White Poppy Opening, photo by Harold Davis. View this photo larger. Here's a photograph of a white poppy opening, and a white camellia bud in the light of early morning.…
California Poppy 2, photo by Harold Davis. View this photograph larger. California poppies are native flowers that begin to dot the hills near us at this time of year. The…
Nonpariel, photo by Harold Davis. View this photograph larger. This is a milk chocolate nonpariel from Vermont Country Store (not a plug for VCS, I get no commission!). My kids…
Vernal Falls, photo by Harold Davis. View this photograph larger. Julian and I strapped on our snow shoes and headed up the Muir Trail to Vernal and Nevada Falls. At…
Lily of the Valley, photo by Harold Davis. View this photograph larger. Successful photographs of flowers are about seeing the way light interacts with the flower. A bold blanket statement--but…
Freesia 3, photo by Harold Davis. View this photograph larger. It rained hard over night. The kids were up early, and the sun came out bright through the clouds. Before…
Julian and Nicky, photo by Harold Davis. They're brothers, but they are so different! I like the comment on Flickr: "Watch out for Nicky, he looks so cheeky!" Nicky would…
Yosemite Falls from Sentinel Bridge, photo by Harold Davis. View this photo larger. Sentinel Bridge is a classic spot for photographing the vistas of Yosemite Valley. Spectacular any time of…
Yosemite Falls and Fog, photo by Harold Davis. View this photo larger. My recent two trips to Yosemite, with the valley still stuck in deep winter, leaves me hundreds of…
In the Sun, photo by Harold Davis. View this photograph larger. Today I used my macro lens and tripod to photograph this succulent backlit by the strong late afternoon sun.…
Mirror Lake in Snow, photo by Harold Davis. View this photo larger. This is a photograph I took last weekend in the snow in Yosemite Valley from Mirror Lake. It's…
Wet Cymbidium, photo by Harold Davis. View this photo larger. This is a round-up of some of my recent flower photographs in and around my garden. The photograph above is…
Force of Nature, photo by Harold Davis. View this photo larger. Mathew, our youngest, looks like he's an angel. Particularly when he's asleep. It's hard to reconcile this with the…
Emerging Ribbons 2, photo by Harold Davis. View this capture larger. Away only a few days, and what changes! The season progresses, and the ribbons on the leucospremum start to…
Coming Home, photo by Harold Davis. View this capture larger. Coming home from Yosemite and winter, Julian and I descended from Altamont Pass in the coastal range and headed north…
Daffodil, photo by Harold Davis. View this capture larger. Yesterday was a perfect day for photographing flowers close to home. The rain stopped in the late morning, and then the…
Snow in the Hills, photo by Harold Davis. View this capture larger. Coming down from Yosemite yesterday, Julian and I saw snow covering the hills on the western slope of…
This is a stick-your-lens-and-nose-in-close capture of the spadix of a calla lily. The spadix is the central spike you see in the calla lily. This photo is looking straight down…