On Monday I went over to Fleming Creek at Parker Mill in late afternoon to shoot some photos with my Diana camera. Yes, that "toy" camera. I wanted to capture some long exposures of Fleming Creek to give it a dreamy flowing look. That of course, requires a time exposure on the "B" setting, which also requires some sort of sturdy support. Oops, the Diana does not have a tripod socket - imagine that.
So, I cobbled together a tripod attachment point using Velcro and an old flash holder. It actually worked pretty well. This photo was taken on Arista 100 film, using the sunny setting (f16?) at about 6 seconds. Not too shabby, and I think my mission was accomplished.
Here is how I set up the tripod mount:
on a tripod....
4 comments:
Nice work!
Very ingenious and worth the assembly to get that marvelous photo!!!
Walkiria
Very nice shot. Great idea for the tripod mount, by the way. I have a Holga, but it now seems that I need a Diana. Have you ever thought of doing a show or series using just the plastic cameras? After seeing this shot, I think you should.
Thanks, everyone. I need to try more of these!
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