Flashback.. Pictures from the past.

[Silas_Sancona]

Before Photography went digital, photographers relied on film to capture ..pretty much everything..   Part of the enjoyment in using film was waiting for pictures to be developed, or, if you were lucky enough to take Photography in High School, learning how to develop pictures yourself..  Something every legit photographer should have experience doing, even if you'll likely never need to..

The downside of using film of course is having a ton of  "reject" pictures hanging around alongside the great shots ...Can't just hit delete on a film camera.

I recently had several boxes of stuff i'd had in storage for about 15 or so years sent here, including a fair chunk of photographs taken in the 90's and early/mid 2k's.. Didn't realize i had some pictures from as far back as 1989 or 1990 in the mix as well.

Going through them, found several i thought would be share- worthy, figuring certain people would appreciate it..  Fun to take a look back toward the beginnings of a long journey to come..  In some cases, film pictures were taken on is long gone..  That happens when you move around a lot..




Landscapes..

Looking toward Pine Ridge in Henry Coe State park from the southwest shoe of  Anderson Reservoir, 2008. Pines atop the ridge are Pacific Ponderosa Pine, Pinus ponderosa ssp. benthamiana.




 Saguaro Nat. Park ( West side ), Tucson, 1991



Somewhere southeast of Enchanted Rock State Park, outside Fredricksburg, TX. 2006





Lower Greystone Ridge, New Almaden, CA. 1999





Little Leopard skin Falls, along the Horner Run, Mulberry, Ohio. 2005




North section of the Greystone Hills area, before it was destroyed, by the building a Golf Course.. New Almaden, CA. 1991 ..or '92. Hard to see in this view but the trail in front of me descends down a very steep hill. Great after school / on the weekends workout on a Mountain Bike when not out here looking for plants/ other stuff...  I wish i had veered the picture a little more to the right when taken.. Barely noticeable in the picture, but the picture was taken a few years before a housing development was built in the flat area below the low ridge in the center of the picture on the far right.  View is looking south.





California Flora..

Lupinus nanus 
Old IBM research facility,  Guadalupe Mines Road, New Almaden, CA 1991. First encounter with the species.. Lupine.. and the IBM facility are no longer there. Wish the picture was clearer, lol.



Greystone Ridge Open Space Area, New Almaden, CA. 1999




Lupinus bicolor  Calero Reservoir, Santa Clara County, CA. 2008





Fritillaria liliacea  Lower Coyote Ridge, Santa Clara County, CA. 2008



Primula *Formally Dodecatheon* hendersonii, Anderson Reservoir, Santa Clara County, CA. 2008



Primula *Formally Dodecatheon* clevelandii var. patula, Henry Coe State Park, Santa Clara County, CA. 1999 ..Might have taken this during the same trip i broke a $500.00 lens.



Trichostema lanatum,  Pinnacles Nat. Mon. San Benito County, CA. 1995



Iris hartwegii, cream form. Rainbow Falls area, Tuolumne County, CA. 1993



Sisyrinchum bellum, Santa Teresa Co. Park, Santa Clara Co. CA. 2008



Platystemon californicus, Calero Hills Open Space, Santa Clara Co. CA. 2008



Aquilegia formosa, Santa Teresa Co. Park. New Almaden CA. 1993.




Kansas Flora..

Ratabida pinnata, Shawnee County, KS 1998



Asclepias tuberosa, Shawnee County, KS 1998



Dalea purpurata, Douglas Conuty, KS 1998




Critters..

Baja California Treefrog,  Pseudacris hypochondriaca  *Formally Hyla / Pesudacris regilla*  Santa Teresa Co. Park, Santa Clara Co. CA. 1994



Felis rufus out for a stroll, and breakfast ...right in front of me and the camera. Henry Coe State Park, Santa Clara Co. CA. 1999  @Hillizard  If this is an indication, random encounter w/ a Jaguar isn't impossible, in the right location of course..






Anna's Hummingbird, New Almaden, CA. 1995



California Mountain Kingsnake,  Lampropeltis zonata, Rainbow Falls area, Tuolumne County, CA. 1993



Red Spotted Purple, Limenitis arthemis ssp. astyanax   Clinton / Coblentz Wildlife Area, Eastern Shawnee / Western Douglas Co. KS. 1998



Sunsets/ Sunrises/ a storm picture or two..

Flagstaff, AZ. 1997



New Almaden, CA. 1993



Lawrence, KS. 2000





Garden- related stuff..

First hard-to-germinate plant challenge:  Big Berry Manzanita, Arctostaphylos glauca. 1994, approx 6 months after germination.




First big plant collection.. Bearded Iris cultivars.. New Almaden, CA. 1990-95

Pinafore Pink.. Somewhere out there are pictures of this cultivar taken by a professional photographer who stopped by the house one day after noticing them in flower



Joyce Terry



Babbling Brook



Going My Way



Stepping Out



Clockwise:  Light Lavender:  Mary Francis.  Bi color: Going My Way.  Dark Blue Violet: Navy Chant.   Irises and other stuff planted there may be loongg gone, but the Pin Oak they were planted beneath ( Planted it as well >1992 ) is still there.



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Bull Kelp, Sunset State Beach, Santa Cruz Co. CA. 1999




Pinus jeffreyi, South Lake Tahoe, 1993