Critique Welcomed a 'slide' on an unlikely camera

[Charlotte Ortelli]

I took this with the Baby Diana 110 on a very hot day in the city. The flaring from the Australian sun is brutal, uncoated lens don't do well with it.
Although in this photo of the slide amongst the trees in the middle of this park, the flaring creates the illusion of a god ray! This is my favorite from the 24 I took that day.

Sorry for the pun, its color negative film, but there is a slide in the picture

(If you want to raise your eyebrows, look at how this camera loads, and how the film cartridge hangs out the back)

 

[Rob MacKillop]

To prove the existence of God in your first upload here must be a first! My images prove the opposite Nice one, Charlotte.

 

[Pete Askew]

What a great first image to post, Charlotte (nice title too!). I love the texture in those leaves and branches, it is almost as if they have been caught swirling due to the passage of the shaft of light / flare (mind I see it more like dust, as in His Dark Materials!). And I also like that it appears to have pressed down on those plants near the slide (or is that a pipe leading from / to a mysterious laboratory?!). I also like the muted colours a lot and square format.

I do like the aesthetic that these ‘toy’ cameras can bring (as it does here). Have you ever seen the work of Susan Burnstine? I can imagine you’d like it.

Susan Burnstine Photography

 

[Pete Askew]

Oh, and what an interesting little camera!

First Impressions: Lomography Diana Baby (110 Film Format) - The Phoblographer

In this blog post, we give readers a quick look at the Lomography Diana Baby camera. Read more at The Phoblographer.

www.thephoblographer.com

I have a few lenses sold by Lomo, but have never owned one of their cameras.

 

[Charlotte Ortelli]

What a great first image to post, Charlotte (nice title too!). I love the texture in those leaves and branches, it is almost as if they have been caught swirling due to the passage of the shaft of light / flare (mind I see it more like dust, as in His Dark Materials!). And I also like that it appears to have pressed down on those plants near the slide (or is that a pipe leading from / to a mysterious laboratory?!). I also like the muted colours a lot and square format.

I do like the aesthetic that these ‘toy’ cameras can bring (as it does here). Have you ever seen the work of Susan Burnstine? I can imagine you’d like it.

Susan Burnstine Photography

I had not heard of her, no, that is quite the style... very unique! Thank you for the recommendation.

I appreciate the kind words, square format is my absolute favourite, so its a treat to shoot in a niche format (110), only the only camera with the format. And somehow that dinky little lens creates quite nice images, and somehow there are no lightleaks.

If you want to have some fun, Lomography's cameras can be quite good!

 

[Bill Brown]

(or is that a pipe leading from / to a mysterious laboratory?!).

Yes Pete, possibly never before seen images from The Island of Dr. Moreau?