Spidersnaps: Lomo lo-fi

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Lomography brand films aren't commonly in stock at my usual lab, and they're usually out of my willing price range... However, one day the lab had a supply of Lomo Classicolor 200 for THB390 (USD13), and given that I had a provincial trip to a flower field coming up, I thought why not? Well, one good reason is that it feels like it's got the same sensitivity and contrast-iness as the Harman Phoenix I tried a while back, and at least on my Kodak M35, the shots outdoors (like the flower field) mostly worked nicely, but it really underperformed indoors, and even outdoor shots sometimes featured harsh shadows :-\ The final result was that I only got 29 scans from 36 shots (some looking very indistinct), and I suspect it'd probably work better with cameras where the exposure can be adjusted (That said, go figure that they still returned it as strips)



Camera and film: unusually, this film comes not in a canister, but an foil wrapper


Soccer field, taken from the nearby sports complex...


...that was being used to host SEA Games boxing


Mitrtown Christmas tree


Wallflowers


Morning traffic


The only photo from the last day of SEA Games boxing to come out, whereas a shot in the hallway I took with flash didn't "take"


Provincial trip: Special opening ceremony for a flower farm's new season, with the governor of Saraburi province, as the trip happened to coincide



Flowers at the farm


Mountain, from behind a tinted van window, and thus slightly muggy


Phuttabat temple (this actually needed to be taken twice, since I only noticed after attempt #1 that the flash switch was stuck in the middle :-\)


Tree near Chamchuri Square decored with eyes, lanterns, and a scarf


New year flowers near Sound of the Northeast (though using last year's sign, which had to be covered up with flowers)


Uni entrance, decorated with black and white mourning ribbons


Flowers


Local mall Christmas Tree


Samsen train station, with "dramatic" afternoon lens flare


Late afternoon at the "milk festival" at Mitr Town (a yearly alternative to the beer garden)


New Year's at Siam Paragon's new environment-themed space


Central Ladphrao's Rapunzel themed Christmas tree, though the statue of the princess (lower-right) is barely visible compared to the lights


New year flowers again, this time with the correct year (and better light :-))


Wide shot of the royal statues


Late afternoon shot of a tree showing up the contrasty nature: The little bit near the bottom (plus the top part, of course) is the only part illuminated by the sun


Flowers (and plenty of harsh shadows)


Flowering tree with blown out sky, with the mural mourning the Queen Mom visible


Last picture showing the flowers atop a partially sunlit tree coming out well, and the rest of the foliage dropping into darkness, despite being shot at 7:30am