Night of the Hydrangea
Night of the Hydrangea, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. These new hydrangea buds grace our side yard. You have to get really close up to them to…
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December 26, 2005
Passiflora Christmas
Passiflora Christmas, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. MERRY CHRISTMAS! Phyllis tells me that passiflora, or passion flower, is named for the passion of Christ. Religiousity aside, probably…
December 24, 2005
Passiflora Water Drops
Passiflora Water Drops, photo by Harold Davis. View this photo larger. I was really excited when photographing the passion flower near Sean, Robin, and Keara's front door to look closely…
December 23, 2005
Passion Flower
Passion Flower, photo by Harold Davis. View this photo larger. Bright, cloudy, and wet: a perfect day for macro photography of a passionate and colorful flower like this passiflora decorating…
December 23, 2005
Boost That ISO!!!
Lobelia, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. When it's rainy and dark outside--approaching the shortest day of the year--what's a photographer to do? With this photo I was…
December 22, 2005
Flickr’s Best of My Best
View this photo larger. This Death Valley landscape was originally featured here. Regular readers (or should I say "viewers") of my Photoblog 2.0 likely know that I use Flickr for…
December 20, 2005
Wet Rose
Wet Rose, photo by Harold Davis. View this rose larger. It's nice that the torrential rains have stopped, and fun to still have flowers to photograph in my garden!
December 19, 2005
Monster Art Nouveau Lens Baby Orchid Macro
Orchid Detail VII, photo by Harold Davis. View this photo larger. I'm just so in love with these orchids, as I've said it is a slippery slope. I don't want…
December 17, 2005
Poppy Central
Poppy, photo by Harold Davis. View this photo larger. "This stop poppy central! All aboard!" I photographed this icelandic poppy in Julian's garden. (Julian, my eight year old son, has…
December 15, 2005
The Orchid’s Moustache
Orchid Detail V, photo by Harold Davis. View this photo larger. This photo of an orchid reminds me of a man with a moustache and a big. colorful hat. I…
December 15, 2005
Orchid Angel
Orchid Detail III, photo by Harold Davis. View this photo larger. As I noted recently, orchids are a slipperly slope and tender trap. I went to Berkeley Hort with my…
December 14, 2005
The Orchid Trap
Cymbidium, photo by Harold Davis. View this photo larger. In John Le Carre spy novels from the Cold War era, a Honey Trap meant an attractive snare. The original of…
December 14, 2005
As Images Go By
Orchid, photo by Harold Davis. View this flower larger. I'm not always that good at picking my best photos in real time. When I take a photo, I usually know…
December 12, 2005
Sniffing the Chocolate Cosmos
Chocolate Cosmos Bud 2, photo by Harold Davis. Click to view larger. I picked Nicky up at pre-school on Friday, and asked him what he wanted to do with me.…
December 10, 2005
Flower Warp Core
Flower Warp Core, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. I'm thinking of this flower image as something like the wacky engine room in the Tim Allen comedy classic…
December 8, 2005
Compare and Contrast
Flower Surprise, photo by Harold Davis. View this photo larger. Back when I was in high school, I was often asked to write essays that compared and contrasted two things…
December 8, 2005
To dSLR or Not to dSLR
Pink Mallow, photo by Harold Davis. View photo larger. I took this close-up using the macro setting of my Canon PowerShot G3 mounted on a tripod. Although sophisticated enough in…
December 7, 2005
Flower Like the Sun
Flower Mine, photo by Harold Davis. Click to view this photo larger! This flower photo, like an earlier Lens Baby flower photo, reminds me of hot sun held secret within…
December 7, 2005