Adventures in the Lily Forest
Lily Sea Anemone, photo by Harold Davis. This photo and the one below remind me of an alien landscape, or perhaps of a lily forest!
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November 11, 2005
Another Country
Pretty Close Lily, photo by Harold Davis. When you look at things close enough, they become another country--like this decorative lily petal. Are they bumps, or hills and craters? Or…
November 10, 2005
Glory
Native Morning Glory, photo by Harold Davis. These wonderful bush morning glories are California natives. Of course, they are small and fragile flowers. I photographed them over the weekend in…
November 8, 2005
Flower Opening
Opening Flower, photo by Harold Davis. Flowers look different when they haven't fully opened...
November 1, 2005
Viola
Viola, photo by Harold Davis. More photography in my garden today! This is very close up, with the 105mm macro and 36mm extension tube (it's a small flower).
November 1, 2005
Snarky Snapdragon
I wouldn't want to get snarky with this snapdragon, which I found and photographed in our garden today. It's funny when you point your lens and something really small how…
November 1, 2005
Enough with the Irises!
A reader writes: "I enjoy regularly reading your photoblog, and have learned much about digital photography from your book [Digital Photography Digital Field Guide], but enough with these iris pictures.…
October 28, 2005
Winged Iris
Winged Iris, photo by Harold Davis. Irises here, there, and everywhere. I am enjoying photographing this very special flower, it is one of my favorites. The Iris petals in this…
October 28, 2005
Digital Photography Cyborg
I like saying that digital photography is a cyborg: one part photography and one part computer. To be a good digital photographer, you should be skilled at both parts of…
October 27, 2005
Iris Tongue
Iris Tongue, photo by Harold Davis. I am continuing to photograph the irises today. They are so beautiful, and look good when positioned with a red lily for background color.…
October 27, 2005
Iris
Whale Song of the Iris, photo by Harold Davis. Phyllis got me some fresh Iris (from Trader Joe's, not our garden!) and I've been photographing them as they open...
October 26, 2005
Cyclamen
Cyclamen Wet, photo by Harold Davis. Nicky always loves gardening with me, or at least his idea of gardening with me. Which I think means we both put on our…
October 26, 2005
Inside the Lily
Inside the Lily, photo by Harold Davis. It's amazing how different things look really close-up! Here's a photo from inside a lily, of its stamen.
October 23, 2005
Secret Life of Dandelions
Dandelion 8, photo by Harold Davis. Mostly, of course, I regard the dandelions as a pest in the garden. The kids love to blow them when they've gone to seed…
October 22, 2005
Nietzsche and a Bougainvillea
Bougainvillea Flower, photo by Harold Davis. This picture shows the flower of the bougainvillea. The color of this plant comes from the wonderful leaves, not the small white-yellow flower you…
October 16, 2005
Back to the Macro
Coreopsis, photo by Harold Davis. You can take the boy out of the macro, but you can't take the macro out of the boy! On my recent trip there were…
October 12, 2005
Bud ‘n Bloom
Bloom, photo by Harold Davis. My garden doesn't know yet that it is supposed to be autumn. If ever there really is an autumn in this Pacific micro climate. Our…
October 1, 2005
Glad to Be a Gladiola
Gladiola, photo by Harold Davis. I have been photographing gladioluses today. A gladiola, or gladiolus, is a glad thing. This member of the Iris family is so colorful and always…
September 26, 2005