I've been shooting a lot of expired film. Mostly because it had been kindly gifted to me and was still in good condition. I decided to grab a fresh, cold one out of the fridge to go with my Bronica ETRSi 645. Considering the last roll of film that I used in this camera was Black and White, I decided to go colour and loaded a Kodak Portra 160. I can't remember the last time I used a Kodak film!
I got 15 exposures from the roll.
Some appear to have a brighter colour range than others and I think that may be due to a little overexposure; the sky is not blue and the colours have turned out to be different range of sepia tones. I was using the Sunny 16 method of calculating exposure. Looking at those that have been a little overexposed, I believe it may be from where I was positioned whilst taking the photo, either facing away from the Sun (blue sky and truer colour) o,r having the Sun in front or to the side of me; blown out sky and duller colours.
For the photos taken at Carrington, the river is a dirty brown colour thanks to flooding rainfall inland that has washed tonnes of topsoil down the river to the sea. You certainly would not want to swim in it!
I love taking photos at Carrington. The fishing boats with their nets and ropes make for good photos. There is quite a bit more at Carrington I could photograph but much of our harbour is for coal and is secured against unauthorised entry.
From Carrington on this particular day, we walked along Throsby Creek for a while and had lunch at local Cafe - Cafe Inu, which is a lovely dog friendly cafe with a great menu and coffee!
The rest of the roll was taken as I wandered about during my lunch break and also from a day trip up to Merriwa. During the day, it is difficult to capture that small town feeling that I was looking for in a couple of places we visited. I want to revisit places after shops close and just before Sunset so there aren't cars parked all over the Main Street which will ruins the theme I am looking for.
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| This bloke seemed to be trying to untangle his lines but the windy day kept lifting the wing making it difficult for him |
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| This is one of the photos I mentioned where the sky appeared to be blown out a bit exposure wise and the colour appeared to be very Sepia. I am thinking now that perhaps it is the muddy colour of the water reflecting off the boats that has given the photos that Sepia look? |
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| Newcastle Public School for Infants - 1892 |
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| The Pelicans and Seagulls looking for a feed along Throsby Creek. |
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| Carrington boat moorings from the Cowper Street Bridge. Note the colour of the water. |
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| Saint Anthony of Padua Church in the small rural locality of Gungal. |
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| Silo Art at Merriwa. Many rural communities are introducing art onto their grain silos. It makes a lot of difference to the ugly, but essential, buildings. This is going to be a new project for me; oversize art work on buildings! |
