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Cannabis photography question

Started 6 months ago | Discussions thread
Dik2 Junior Member • Posts: 45
Re: Cannabis photography question

theshnob wrote:

holy moly. Yeah thats a little more of a set up then i was planning on lol. those pictures are gorgeous. its a been couple weeks since i posted this and realized what goes into beautiful photography like this. im a complete beginner. 2 days ago i ended up gettin a basically brand new rebel t7 with a 18-55 lens and a 75-300mm lens for a few hundred bucks. now im just looking for the right lens. i was actually shocked at how good a picture came out just buy turning it on and snapping a picture. im now learning about iso and apeture and all that good stuff. Any lens you can recommend for beginner like myself. my buddy reccomended a 80-100mm macro. i appreciate the reply man and beautiful trichomes and photos. im also learning about focus stacking also. this pic was just me opening the camera and click. thanks again man

If you don't want to do high magnification, any autofocus Macro lens will work. Focus stacking using lens focus rather than camera movement. The longer the focal length, the more working distance you will have.

More important is the lighting! I like to have rim light from behind and soft light fill from the front. Strips of Waveform 99 CRI LEDs with dimmers are what I use. An acrylic lighting globe with lens and rear access holes, (melted with a soldering iron), provides diffusion and clean reflections.

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