Gastanker
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I never even thought about it. I totally used straight up tap water... Next round I should probably filter and let sit - that sounds like a good idea.
Gastanker's 600+w Organic UV Grow
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mellokitty
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omg.I assume it has many of the features mine does considering it is a newer camera. This is my approach:
Set the camera to largest picture size, finest dpi... My camera has 3 main settings, video camera, scene, or standard/manual. On scene setting select indoors - this helps correct the color of your lamp. Now set to macro - this is not digital macro, just macro. From here get the camera as close as possible with it still focusing and take many many pictures. If you can zoom in and it sill focuses take more (generally it will not focus when zoomed). If you have enough light and can keep your camera still enough and the exposure is on auto or slow then when you put it on your computer you will be able to manually zoom in with it retaining all the detail.
Original picture (one of these 2, i mixed them up):
Zoomed on computer (same picture):
In this example not so clear when zoomed much more - with your higher pixel count you should be able to go in farther.
Second option (this is what I generally use as my camera is lower mega pixel). Again set to maximum picture size, finest dpi, auto exposure time. Put it on the standard/manual setting and select digital macro - this is in the main menu versus just clicking on the left arrow like switching between macro/standard/infinity. With digital macro you can get the camera much much closer while remaining in focus and it also allow you to digitally zoom on the camera. Digital zoom is different than optical zoom in that you are decreasing resolution with digital whereas optical zoom everything is still just as clear; so don't zoom in tot he max with the digital macro but zoom in to a degree. Take TONS of pics at various amounts of zoom. Generally with these pictures you do not need to zoom in manually on your computer but they have a much narrower focal point.
Digital macro with digital zoom on camera - no post zoom/crop. Notice how some parts are very clear but other parts are very blurry.
If lighting is not great, manually set to a slower iso but make sure the camera is extremely steady. If the light is super high but your camera isn't steady set to a higher (faster) iso. If it is dim and your hand isn't steady lower the picture size and keep on auto or st to a higher iso.
Hope that helps - guess it depends on how similar the cameras are. A lot of it is just fucking around with all the different settings. Never be afraid to take too many pictures.
i cannot like this enough.
i've been trying to improve my macro shots forever now, i'm working with low mp's as well (ancient canon 5mp) but it takes better pics than my coolpix (<-pool-related casualty) ever did.
i was thinking i was gonna have to go throw some money at a macro lens .... and canon accessories ain't cheap!
anyways, thank you for this.
Gastanker
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Glad it helped
matthebrute
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if i read correctly your supposed to use RO water , have never done this myself so not sure if it matters i just read that the RO water helps with the osmosis involved in the cure.
Osmosis: movement of a solvent (as water) through a semipermeable membrane (as of a living cell) into a solution of higher solute concentration that tends to equalize the concentrations of solute on the two sides of the membrane
baisicly the water pulls the shit out of the bud, if the water is not reverse osmosis (RO) then it might not contain the correct molecular makeup to efficiently cure the bud.
at least this is what i have gathered from my college chemestry(101) class and the little bit of reading i have done. im sure regular water may do the same but it might contain trace elements that could be actually pulled into the but thus making the smoke less desireable. again this is what i have gathered and i may not be correct here.
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hammer6913
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excellent class mr tanker. and bad ass pics.
matthebrute
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when i do macro shots (still learning) i find that the flash just makes the pic worse as it somehow makes the image darker. like gas said the sun or even a light directed to the plants works well
Gastanker
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Yeah... Pretty sure my water is quite a bit lower ppm than the internal fluids of my plants but all the same it would have probably helped. To be honest I would be more concerned about random mineral deposits - my water is pretty good but it definitely has some calcium in it which would look pretty bad if it precipitated out of the water onto my bud. I should definitely go with filtered water next time.
matthebrute
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they will look like you rolled em in crack lol
taekwondoguy
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nice grow but have 1 suggestion, replace those fluoros with some extra HPS watts, the distance you have them is completely ineffective, need to have within 5 inches for them to do any good, nothn against them its just they don't have the light penetration HIDs do.
Gastanker
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Thanks, but, Huh? The plants literally touch the flouros and they are 10.0 UV bulbs. Can't supplement the HPS with HPS.
Really hard to get HPS under the canopy as well
matthebrute
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no problem man but i may be incorrect so you may want to doubble check
Boyz N Da Hood
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Nice buds duude! Everything is lookin real good!
Psychild
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I sure wish I could. Right now I'm only using about 4sqft of growing space in my 16sqft tent....I could probably fit 3 250w HPS on the sides. I'd feel like one bad ass mother fucker then. Definitely considering LED's for side lighting as well.Thanks, but, Huh? The plants literally touch the flouros and they are 10.0 UV bulbs. Can't supplement the HPS with HPS.
ottawaliquid
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Looks like she's taking a quiet nap on that nice warm light.Thanks, but, Huh? The plants literally touch the flouros and they are 10.0 UV bulbs. Can't supplement the HPS with HPS.
Really hard to get HPS under the canopy as well
mistyriffs
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haha i've got eyes on
Gastanker
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Just one and I wouldn't say the break is all that great. It's the one I was using actually - functional but the break at the bottom isn't even like the ones I parted with. Let me know if you are interested and I'll send you a pic.