and some bought (but not super expensive software I'm currently trialing).

Photo 1 is the original. Photo 2 is the crop and processing using Apple's iPhoto for desktop (most of the same processing features are available on the iPhone in the Photos app, once you enter "Edit'). Photo 3 is a similar attempt to process the image using the software ACDSee. I'm liking ACDSee. It's file management is great as I'm just managing files directly on my hard drive file structure, I really dislike the Apple Photos app for it's inability to let me store and arrange my photos not eh hard drive the way I want. I'm fairly sure I'm about to purchase ACDSee - they're currently having a sale.

OK The original: Black Cockatoo: Olympus 6MP SP500UZ: ISO80 f/3.7 1/60

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Tha Photos App processing (I couldn't bring out the subject as much as I wanted, but it's better than the original)
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And the ACDSee processing - I like this better. It's maybe a bit heavy handed, but ACDSee is totally non destructive so I can tweak it whenever I want.

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I'm not claiming that I've done such stellar job or anything. I actually think they're both a bit heavy handed in different ways. I'm mostly trying to show that a lot can be done with free or very cheap software options. I was able to get more out of the light with ACDSee than the Photos app. Neither gave me the option to really bring out the colour of the eye though. It's a Male and they have a pretty deep red eye - in the pic it looks paler than it really is. That would be a job for photoshop and a bit of burning in I think.

:Namaste:
 
Great post Amy! Most phones have editing options for contrast, brightness, and saturation. Those 3 can really do a lot for a "flat looking photo"... I'm not sure if that's the term, and I'm a total photo noob, but again most point and shoot cameras (camera phones included) can really take a nice pic! Best wishes everyone and best of luck to all those who enter

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Dabber
 
nivek said:
i believe there are three key characteristics an artist must possess

i would be curious if anyone would like to guess what i believe they might be?
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If you asked me, with my rosey-colored glasses slant on my own artistic nature, I'd reply "Joy, curiosity, enthusiasm."

But that's just me. :battingeyelashes:

Guys..... You have me all excited about getting to the point when I can devote my funds to photo equipment: tripod, photo app, reflectors..... I creep in the back door when I have a spare moment and before I know it my blood's running faster through my veins.

Dabber..... great save with the moon shot. :high-five:

Soon guys. Soon. I'm gonna start picking up at least one new toy a month. I gave away my Method Sevens. They weren't as indispensable as I thought, but now an app with white balancing has leapt to the front of the wish list. Lol! This will be the incentive I needed to get the purchases made.

Agemon, the way you make those buds pop...... I wanna be you when I grow up. :cheesygrinsmiley:
 
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