Desert Night
Desert Night, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. This is the last photo I took during my all-night vigil in the desert. The photo looks generally southwest, up…
0 Comments
November 29, 2007
Lost in the Desert
Lost in the Desert, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. I took this photo from the platform where my night ramblings on the way back from the Wave…
November 28, 2007
Zion Canyon at Night
Zion Canyon at Night, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. On my way down the Angels Landing trail in the dark, I stopped at a bend where Zion…
November 22, 2007
Cosmic Swirls
Cosmic Swirls, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. As dusk darkened to night, my exposures got longer and longer until the swirl trails of the stars echoed the…
November 19, 2007
Looking Up in Zion
Looking Up, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. Coming down from Angels Landing in the dark, I paused after the set of switchbacks known as Willy's Wiggles. Looking…
November 12, 2007
Star Trails from Tunnel View
Star Trails from Tunnel View, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. Driving into Yosemite on a clear November evening, I stopped at Tunnel View for this 25 minute…
November 11, 2007
Fog and Stars
Fog and Stars, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. After the sun went down, the stars came out. I thought a photo of star trails above a fog…
November 6, 2007
Lake Tenaya at Night
Lake Tenaya at Night, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. On a memorable evening close to the 2007 summer solstice, I climbed down from the top of Lembert…
November 4, 2007
Sausalito & Belvedere
Sausalito & Belvedere, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. From the cliffs above Sausalito, in one direction the Golden Gate Bridge in alignment, and across the bay, San…
October 30, 2007
Moon Roll
Moon Roll, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. On a full moon night, I photographed from Kirby Cove. The moon was rising from behind and below the Golden…
October 28, 2007
Night Beach
Night Beach, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. Heading home along the night trail, I stopped to take this photo of a night beach on Point Reyes. [27mm…
October 27, 2007
Night Trail
Night Trail, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. On the night trail home from Sculptured Beach, I stopped to take a photo near where the Coastal Trail meets…
October 26, 2007
Above the Waldo Tunnel
San Francisco from above the Waldo Tunnel, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. The Waldo Tunnel guards the northern approach to the Golden Gate Bridge. From the mound…
October 25, 2007
Trawling for Moonlight
The fishing trawler was returning to port through the Golden Gate. As the boat headed for the channel of moonlight, I realized that a long time exposure just wouldn't do.…
October 9, 2007
Roughly, Millenium
Headlands, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. This photo shows the Marin Headlands landscape just after dark from the Point Bonita Lighthouse. Mark and I were lucky enough…
October 3, 2007
Golden Gate from Point Bonita
Golden Gate from Point Bonita, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. From Point Bonita, the Golden Gate and the city twinkled around the bend. What was the mystery…
September 30, 2007
Star Trails
Star Trails, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. I wanted to properly expose an image that showed long star trails without the moon. I set my timer to…
September 7, 2007
Using the Exposure Equation
There are a number of problems to solve in night photography, including seeing what you are doing, not falling off a cliff in the dark, running out of juice in…
September 7, 2007