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NO MORE ORANGE PICTURES!

marimbas

Member
Hey well i decided i should make this thread, must of us when we are growing and we have the HPS on, you get a picture and its all orange you cant see shit of the plant, not the real coloration the trichomes all that.

Well there is an easy way to get a clear picture.

Get your camera in your hands, now check the setting botton, now scroll around until you find an option called white balance, select that option, it will give you diferent options, and normaly the camera is on automatic, well you just have to find an option called tungsten or art. lights. or a simbol of a light bulb. And select that option.

when you are about to take a picture, get a white sheet of paper, put it behind your plants and focus it, then take it out, and get your pictures. it will look more clear.










Both pictures taken with the same capera, but with the white balance fix i just explained! under HPS
 

bluebublelove

Active member
I always wait till my lights go off and then hit the room with my camera with the flash on and get my best pictures then, bring in a couple regular house lights to give it light and balance it all on the camera from there.
 

bluebublelove

Active member
I do this because when my light is on it no matter what will be washed out in the picture....much like the second photo you posted.
 

Crazy Composer

Mushkeeki Gitigay • Medicine Planter
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here's another trick... Block the direct light from the bulb, don't let it hit the subject directly, then you can shoot all day. The orange stays in the background, while the bud gets just the flash for direct light.

Lemme see if I can find an example in my gallery.

 
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marimbas

Member
very nice crazy composer!!! and its nice to see you around, and a honor that you reply on my thread!

thats what i love from you oldschool boys!
 
G

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GREAT info guys...im a huge violator :D
i may be good on the grow but i suck with a camera...im looking for the settings now....
 

SmokeyPufmaster

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Your tip is the one that I use for my pics. It works well in most instances. CC is right about defusing the light.
 

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