Kodak Portra 160 - Medium Format

 

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

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?

Newcastle Public School for Infants - 1892

The Pelicans and Seagulls looking for a feed along Throsby Creek.

Carrington boat moorings from the Cowper Street Bridge.  Note the colour of the water.

Saint Anthony of Padua Church in the small rural locality of Gungal.

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!