Polyganum
Polyganum, photo by Harold Davis. View this photo larger. This is an extreme macro photograph of a polyganum flower in my garden. Polyganum is commonly known as "smart weed." It's…
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February 12, 2006
Do Opposites Attract?
Strange Ranunculus, photo by Harold Davis. View this photo larger. Do opposites attract? How different can two people be? Do these two flowers really belong to the same family? Leaving…
February 12, 2006
My Camera, My Flowers, and a Dedication
Gazania Petals, photo by Harold Davis. View this photo larger. A French reader of Photoblog 2.0 asks some good questions that you, too, might want answered if you are new…
February 11, 2006
Poppy Triptych
White Poppy, photo by Harold Davis. View this photo larger. I'm pleased to present this triptych of poppy photos: white, red, and yellow. These flowers are all on one poppy…
February 10, 2006
Young Leucospermum
Young Leucospermum Profile, photo by Harold Davis. View this photo larger. This is the leucospermum "scarlet ribbons" plant in my garden that I photographed earlier from above. This photo shows…
February 10, 2006
Garden in a Water Drop
Garden in a Water Drop, photo by Harold Davis. To see a world in a grain of sand, And a heaven in a wild flower, Hold infinity in the palm…
February 10, 2006
Do Flowers Weep?
Flower Tears, photo by Harold Davis. View this photo larger. Do flowers weep? Are rain drops tears from the sky? Or does the flower petal embrace the drops of rain…
February 10, 2006
Snapdragon’s Secret
Snapdragon's Secret, photo by Harold Davis. View this photo larger. There's a secret at the heart of every flower, including this snapdragon in my garden...
February 10, 2006
Fire of Passion in the Cherry Heart
Fire of Passion in the Cherry Heart, photo by Harold Davis. View this photo larger. I photographed cherry blossoms today along Thousand Oaks near our home. These are photomacrographs, but…
February 10, 2006
Pansy at a Rakish Angle
Pansy, photo by Harold Davis. View this photo larger. I took this photo because the unexpected angle interested me. It's not how one usually expects to see these flowers. The…
February 10, 2006
Anthropomorphization
Ranunculus, photo by Harold Davis. View this photo larger. Along with an idealized (and often false) perfection in nature photography, we look for something we can relate to. That's why…
February 9, 2006
Perfection and Imperfection
Imperfection, photo by Harold Davis. View this photo larger. Why do we expect our great photographs of nature to show perfection? The truth is that nature is rarely perfect. Human…
February 9, 2006
Extrapolation
Wet Flower, photo by Harold Davis. View this photo larger. When the weather is bright and sunny, as it is today, it seems like it will always be bright and…
February 8, 2006
Cherry Blossom Special
Cherry Blossom Special, photo by Harold Davis. View this photo larger. The cherry trees are starting to bloom in our neighborhood, although exactly which trees in our coastal zone depends…
February 4, 2006
Helleborus in the Rain
Helleborus in the Rain, photo by Harold Davis. View this photo larger. I photographed this simple, innocent, child-like flower, with its raindrop for an eye, as part of the same…
February 3, 2006
Leucospermum Scarlet Ribbons
Leucospermum Scarlet Ribbons, photo by Harold Davis. View this photo larger. This Leucospermum "Scarlet Ribbons" blossom is about 1/4" across in diameter. These flowers will get a great deal bigger,…
February 1, 2006
Mirror Worlds
Mirror World, photo by Harold Davis. View this photo larger. The world of photomacrography is made up of immense--but tiny--worlds. Each inhabiting a drop of water, a blade of grass,…
January 31, 2006
Camellia Night
Camellia Night, photo by Harold Davis. View this photo larger. It was raining the other night, and very wet. The raindrops looked very pretty on the new camellia buds. I…
January 31, 2006