Falling in Love
Falling in Love, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. This is a photo of a Papaver rhoeas 'Falling in Love,' a double variety of Papaver rhoeas I got…
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April 28, 2008
Red Flowering Dogwood Blossom
Red Flowering Dogwood, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. Phyllis and I celebrated our wedding anniversary last week. Sixteen years, three kids and one more on the way,…
April 26, 2008
High Focal Range (HFR)
Daffodil, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. If you've ever looked closely at a daffodil like this beautiful specimen, you'll know that within the outer yellow petals is…
April 22, 2008
Assembling Clivia
Clivia, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. Clivia, a lily-like flower originally from southern Africa, grow on the shaded side of our house with very little intervention from…
April 15, 2008
Anemone and Bicycles
Anemone, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. This is a close-up of an anemone, a flower in the buttercup (Ranunculus) family named after the Greek word for wind.…
April 14, 2008
Each Apple Pear
Pear Blossom Special, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. Obviously, I have a fondness for small aperture, fully stopped-down flower macros that use high depth of field to…
April 11, 2008
Lupine along the Trail
Lupine along the Trail, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. Coming back from Alamere Falls, I photographed this lupine bush with two exposures, one for the sunset in…
April 7, 2008
Asiatic Lily Bouquet
Asiatic Lily Bouquet, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. I photographed this interesting mixed Lily bouquet on black velvet, with natural daylight and a tungsten spot. As always…
March 31, 2008
Close Encounters with Calypso
Close Encounters with Calypso 2, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. In Greek mythology, Calypso was a water nymph. In ancient Greek, calypso (Καλυψώ) was a form of…
March 20, 2008
Study in Camellia
Study in Camellia, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. Sometimes simple is best. This is a straightforward, unmanipulated shot. I used basic lighting and a black background to…
March 16, 2008
Colors and Patterns
Red Cyclamen, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. Where the composition of a photo is about pattern, a single color often plays an important role. Cases in point:…
March 12, 2008
Focus
Nectar of Lily, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. Focus, in the sense of focusing the lens, is one of the primary variables in a photograph under the…
March 6, 2008
Lily in a Green Vase
Lily in a Green Vase, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. Flowers in our house often do double duty, and this lily is no exception. Purchased as part…
March 5, 2008
Moby Dick
Moby Dick, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. Looking through the lens at the rain-drenched petals of this white cyclamen, I was reminded of something great and white...maybe…
March 3, 2008
Blossoms and Sensitivity
I've written about using noise for aesthetic purposes. I've also explored the possibility that noise generated by boosting a camera's sensitivity (ISO) will become a historical artifact and thing of…
March 2, 2008
Inversion of Hellebores
Hellebore on White, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. The image above was the first version of this photo. I used a flourescent light table as my illumination…
February 28, 2008
Rose Bouquet from Above
Rose Bouquet from Above, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. This is a subsequent photo of the bouquet of roses, with the buds a bit more open, and…
February 19, 2008
Bouquet of Roses
Bouquet of Roses, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. This is a bouquet of multicolored roses for my beautiful wife, Phyllis. She deserves all the flowers in the…
February 17, 2008