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,…
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…
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…
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.…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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:…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Lensbaby Poppy 2, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. After photographing a Papaver nudicaule being born, for the next few days I continued in the same damn the…