Being Born
Being Born, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. Within the short life span of the poppy flower (Papaver nudicaule shown here), being born, or emerging from the pod,…
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February 7, 2008
Hanging On
Hanging On, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. In a sunny intermission between squalls of rain I photographed this rain drop hanging onto a climbing geranium blossom. Even…
February 4, 2008
Trillium
Trillium, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. I photographed this tiny and wonderful wild Trillium in Steep Ravine last spring, and Phyllis just recently masked it onto black.…
January 18, 2008
Paper White on Black
Paper White on Black, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. We used the same black velvet background as I'd used with the sunflower. We used a pin to…
January 17, 2008
Sunflower
Sunflower, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. I photographed this sunflower as part of an ongoing project for a client. To achieve the simple look of this image,…
January 17, 2008
Petals
Petals, image by Harold Davis. View this image larger. We were proofing a 176 page book--Light and Exposure for Digital Photographers from O'Reilly--on our Epson 4800 printer using rolls of…
January 13, 2008
Hellebore on Black
Hellebore on Black, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. Mike said he wanted to learn a little more about how I post-processed photos. So he drove down the…
January 3, 2008
Among the Anthers
Among the Anthers, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. An anther combines the stamen of a flower with the filament (the green stalk holding the anthers up in…
January 2, 2008
Stamen
Stamen, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. This is the stamen of a white asiatic lily, photographed up close and very personal. [Nikon D300, 200mm f/4 macro lens…
January 2, 2008
Red Rose Heart
Red Rose Heart, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. The interior of this red rose reminds me of the conventional shape assigned a heart. Related story: Rose Studies.…
December 22, 2007
White Rose on Black
White Rose on Black, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. This is a version of the Burning White Rose. As with the other shots in the session, I…
December 22, 2007
Anemone on Black
Anemone on Black, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. Here's a photogram made from an anemone Japonica from our garden that I'm just getting around to blogging.
December 21, 2007
White and Black
Dawn Chorus Poppy on White, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. I was browsing my files in the middle of the night, gathering the far-flung pieces of a…
December 21, 2007
Fire Spiral in the Flower
Fire Spiral in the Flower, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. This is a version of the Burning White Rose that has been hit with LAB color channel…
December 20, 2007
Burning White Rose
Burning White Rose, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. I know this rose looks yellow, but it was actually snow white. You are looking at the color of…
December 20, 2007
Camellia Light
Camellia Light, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. This is another photo of a camellia blossom, lit from beneath with flat LED lights, and isolated using a black…
December 19, 2007
Camellia Petals
Camellia Petals, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. My new Nikon D300 showed up today, and of course I had to play. This is an extreme close-up of…
December 19, 2007
Helleborus on Black
Helleborus on Black, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. Here's an interpretive version of the Helleborus on White. I think the effect is like a glowing, stained glass…
December 15, 2007