Hi
@FarmerJake
I smoke the dried male flowers after they released the pollen. I only do in a small pipe as the first smoke of the day because than I can notice the effect but I highly recommend not smoke to much you don't want to get a headache.
The flower structure looks nice the last pic with the closest flower structure would be my choice. More closer male flowers gives more compact female flowers in the offspring generation. I would use different males and mark the pollinated buds, separate the seeds and growing them side by side.