The 420 Fotographer Collective: Advanced Cannabis Photography

[Amy Gardner]

Beautiful guys! I love sunflowers. Blew, I agree that the second one is ‘the shot’. Really nice composition

You’re blowing my mind with all these awesome shots of the bees in action Monster. Botanical photography has so much to offer from both a technical perspective and the sheer beauty and wonder side. It’s portrait and landscape and action all a once

 

[Cola Monster]

Some wildflower shots I took on the watercolor setting and than edited in my I-Photo program to turn into a cool piece of artwork. Enjoy!

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[Tony Urban]

These first two are the better shots for me. One of them uses leaves to frame the bud site and the other uses leaves as leading lines to the bud. Not great sharpness or depth of field but that’s why I am an amateur lol. The white is a bit blown out in the second shot but. I could fix that if wanted.

Framed bud site

• Tony Urban
• Oct 7, 2018

HSO Gift of Fire and Bubba 76

Testing HSO genetics

• Tony Urban
• Oct 7, 2018

HSO Gift of Fire and Bubba 76

The lighting is not great and I wasn’t going to work too hard to make it better. ISO was moved around depending on the light and shutter speed required to get a clear shot of the plants. Being so close requires more light. I was up between F11 and F18 as well, to get more DOF.

Standard use of the tripod and remote shutter release.

The plants being in the large bins, and their size, is limiting my ability to get better light into the shot. Only when they are chopped will I get some good lighting outside of the tent.

More HSO testers

• Tony Urban
• Oct 7, 2018

HSO Gift of Fire and Bubba 76

Oct8 2018 HSO testers

• Tony Urban
• Oct 7, 2018

HSO Gift of Fire and Bubba 76

420 shot

• Tony Urban
• Oct 7, 2018

HSO Gift of Fire and Bubba 76

 

[Preston9mm]

These first two are the better shots for me. One of them uses leaves to frame the bud site and the other uses leaves as leading lines to the bud. Not great sharpness or depth of field but that’s why I am an amateur lol. The white is a bit blown out in the second shot but. I could fix that if wanted.

Framed bud site

• Tony Urban
• Oct 7, 2018

HSO Gift of Fire and Bubba 76

Testing HSO genetics

• Tony Urban
• Oct 7, 2018

HSO Gift of Fire and Bubba 76

The lighting is not great and I wasn’t going to work too hard to make it better. ISO was moved around depending on the light and shutter speed required to get a clear shot of the plants. Being so close requires more light. I was up between F11 and F18 as well, to get more DOF.

Standard use of the tripod and remote shutter release.

The plants being in the large bins, and their size, is limiting my ability to get better light into the shot. Only when they are chopped will I get some good lighting outside of the tent.

More HSO testers

• Tony Urban
• Oct 7, 2018

HSO Gift of Fire and Bubba 76

Oct8 2018 HSO testers

• Tony Urban
• Oct 7, 2018

HSO Gift of Fire and Bubba 76

420 shot

• Tony Urban
• Oct 7, 2018

HSO Gift of Fire and Bubba 76

Stunning!

 

[Dutchman1990]

Nice photos !!

 

[Tony Urban]

A bit of a series of shots. From early flower to now.

The token 420 shot

• Tony Urban
• Sep 28, 2018

early flowering

• Tony Urban
• Oct 2, 2018

HSO Gift of Fire / Bubba 76

420 stacking

• Tony Urban
• Oct 5, 2018

420 shot

• Tony Urban
• Oct 7, 2018

HSO Gift of Fire and Bubba 76

Gift of Fire F2 420

• Tony Urban
• Oct 20, 2018

Humboldt Seed Organization

Gift of Fire F2 420

• Tony Urban
• Oct 24, 2018

HSO

gift of fire f2

• Tony Urban
• Oct 27, 2018

Hso genetics, 70-200mm f4

 

[Cola Monster]

Nice work as usual UA!

 

[Cola Monster]

Some friendly little visitors who made an appearance in my garden this last year. Enjoy!

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Unknown Insect on Cannabis Leaf-Closeup

• Cola Monster
• Sep 7, 2018

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Bouquet of Medical Cannabis Flowers

• Cola Monster
• Oct 16, 2018

 

[Tony Urban]

Beauties CM! Love insect macro photography. That’s the initial reason I bought the 100mm macro lens. Those look awesome

 

[Cola Monster]

Beauties CM! Love insect macro photography. That’s the initial reason I bought the 100mm macro lens. Those look awesome

Thanks UA! Those shots were taken with my 18-135mm EF-S lens along with some extension tubes to get up close and personal. I'm still working on figuring out all the bells and whistles on this new camera which I may or may not ever fully get to explore.

 

[Tony Urban]

Thanks UA! Those shots were taken with my 18-135mm EF-S lens along with some extension tubes to get up close and personal. I'm still working on figuring out all the bells and whistles on this new camera which I may or may not ever fully get to explore.

Well those are pretty sharp for using extension tubes. Well done. That honeybee looks incredible.

 

[Dutchman1990]

I just bought the new Camera+ app for iPhone8 and it produces some pretty incredible macros! The phone has a decent camera and if I add my loupe attachment to my phone I can get some pretty decent closeups!

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• Dutchman1990
• Oct 20, 2018

White Widow #1
Sample Nugs Trich shots! LOVELY

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• Dutchman1990
• Oct 20, 2018

White Widow #1
Sample Nugs Trich shots! LOVELY

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• Dutchman1990
• Oct 20, 2018

White Widow #1
Sample Nugs

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• Dutchman1990
• Oct 20, 2018

White Widow #1
Sample Nugs Close up

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• Dutchman1990
• Oct 27, 2018

Early Miss - Day 90
Day 7 of Flower New Pistils !!

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• Dutchman1990
• Oct 10, 2018

White Widow 2
Close Up Trich on fan leaves just to show dark ambers!
Day 73

 

[Cola Monster]

Well those are pretty sharp for using extension tubes. Well done. That honeybee looks incredible.

Using the extension tubes cuts out the auto focus unfortunately so it takes hundreds of shots on the continuous setting mode to get that one special photo to post. Someday I'm going to purchase myself an actual macro lens to make things a bit easier and hopefully get better clarity in the final product.

 

[Cola Monster]

Here's a hand held macro shot of a miniature 1/4" silver faced hoverfly floating around my yard. These are tough little buggers to get photos of being they're always on the move flying from one flower to another looking for nectar. Enjoy!

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[Tony Urban]

Here's a hand held macro shot of a miniature 1/4" silver faced hoverfly floating around my yard. These are tough little buggers to get photos of being they're always on the move flying from one flower to another looking for nectar. Enjoy!

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Beauty! Those aren’t easy to capture, crazy flight patterns and so quick

 

[Amy Gardner]

Here's a hand held macro shot of a miniature 1/4" silver faced hoverfly floating around my yard. These are tough little buggers to get photos of being they're always on the move flying from one flower to another looking for nectar. Enjoy!

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I have these little friends in my garden too! I only ever managed to catch them when they land for a bit.

What extension tubes do you use, monster? (I have a Nikon, so the answer may not be relevant to me - but I thought it worth asking anyway)

 

[Cola Monster]

Beauty! Those aren’t easy to capture, crazy flight patterns and so quick

You ain't kidding UA!
I've watched them cruise around for what seems like forever to land on a flower for at least a few seconds so I can get some close up photos. That particular picture was taken with the extension tubes practically right up against its face in which it just sat there calmly and let me shoot numerous photos to get that one good macro shot. My new second love next to growing!

 

[Cola Monster]

I have these little friends in my garden too! I only ever managed to catch them when they land for a bit.

What extension tubes do you use, monster? (I have a Nikon, so the answer may not be relevant to me - but I thought it worth asking anyway)

I bought the Polaroid extension tube set which for the cost does a pretty decent job.

 

[Amy Gardner]

right up against its face in which it just sat there calmly and let me shoot numerous photos to get that one good macro shot. My new second love next to growing!

Hey snap... except I had an obsession with macros of insects before I became obsessed with growing... so same same in different order

They do like to pose for a photo! This one followed me around the garden one day last summer, literally hovering at my shoulder for ages until I finally got the message. Then it landed and stayed there while I shot. Was with my 20 year old Olympus point and shoot (8MP spz 500). Got nothing on your shots! But had to dig it out anyway

 

[Cola Monster]

Hey snap... except I had an obsession with macros of insects before I became obsessed with growing... so same same in different order

They do like to pose for a photo! This one followed me around the garden one day last summer, literally hovering at my shoulder for ages until I finally got the message. Then it landed and stayed there while I shot. Was with my 20 year old Olympus point and shoot (8MP spz 500). Got nothing on your shots! But had to dig it out anyway

Very nice Amy!
That's about how close I can get without the extension tubes or my camera being able to focus on my subjects whatever they may be. After that point it's all in the editing with cropping the photos to make the image a bit bigger while adding a splash or two of color if need be.