Pentaxians... Any out there?

I think California and Australia have climatically much in common. We do have some native deciduous trees in central California, but the further south you go (north to you) they before less common. Of course, because California has been totally populated now non-native trees have arrived, en mass; including Eucalyptus. One strange tree we have here at the 38th parallel is the live oak (Quercus Sempervirens), and Redwood which keeps its leaves all year, where the CA Sycamore, Quercus Agrifolia are deciduous. There are other minor example of deciduous trees like Arbutus Menziesii.

Here are three Redwoods: planted not native (non-Pentax camera):

Tmax 100 expired HC-110h by John Carter, on Flickr

Thanks for the LX photo.
 
Interestingly the 'Fagus' in my photo is one of the Gondwanan species, with similar Nothofagus species found in New Zealand, Patagonia, New Caledonia, New Guinea and through mainland Australia (QLD, NSW and Vic). They've also found Nothofagus fossils in Antarctica.

It's always odd hearing Northern Hemisphere folk talking about their local Eucalyptus. Here we have the opposite, with huge numbers of Pinus radiata (a Californian/Mexican native) across the Tasmanian landscape as a plantation species.
 
charjohncarter said:
... One strange tree we have here at the 38th parallel is the live oak (Quercus Sempervirens), and Redwood which keeps its leaves all year...
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Indeed - anyone traveling around Redding, California, will see them. It's especially plentiful and attractive among the rolling hills between Redding and Red Bluff.
 
My old cat, Gabe, taken with K1000. HP5+ in Rodinal 1:50.

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I have been watching the Netflix docuseries "High Score" and was pleasantly surprised to see in episode 5 the art designer of Street Fighter II is using a gorgeous black Pentax KM.
Not really a huge deal, but I thought it pretty cool!
 
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