i tend to bust out the tripod back at the apartment/hotel... not necessarily meant for the coffeeshops.Twichaldinho wrote:Thats my technique...steady-ish hand, rather than a tripod ( I would feel like a right walter mitty getting a tri-pod out in a coffeeshopBoner wrote:Macro, sunlight (NO flash) and a steady hand or a tripod.)
Anyone have tips on taking photos of buds?
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I agree with everybody who said use a macro, tripod, no flash and good light.
If good light is unavailable i'd recommend using the timer (the thing you set so your camera can take a picture automatically with a timed delay as you hurry and run trying to get in the picture with your family) without flash. That eliminates having to worry about a steady hand without a tripod and even if you're using one. The trick is just setting everything up to take a good picture with the camera sitting still on its own.
If you can't get it set up and have to have the camera in your hand the timer still helps cause you eliminate the motion of pushing the shutter button and can focus on keepin your hands steady. A little indica might help with the steady hand
or you could try keeping the camera still against something like a table (tilting the camera forward), wall, really stoned friend etc. Also keep steady until the picture shows up on your screen cause most likely in low light the shutter will have to stay open for longer which makes for blurred images if you don't stay steady.
If indoors under artificial light you shoud try and set the White Balance (WB on most cameras) accordingly to the lighting situation (Don't forget to set it back to natural light for pictures outdoors or other appropriate settings). Some cameras call the indoor light tungsten. This will give you more natural colors.
The ISO will also make a difference. 100 ISO is very fine quality but the shutter will remain open longer in low light so more blur the higher the ISO gets i.e. 200, 400, 800 the shorter the open shutter but the photos will have more grain/noise. Almost all point and shoot digital cameras have a WB and ISO settings in the manual mode. Hope this helps
this was taken with macro, no flash, using a timer, correct WB and 200 ISO with the camera tilted forward. Not a master piece but the best weed related photo I have. Hope to get more practice early next year in Amsterdam
If good light is unavailable i'd recommend using the timer (the thing you set so your camera can take a picture automatically with a timed delay as you hurry and run trying to get in the picture with your family) without flash. That eliminates having to worry about a steady hand without a tripod and even if you're using one. The trick is just setting everything up to take a good picture with the camera sitting still on its own.
If you can't get it set up and have to have the camera in your hand the timer still helps cause you eliminate the motion of pushing the shutter button and can focus on keepin your hands steady. A little indica might help with the steady hand
or you could try keeping the camera still against something like a table (tilting the camera forward), wall, really stoned friend etc. Also keep steady until the picture shows up on your screen cause most likely in low light the shutter will have to stay open for longer which makes for blurred images if you don't stay steady. If indoors under artificial light you shoud try and set the White Balance (WB on most cameras) accordingly to the lighting situation (Don't forget to set it back to natural light for pictures outdoors or other appropriate settings). Some cameras call the indoor light tungsten. This will give you more natural colors.
The ISO will also make a difference. 100 ISO is very fine quality but the shutter will remain open longer in low light so more blur the higher the ISO gets i.e. 200, 400, 800 the shorter the open shutter but the photos will have more grain/noise. Almost all point and shoot digital cameras have a WB and ISO settings in the manual mode. Hope this helps
this was taken with macro, no flash, using a timer, correct WB and 200 ISO with the camera tilted forward. Not a master piece but the best weed related photo I have. Hope to get more practice early next year in Amsterdam
All are important factors