It looked ready. I just use the trichs as confirmation. I never used to, but after finding this forum, the first thing I went out and bought was a PC Microscope..... but anyway, this one was stumping me hence the question posted.
I actually can't really tell from photos if a plant 'looks' ready to chop from just looking at the buds or the main cola. I mean, yeah, you can get a good impression but actually, I think that nobody could even say with 100% certainty that they are from a photo. That's why I just upped the trichs pics. Besides, my camera ain't the best anyway