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How to take beautiful agar and jar photos * 1
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Hi photographers.

Please give away your secrets.  When I try to take photos of things with reflective surfaces such as agar plates, glass jars, or plastic bags, I have tried all sorts of different lighting schemes - in the sun outside, in the shade, with bed lamps, LED lamps, you name it - but always I go nuts fighting with those *&@#!*&^$  reflections!  How do you guys get such beautiful pics?

Thanks in advance for giving away your mojo :shocked:  :grin:  :cool:


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Re: How to take beautiful agar and jar photos [Re: SWBZA] * 4
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Light to the side (not too intense) shining through the glass is how I do it, usually in a dark room so there's only one source.



Got some major bubblage in there

You get the idea.

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Re: How to take beautiful agar and jar photos [Re: MrJong]
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Thank you.

Off topic - what are those bubbles?

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Re: How to take beautiful agar and jar photos [Re: SWBZA]
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SWBZA said:
Thank you.

Off topic - what are those bubbles?


I waited too long to pour the agar and half the bottle solidified at the bottom before I poured, I'm trying to not pour too hot so I don't get condensation but it looks like I might as well just do that and find another way of removing it afterwards.

Air bubbles

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Re: How to take beautiful agar and jar photos [Re: MrJong] * 5
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Same as Mr Jong, placing dishes on a dark surface and placing a LED torch on one side so the surface is illuminated by rake light. This brings out the surface structure and helps to focus on the plate surface.







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Re: How to take beautiful agar and jar photos [Re: Baba Yaga] * 2
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Thanks, folks, light from the side, then.  Happy snappy, all.

Kind regards

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Re: How to take beautiful agar and jar photos [Re: SWBZA]
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Its all about light direction and intensity.

Side lighting is best. Dim forward-facing light is fine. If you really wanna get fancy, do underside lighting. It diffuses the light inside the LC/LI. Works really well for LCs/LIs but Ok for Agar plates. For agar, i think side lighting looks best.

Id also recommend getting a light with light diffusion. Diffused light is great for adding front light. Shades down on a window on a sunny day is a great source of diffused lighting.


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Re: How to take beautiful agar and jar photos [Re: LogicaL Chaos] * 1
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Hoping Takeatrip will join in. They take really good photos.

https://www.shroomery.org/forums/showflat.php/Number/28584782#28584782


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Re: How to take beautiful agar and jar photos [Re: elasticaltiger] * 1
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Thanks for all the advice.  I think my photos are better now.  Kind regards and happy snapping.



This is a clone of the large Golden Teacher in my signature - the one held by the blue glove.  I am particularly fascinated by the vertical growth in the centre of the plate.  This is myc growing on the actual fruit that I cloned to the plate.  Initially this was the only growth and it looked like a little porcupine full of fierce needles!  I'm actually a little disappointed I didn't take a "before" photo then.  It would have been cute to see the difference.  Anyway,  the myc took off and now they look nice and fluffy.

BTW, I've since learned that the greedy "clone the biggest one" is not necessarily the best approach.  Next time I'm going to clone fruit that grow in a tight cluster.  I've read that this is your best bet if you're going for a full canopy and max weight per harvest.  One never stops learning in this hobby.  What a pleasure!


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Re: How to take beautiful agar and jar photos [Re: SWBZA]
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SWBZA said:
Thanks for all the advice.  I think my photos are better now.  Kind regards and happy snapping.



This is a clone of the large Golden Teacher in my signature - the one held by the blue glove.  I am particularly fascinated by the vertical growth in the centre of the plate.  This is myc growing on the actual fruit that I cloned to the plate.  Initially this was the only growth and it looked like a little porcupine full of fierce needles!  I'm actually a little disappointed I didn't take a "before" photo then.  It would have been cute to see the difference.  Anyway,  the myc took off and now they look nice and fluffy.

BTW, I've since learned that the greedy "clone the biggest one" is not necessarily the best approach.  Next time I'm going to clone fruit that grow in a tight cluster.  I've read that this is your best bet if you're going for a full canopy and max weight per harvest.  One never stops learning in this hobby.  What a pleasure!


That is a GREAT photo. I wish everyone would post such clear pictures of their plates.


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First time growing cakes? DON'T make a Shotgun Fruiting Chamber

The Shmuvbox. - The Old TC's Like it :shrug:

Afraid to Start Growing From Your Own Prints? Drop it Like a Tiger!
No Pouring. No Syringes. No Cutting. No flaming. No Contamination. No Bullshit.

"The best thing to do while your waiting is to start more stuff. I usually got so much happening that I have tossed projects simply because I didn't have time for them. -Pastywhite QFT

Pastywhite's Easy Agar Tek (PastyPlates)

Tiger Drop Video Demos By munchauzen

Van Gogh would’ve sold more than one painting if he’d put tigers in them.―Bill Watterson

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Re: How to take beautiful agar and jar photos [Re: SWBZA]
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Nice pic. Ime, that is enmeshed with mold. I would take some tweezers and grab the end of that long arm that is coming towards the camera to a new plate and hope for the best.


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Re: How to take beautiful agar and jar photos [Re: LadysKnight]
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LadysKnight said:
Nice pic. Ime, that is enmeshed with mold. I would take some tweezers and grab the end of that long arm that is coming towards the camera to a new plate and hope for the best.


Mmm... Teach me please - how do you identify that enmeshed mold? "Enmeshed mold" is a new term for me.

With a first clone I'm not disappointed or surprised if there is contam. Thanks, time for T2.

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Re: How to take beautiful agar and jar photos [Re: SWBZA]
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Between the two sectors towards the camera. Little white bits that seem not attached to anything else, coming from nowhere, going nowhere. Overall cottony appearance elsewhere.


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Re: How to take beautiful agar and jar photos [Re: LadysKnight] * 2
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I think I see it.  I tried to photograph it more clearly - see below.  If I look at the plate from the side, those wispy bits seem to grow upwards, not on the agar surface.  Sadly, I notice these over most of the plate, including where there is good myc growth. 



Here is another photo taken from the side of the plate showing the height of the growth - almost as high as the cloned fruit in the centre.  It is from between 9 o'clock and 11 o'clock on the original photo of the plate:



Ratz!  Better clean up quickly :mad:  Helps if you know what to look for on plates.  I learned something very useful today.  Thank you.

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Re: How to take beautiful agar and jar photos [Re: SWBZA]
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Great photos! What an improvement! :yesnod:

I dunno LadysKnight, that looks like tomentose mycelium to me :shrug:


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"You will then have national and global contact around 2026." - Pleiadian Prophecy 2020

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Re: How to take beautiful agar and jar photos [Re: LogicaL Chaos] * 1
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LogicaL Chaos said:
Great photos! What an improvement! :yesnod:

I dunno LadysKnight, that looks like tomentose mycelium to me :shrug:


I get it. And I've been wrong before. I have mold PTSD and am extremely sensitive to it. Definitely hold that plate and see what it does. Maybe send it to one jar of grain and then bulk if it makes it that far. We may all learn something.

Also, try transferring just the fuzz and see what it does on a new plate


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It takes guts to be
gentle and kind
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Seek the truth tirelessly,
Even at the cost of your own sanity.
-fiddle_head

Edited by LadysKnight (01/25/24 12:50 PM)

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Re: How to take beautiful agar and jar photos [Re: LadysKnight] * 2
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Thanks, both. Will most certainly transfer that rope. I've never used tweezers for cleaning up, so that is also going to be a nice new adventure. I'm doing it in my mind already and seeing the flame sterilised tweezers cooling down in the new agar plate, I'm visualising pulling off that rope, and then, when I try to gently put it down on the new, clean plate, I see that strand of myc sticking to the tweezers, refusing to let go! Funny how our minds can sometimes create problems when we have zero data to go on... :confused:

I'll take the plate to grain and see what happens. :thumbup:

Oh, and good suggestion to also test the fuzz alone on a new plate. Looking forward to the experiment.

Edited by SWBZA (01/25/24 01:06 PM)

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Re: How to take beautiful agar and jar photos [Re: SWBZA]
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:rockon::popcorn:


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gentle and kind
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Seek the truth tirelessly,
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-fiddle_head

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Re: How to take beautiful agar and jar photos [Re: LadysKnight] * 1
    #28634518 -

Oh i totally get that. I have had my fair share of mold infections that have caused me much distress :sadyes: Cant go wrong with rhizomorphic mycelium, its so different than mold mycelium that its always a safe bet.

Good idea on the separated agar plates. Its a great learning experience as well to see different types of mushroom mycelium growth as well as possible incognito molds :yesnod::thumbup:

Plus more beautiful agar pics! :wink:

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Re: How to take beautiful agar and jar photos [Re: LogicaL Chaos] * 1
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LogicaL Chaos said:
Plus more beautiful agar pics! :wink:


No pressure :laugh:  Looking forward to the journey.

Quick one: this has become a very interesting discussion, but it is no longer just about photography.  Do I take it to a different thread?  A grow log?  Is this something that I take to my Journal?  Learning about this forum as much as about shrooms.

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