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Pistils, Trichomes and Turpenes
Day 189 of an Unknown Number
"Pistils, Trichomes and Terpenes"
So, a friend's friend has a new hobby, and he was looking for someone to document his first harvest. I was up for the challenge, as I'm always looking for something new to shoot. The cultivating of this plant is legal in the State of California, but he still did not want me to use his name. I will call him, "Buddy." I went to Buddy's, and I did my best to photograph it in a straightforward manner, as he may wish to have all his varieties documented. I'm not sure how different they may look, but this plant is pretty funky to me. The little brown hairs are called pistils, and they catch the male flower's pollen. Apparently those little globs of resin are what the hype is all about. While they resemble the nectar on the tips of my carnivorous sundews, they do not catch prey in the same manner. Well.....I guess that in a way, they do. I shot with my 100 macro lens in order to get in close. However, because the depth of field was so shallow, some of the forward-facing leaves would inevitably be out of focus. I closed my lens down to an f/20 in order to get as much in focus as possible. I debated doing some focus stacking,......but didn't do it. When I saw the little hairs on top, I knew I wanted to backlight the plant. So, there is a horizontal strip bank directly above and behind our subject, and it defines the shape of the plant. Our second light is a snooted speedlight, and it is just out of frame at camera-left, and is aimed just ahead of the top of the plant. The light is so focused that there is clear falloff at the bottom of the image. I played with the leaves at the left, hoping to give a little shape and a dynamic element to the otherwise peculiar plant. Thanks for taking a look!
#cannabis #weed #portrait #studio #plant #terpenes #cannabinoids #maryjane #foliage #canon5dmarkIII #canon100macro #pocketwizard #macrophotography #pistils #trichomes #leaves #paulcbuffinc #paulcbuffeinstein #canon580exII
Pistils, Trichomes and Turpenes
Day 189 of an Unknown Number
"Pistils, Trichomes and Terpenes"
So, a friend's friend has a new hobby, and he was looking for someone to document his first harvest. I was up for the challenge, as I'm always looking for something new to shoot. The cultivating of this plant is legal in the State of California, but he still did not want me to use his name. I will call him, "Buddy." I went to Buddy's, and I did my best to photograph it in a straightforward manner, as he may wish to have all his varieties documented. I'm not sure how different they may look, but this plant is pretty funky to me. The little brown hairs are called pistils, and they catch the male flower's pollen. Apparently those little globs of resin are what the hype is all about. While they resemble the nectar on the tips of my carnivorous sundews, they do not catch prey in the same manner. Well.....I guess that in a way, they do. I shot with my 100 macro lens in order to get in close. However, because the depth of field was so shallow, some of the forward-facing leaves would inevitably be out of focus. I closed my lens down to an f/20 in order to get as much in focus as possible. I debated doing some focus stacking,......but didn't do it. When I saw the little hairs on top, I knew I wanted to backlight the plant. So, there is a horizontal strip bank directly above and behind our subject, and it defines the shape of the plant. Our second light is a snooted speedlight, and it is just out of frame at camera-left, and is aimed just ahead of the top of the plant. The light is so focused that there is clear falloff at the bottom of the image. I played with the leaves at the left, hoping to give a little shape and a dynamic element to the otherwise peculiar plant. Thanks for taking a look!
#cannabis #weed #portrait #studio #plant #terpenes #cannabinoids #maryjane #foliage #canon5dmarkIII #canon100macro #pocketwizard #macrophotography #pistils #trichomes #leaves #paulcbuffinc #paulcbuffeinstein #canon580exII