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Alkhemist
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Re: Recirc Top Feed Hydro - 3m x 1.5m x 2m Tent - GLR & LST - 1800W - Assorted Strain
ahha! thank you for the tip on adjusting white balance! i'll do that as soon as i log off and have a play with it(the camera that is
loL lame i know 
) that is awesome advice 
and you know, i didnt realise there was light showing out of the back! duuur.. i just looked and it is flashing at the back.. is that like yours? anyhoo.. i'll definitely do that re the timer with the lights *phew!* you saved me some potential flowering issues later on 
thanks Vick! gives me something to do for the next hour while my spaceballs wear off *chuckles*
hey bro,
Every camera is different and some have better macro settings than others. (referring to point and shoot digi's)
Now another thing that might make it seem like your trichs are all cloudy through photos is this: white balance.
If you are just shooting it on Automatic white balance setting chances are the white balance isn't correct.
If you get a grey card, or a plain white piece of paper and hold it under the light source that you're shooting your buds with. (I'm assuming HPS.) focus on the piece of paper, then manually set your white balance to that. (you might have to check your camera manual on how to do this, again every camera is different.) Sometimes it takes a few times to get it right. But then you'll be getting a more accurate color temperate rendition that allows you to see colors how they are meant to be seen (not too cold, or too warm.)
This makes it easier to see the ambers or at least differentiate between them, and the cloudy/clear's.
Hope that makes sense?
Hey just a suggestion, but if your CO2 monitor is pretty much the same as mine right. Then it has a light that can be seen through the vents at the rear. The green light on the front isn't a problem of course, because the plants won't see it when they're sleeping. But blocking the vents to close off that white light would effect the monitor itself. So what I do is just have my CO2 monitor plugged into the same timer as my lights, so you can insure total darkness in your room.
But then again, you've probably already figured that out..
ahha! thank you for the tip on adjusting white balance! i'll do that as soon as i log off and have a play with it(the camera that is
loL lame i know ) that is awesome advice and you know, i didnt realise there was light showing out of the back! duuur.. i just looked and it is flashing at the back.. is that like yours? anyhoo.. i'll definitely do that re the timer with the lights *phew!* you saved me some potential flowering issues later on thanks Vick! gives me something to do for the next hour while my spaceballs wear off *chuckles*
when i look through my 30x loupe, with the led on.. it's like trichomes heaven! and i easily see a good 25+% amber trichs!.. but when i take pics with my cam(21 x zoom) they only appear white???! so when Vick mentioned i should adjust and set my white balance and possibly wider angle shots, i would get better pics showing the amber.. i had a play for 15 mins earlier and started to get it dialed in.. set the white balance to a nice piece of white paper.. but unfortunately it was outside under a semi cloudy day, so i hope to sort that out 2moro under an HPS or atleast a sunny day, then i can set the balance better.. after the initial play i did notice i could see more amber but very mild.. so i will endeavor to sort that 2moro.. *fingers crossed* my camera takes decent close ups.. but it's just dialing it in to a better balance of light.
