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...or something like that gr8t ole tune...

I was working thru a coupla albums of slides from years ago...& I spotted a pair of slides... that i've been claiming to own for many moons...now. The first (to my knowledge...) 2 claim to have photo--vouchers of the white specs [& I mean white]....in the nearly white granite of the Gila Mtns., Yuma Cty AZ.

These I conclude are the creme dela creme of specs....now the only ? is this....I was shooting ExtaChrome...which is a blue spectrum film...& it was in early AM....& the light was dim...accenting the blue....so it really worth me bothering to scan & post em? Can anyone really care what white specs... circa 1987 look like...

would love to see some speck pics, pretty, ugly, anything. specks are my favorite rattlesnakes so any and all pics are welcome. especially from yuma, i cant think if I have ever seen an animal from thoses parts. rootsrok

...from the old spurX ranch with some of that up ta date photo technology ya got goin now.

Brendan

Although not the prettiest by a long shot she was still a looker.

BPO that is one nice speck! Excellent photo too, was it in situ or did you place it there for the photo? Beautiful, I love the those little "pink rattlers"!
Cheers
Brett

np

...see i knew i was screwn up...not talkn 1st w/ the king o specs...BPO...[all rise].

Now w/ Dr. Spec payn attention, I couldnt possibly post my dog-turd slides...w/o him hopefully pulling out the blue (& my blues...) from my sorry shots....but again...as far as I know...these are some of the early vouchers for the Gilas...

Intel indicates Dr spec has his typical super-quality shots of these same snakes...

Neo-spec-ophiles need to be aware tho, special rules re: access/border patrol/miltary ops, y narcos all apply harshly in this super-harsh land...dont stray to far off I-8 w/o a seasoned sidekick. The N gilas (n of I-8) have the same snakes w a lot less hassles....

Perhaps in the interim...Dr spec will treat us to a proper view of a typical....cascabel blanco...

Meanwhile I await his prognosis for my jpg...

Brendan that pink is awesome & I have a decent NE range limit jpg...Ill get it posted by the weekend...

Off up the Estrellas tommorow @ o-dark-30...bighorn stuff..but might see a ???

It's just too bad that the file was so small to start with. I did what I could to revive it but even PS and DIP had a tough go of it.

At least we can tell it's a rattlesnake.