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Seeds, Soil and 16 Square Feet
- Thread starter Siskiyou
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Hatch, thanks again for your encouragements on my new endeavor (this thread).
Played with a different camera the past couple days, and although I haven't quite got the White Balance settings to do what I like, it does have a nice lens for a pocket size camera.
The first two images are the same capture, the second one is just a tight crop. This is LC @ 44 days flowering.
Sunshine Daydream 4 @ 32 days
A side bud of SD1 @ 32 days
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pickledLSD
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Looks like you almost got that camera dialed in. Love the last pic
I think I will keep this camera after all. At the end of my first set of photos with the new camera I was ready to return it. It didn't do what I wanted it to do at all. I hated the color of the "tungsten" preset on white balance, which had worked moderately well for HPS photos with other cameras. The auto-focus was horrible at moderate zoom and close range, which was how I had learned to shoot macros in the past.
Then I tried the manual preset for white balance, which uses a white piece of paper to get a reading of ambient light and makes adjustments from there. Oh yeah.
Things seemed overexposed in macro, so i reduced the exposure by half a notch. better.
The biggest difference with this camera, however, is that it likes to shoot macros in wide angle, with the lens right up close to the subject. this is completely opposite of my SLR and my old point-and-shoot which could only focus close-up with a moderate telephoto (which i think is still the conventional wisdom regarding macros).
Since I use the same settings every time I shoot under HPS, I was also very happy to find out that the presets in Program mode are still there after turning the camera off and on. With my old main camera I had to start from scratch each session.
With this new point-and-shoot, once i have the desired settings I can use Auto mode for most everywhere else, and Program mode for HPS, just flip the switch. When I switch to a different white balance preset (say "fluorescent") will my custom presets be remembered?
Nice pics and plants.
Gracias, Bon Temps.
At 39 days of flowering the Sunshine Daydream girls are beginning to really show their individuality.
SD1 is tall and long branched. Extreme vigor. Even her clones were the first to show roots. Her top is within inches of the glass of my hood, and she likes it.
SD2 is slender but covered in resin.
SD1 is tall and long branched. Extreme vigor. Even her clones were the first to show roots. Her top is within inches of the glass of my hood, and she likes it.
SD2 is slender but covered in resin.
pickledLSD
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Where do you get your rice hulls? Been looking for a replacement for perlite in my mix. Our soil mixtures and additives are fairly similar. Can't wait to throw in some rice hulls to lighten things up a bit. Care to share the details of your ACT? Thanks for sharing the knowledge.
I got rice hulls at a grow shop in town. There may be cheaper sources. I'm also pretty sure I saw them at buildasoil.com but I don't remember the price.
Pumice is also a great replacement for perlite.
My ACT is very simple.
2 gallons water
a few tablespoons of molasses
1/2 to 1 cup EWC
I have thrown in a pinch of kelp meal or rock dust on occasion.
