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[Nartak]

Welcome ghost!!Glad to have another happy grower here with us!!Hope we can all chip in a penny or two for ya!!

[ghost.year.0]

Hey everyone Super excited to see a forum here. I've taken so much information in from the site, hoping to get even more info and ideas from all the experienced growers here Hope to share lots of successes with everyone as well!

[Nartak]

Hey sag,nice plant and a sweet harvest!! You should smoke it all lol Welcome to the forum !!

[alltatup]

Welcome, sag!!! Keep on truckin!!

[NebulaHaze]

Welcome to the forum, we're glad to have you!

[rockman]

Nice haul there sag from your outdoor grow! And welcome to forum! 🌻 I love giving my babies that natural sunshine....but also have gotten great pleasure from indoor grows. Good luck to you and keep us posted! 🌿

[sag]

Glad to join the the growing crowd. After growing outdoors for years with intermittent success, I decided to explore indoor growing. Tried your cheap cfl small grow and got good looking buds but very airy and light. Went back outside. I have saved enough for a proper tent grow and am looking forward to the start of a fun new hobby. Cheers to all and keep the march going for legal cannabis.

[rockman]

And they just keep coming...enjoy the ride! 😊

[PRIMO]

Wow, so many great ideas & tips. My brain twirls.

[Bud Magic]

Hey Rockman,

If you have the loupe, or are getting one, you might find the metal part that swings out to hold it gets in the way and stops your loupe from sitting flat over the camera on the phone/tablet. I removed it so there is no gap between the loupe lens and the camera lens. A gap there will give you less quality on your pics.
Be sure you have the proper side of the loupe facing the camera lens. Mine has little LED lights on it (that I don't use), and those should face outward.

Looking forward to how you do with this.

[rockman]

Thanks so much Bud, you've brought up some great points, as well as reminding me that GWE is still the "go to" for info (sometimes I spend all my time with forum info, and forget where this all began!😊). Green mentioned about using the loupe on my thread, and your suggestion to tape it sounds perfect. I haven't been so concerned about pic quality with the the beginnings of my grow, but getting great views of developing buds and trichomes seems pretty important. As far as lighting, fortunately with my setup (circular cage with bamboo side poles to hold the many CFL fixtures) I can easily get focused light on the subject. Always turn off that fan 😊.Really nice to have you on this forum....we'll definitely appreciate your wisdom with cannabis cultivation! 🌿

[Karlee]

Welcome Bud

You made us all happy with this technique thanks for sharing and thanks for the journal they really help to learn what different pot does when growing.

[Bud Magic]

Hi Rockman.

One thing I do regularly to get really close up pictures (macro shots) of trichomes is to tape a jewelers magnifier loupe over the lens of my camera on my phone. I have some pictures of this, but I'm not sure where I should go to post them yet. Not sure the welcome thread is the place.

Then I rubber band the phone to a tripod top and get in there good and steady. The more magnification you do, the steadier you need to keep the camera/tablet. The slightest shaky hand or movement will cause blur. A tripod really helps to keep from having blurred shots when getting in close with the loupe. If you don't have a tripod, just steady your elbows using a pillow or something to lean on to keep your hands steady.

For good pics, always check your backgrounds and clutter. You want your focus to be on the bud/plant or whatever it is you are trying to show. Clear things away or get tighter to the subject. Cropping is a great tool, you can get rid of a lot of distractions around your subject with that.

Also, when taking pictures of plants close up, turn off any fans. You don't want the subject blowing in the breeze while you are trying to take the pic. ;-)

I'll get some more tips in later, just wanted to fly that one to you while I was here.

Hope that was helpful for now.

Check out the Grow Weed Easy site for some awesome tips on photographing your plants too: (now that I've been completely through that page, it says it all. Fabulous write up!)

http://www.growweedeasy.com/how-to-take-plant-pictures

Also, I just discovered the greatest little light for holding near my plants or taping to a tripod to direct light at my subject. I got a couple as Christmas presents. Check your local hardware or home centers for GRIP 37110 COB LED light. Amazon has them too. These are the handiest little lights, and very very bright. Much more compact than trying to hook up a bulb somewhere near you.

[rockman]

Hey Bud, CC mentioned that you have some tips on getting better cannabis pictures with a camera. Would you able to share those? I lke to use my Fire tablet camera to it's fullest, now that I'm sharing photos on a forum ( new experience for me). Thanks in advance! 🌻

[Bud Magic]

Oops....LOL I was trying to edit and my internet went haywire. I guess I wound up saving a blank area. It's back now.
Thanks for letting me know.