Oh Cecil, We Hardly Knew Ye!
Cecil Bruner Rose, photo by Harold Davis. This is a Cecil Bruner rose from my planting of about five or six years ago. What turns out is that Cecil Bruners…
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September 24, 2005
A Fire Burns within Each Flower
A Fire Burns within Each Flower, photo by Harold Davis. This succulent flower had a glorious red color when I got up close to it. Triumphant! It seems that my…
September 21, 2005
Heart of an Artichoke
Artichoke Flower 3, photo by Harold Davis. This is an extreme close-up of an artichoke flower. The artichoke plant grows in our vegitable garden, and is a perennial. There is…
September 18, 2005
Heart of a Flower
Heart of a Zinnia, photo by Harold Davis. More in the "how close can you go" series in my garden. This photo was taken with my Nikon D70 SLR with…
September 16, 2005
Orange Zinnia
Orange Zinnia, photo by Harold Davis. This is one of the series of close macros I shot in my garden with my macro lens and 6X combined extension tubes. The…
September 15, 2005
Close Kingdom of My Garden
Zinnia Petals, photo by Harold Davis. I've been experimenting with my Kenko extension tube set and my 105mm macro lens in my garden. This combination gets me really close. There's…
September 14, 2005
Flowr Pie
flowr pie, photo by Harold Davis. Phyllis and I created this flowr pie using flowers (not flour) from our garden to enter in a flickr virtual pie contest.
September 12, 2005
How Close Can You Go?
Asiatic Lily Stamen, photo by Harold Davis. We had some cut asiatic lilies, and a bud came off. I looked at it, and said, "What can I do that is…
September 11, 2005
Fuschia Throne
Fuschia Throne, photo by Harold Davis. I like the way this image came out, particularly the saturation of the colors. There's something about the mysterious that turns me on, and…
September 9, 2005
Honeysuckle Blossom
Honeysuckle, photo by Harold Davis. I cut this honeysuckle blossom off the vine in our garden and put it on my mirror to photograph. I used my 105mm macro lens…
September 7, 2005
Wet Rose
Wet Rose, photo by Harold Davis. This rose in my garden is like a young child - just about to open! Taken with my 105mm macro lens using one of…
September 6, 2005
Phinding Photos in my Pholders
Pale Rose, photo by Harold Davis. I've been rationalizing the organization of the my photos. This is nothing radical. The problem is that the software that comes with my various…
September 4, 2005
Bees
Bees, photo by Harold Davis. There's nothing as sweet as a bee in a flower - and in this photo I was lucky enough to get "two for one!"
August 31, 2005
Red Dragonfly
Red Dragonfly1, photo by Harold Davis. Julian spotted this wonderful red dragonfly. It took some patience to photograph because it was constantly in motion. Even in this picture the wings…
August 30, 2005
A Rose Past Her Prime
A Rose Past Her Prime, photo by Harold Davis. It's not only the freshest roses that are beautiful - the decay of nature also has its attractions. After our trip,…
August 14, 2005
Lily Inside
Lily 4, photo by Harold Davis. I've just been photographing a lily inside, meaning: the inside of the lily *and* the photography is inside. It's interesting: sometimes a macro shot…
August 4, 2005
Fresco Flower
Fresco Flower, photo by Harold Davis. I thought this photo looked like a painting when I took it, and I did my best to accentuate the effect in post-production processing.…
August 2, 2005
Red Sunflower
Red Sunflower, photo by Harold Davis. This sunflower is growing in our side yard where we grow vegitables. This area has lots of sun, and is sheltered - so it's…
August 2, 2005