Bougainvillea Flower, photo by Harold Davis. This picture shows the flower of the bougainvillea. The color of this plant comes from the wonderful leaves, not the small white-yellow flower you…
Westgard Pass, photo by Harold Davis. Westgard Pass lies on lonely Route 168 between Big Pine and the great open desert country of basins, ranges, and valleys. (View a map…
Owens River Gorge, photo by Harold Davis. After reluctantly leaving Hot Creek, I headed down Route 395 into Owens Valley. (View road map of my route here.) Between the Sierra…
Hot Creek, photo by Harold Davis. Hot Creek is a cold mountain stream flowing out of the eastern Sierra. Intense volcanic activity makes eddies of hot, bathable water in the…
Reflections, photo by Harold Davis. Leaving the waterfalls of Yosemite behind, I continued with my trip. The sun was just reaching the trees, as in this picture, when I drove…
Lake Tenaya Reflections, photo by Harold Davis. On my trip, I left Yosemite Valley and drove across Tioga Pass. (I'll write more about this segment of my journey in another…
Valley Sunset, photo by Harold Davis. Happy but foot weary I came down the trail from Vernal and Nevada Falls, determined if it was before 3PM (I didn't have a…
Rainbow, photo by Harold Davis. When I saw the sun shining newly risen at the top of Vernal Falls, I couldn't still my wandering feet. "Onward," they said to me,…
Coreopsis, photo by Harold Davis. You can take the boy out of the macro, but you can't take the macro out of the boy! On my recent trip there were…
Vernal Falls Morning Light, photo by Harold Davis. I spent the first couple of nights of my road trip in Yosemite Valley. I stayed at Curry Village for $29.00 per…
Yosemite Autumn, photo by Harold Davis. I'm just back from a week trip to the mountains and the desert. Phyllis is a saint and took care of the three kids…
Aerial Autumn Leaf, photo by Harold Davis. This is a very close view of a maple leaf. It reminds me of a map, or aerial view. The capillaries you can…
Kanji Sky, photo by Harold Davis. I love the way sunset across the Bay catches different layers of clouds. You can see the sky shimmering through the layers. The tree…
Bloom, photo by Harold Davis. My garden doesn't know yet that it is supposed to be autumn. If ever there really is an autumn in this Pacific micro climate. Our…
Goat Eye, photo by Harold Davis. I went along with Julian's second grade class yesterday as a parent driver and volunteer on a field trip to Slide Ranch. We milked…
Mount Diablo Sunrise, photo by Harold Davis. The drive between Nicky's pre-school drop-off and Julian's second grade drop-off goes along the crest of the coastal range. (In this metropolitan area,…
Fisheye-Lens Dog, photo by Harold Davis. I'm trying out my new toy, an AF-Fisheye Nikkor 10.5mm f/2.8 G ED lens for my D70. This is one of the first pictures…
Gladiola, photo by Harold Davis. I have been photographing gladioluses today. A gladiola, or gladiolus, is a glad thing. This member of the Iris family is so colorful and always…