I joined local Jaguar Club members on a visit to the Stoewer Car Museum in Tawonga South, Victoria during a Sunday afternoon drive.
I bought my Nikon F6, Tamron 15-30mm f/2.8 and a roll of Kodak Ektar. With exposures all around 1/8th @ f/4 it was up to the outstanding vibration reduction of this remarkable lens to get the shots for me.
As usual, Ektar showed vivid colours, super-fine grain and good flexibility in post-processing. It was easy to bring down the slightly oversaturated reds which are a characteristic of this film and lower its naturally high contrast.
There are only a handful of these vehicles still in existence. Four of those on display are the only remaining examples of their model.
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Also in the museum were a Stutz Empire, a 1912 Brush that was the first car to travel across the Australian continent and a Jaguar XK150. In the car park that day were a classic Jaguar Mk V and a modern XE.
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Our next trip was to the High Country town of Corryong where the local show society staged a Jaguar car exhibition and equestrian events as part of their annual presentation.
On display was an Austin 7, a starting point for so many car manufacturers including Jaguar, BMW, Nissan and the French Rosengart.
Others included a pre-war Mk IV, my own Jaguar 420G, an early E-Type and a selection of Jaguars from the 1970s and 80s.
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I had an expired roll of Kodak Portra 400 in my bag and tried that at the horse events. The film was not quite fast enough for my ageing AF 75-300mm f/4.5-5.6. The lens is sharp enough for me at f/9.5 but 1/500 was insufficient to freeze the action in many cases.
The right combination might have been a Nikon F5 with Portra 800. Or maybe it’s time for that F6 grip!
The few shots below are memories of a pleasant day at a country show rather than examples of photographic excellence.
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