Night Music
Night Music, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. On our Sea Ranch vacation we had a number of clear nights without fog. I took advantage of these nights…
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August 29, 2007
Diffusion of the Moon
Diffusion of the Moon, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. Only a fifteen second exposure, with more light than you'd expect: the bank of clouds surrounding the moon…
July 26, 2007
Mt Tamalpais from Berkeley Marina
Mt Tamalpais from Berkeley Marina, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. We left the Berkeley Pier and I drove down to the breakwater in front of the channel…
July 23, 2007
Moonshine
Moonshine, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. At two minutes, this exposure was smack dab in the middle of the dynamic range for capturing bright moonlight. In other…
July 12, 2007
Estero by Starlight
Estero by Starlight, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. A recent hike along the Estero Trail in Point Reyes ending in night: starlight on Drakes Estero. Venus was…
July 9, 2007
Star Vortex
Star Vortex, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. This is a very long time exposure taken from the top of Half Dome. It was around 1AM. I pointed…
July 6, 2007
Yosemite Valley from Half Dome
Yosemite Valley from Half Dome, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. This is a 9 1/2 minute exposure taken from the top of Half Dome a little after…
July 5, 2007
Golden Gate Moonrise
Golden Gate Moonrise, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. As the full moon rose behind the Golden Gate, I quit trying to photograph the moon beneath the bridge.…
July 3, 2007
Moon Shines Bright
Moon Shines Bright, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. On Saturday I knew the full rose moon was coming up at 9:29PM. I decided to try for some…
July 2, 2007
Moon Shadow of Half Dome
Moon Shadow of Half Dome, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. I took this photograph during my vigil on the top of Half Dome at about 11:20PM. It's…
June 28, 2007
Exposing the Night Landscape
Photographers often ask me how to get the right exposure with night landscapes. It's a tricky topic. My experience is that the light meter in my dSLR is pretty much…
June 28, 2007
Half Dome by Starlight
Half Dome by Starlight 1, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. Last week I went to Yosemite. As my kids might say, this was an "opposites day" venture:…
June 25, 2007
Midnight Rambles
Midnight Rambles, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. I took this photo of the view down Tenaya Canyon towards Half Dome shortly before midnight on June 21. I…
June 23, 2007
Beauty in the Belly of the Beast
Silicon Valley from Mission Peak, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. This is a thirty second time exposure from the top of Mission Peak. It is looking down…
June 14, 2007
Digital Night Website
It all started when I pointed my digital camera into the void of night and was surprised by the results. In apparent darkness, there's plenty of "light" we cannot see…
June 14, 2007
Do You Know the Way?
San Jose from Mission Peak, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. Jack was kind enough to come with me for another night hike up the beast, Mission Peak.…
June 12, 2007
Twilight Turns to Night
Night Shore 2, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. Looking south from Arch Rock the twilight turned to night. Individual stars turned to the star-filled night sky and…
June 9, 2007
Renegade Remaining Photons
South from Arch Rock, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. I left home after dinner. It took me a bit more than an hour to drive to the…
June 8, 2007