Anthers in Love
Sometimes it is fun to get lost in the worlds of macro photography. Even the somewhat commonplace can become a different and intriguing universe. As in this conventionally lit, extreme…
Sometimes it is fun to get lost in the worlds of macro photography. Even the somewhat commonplace can become a different and intriguing universe. As in this conventionally lit, extreme…
Who knew that tulip stems could curl symmetrically with four looping branches? When I saw this, it reminded me of some of the flora photographed by Karl Blossfeldt. Blossfeldt's original…
Dogwood Flowers in a Bowl and Poppies and Echinaceas were both photographed with my iPhone camera. These were arrangements that were "collateral damage" to having flowers around from my garden…
This pair of images consists of a light box composition on white, and its LAB L-channel inversion on black. My thoughts are turning to Photographing Flowers for Transparency, as I…
For me, photography is about passion, vision, and seeing the world closely. Oh, I could give you some technical information about how this image was made. For example, I could…
This image is an LAB inversion of the L-channel of Poppies Dancing, with blacks and white interchanged.
In the great light of the world flowers are creatures too, and love to sway and dance in the breeze. In extraordinary beauty there is humor and escape from the…
This is one of the light box compositions I've made using the glorious spring weather in northern California since I've been home from Spain!
We're excited to announce a new book: The Art of Photographing Flowers for Transparency by Harold Davis. Of course, my new book will showcase many of my botanical images. In…
Composition with Delphinium and Poppies is a good example showing one of the organizing principles I teach in my Photographing Flowers for Transparency workshop and my books. The first premise…
What joy to come home to my family and garden in Berkeley, and find spring still in bloom! These are two Papaver rhoeas---corn poppies---from our garden. I photographed each on…
Wherever I am, I cannot resist a nice dandelion! This one was in Calvignac, in the southwest of France.
From the median strip of nearby Arlington Avenue we clipped some branches from a beautiful, blooming apple tree. Arlington Ave is too busy for my taste, and one has to…
Oxalis is a modest plant, considered more weed than flower. The Oxalis shown here is Oxalis stricta, also known as yellow woodsorrel or sourgrass. In season, this Oxalis grows in…
Most of the flowers in this light box arrangement come from our garden, except the Proteus. We do have a beautiful Proteus bush in my garden---Leucospermum 'Scarlet Ribbons'---grown from infancy…
Thanks for participating in my previous request for comments on Decorative Grasses and Blades of Grass. Today's Which variation do you prefer? And, why? involves six images. What these variations have…
With love, gratitude, and appreciation to Phyllis for all she does to make my life complete, and for our family---and her patience, strength, and fortitude in the face of life's…
This is a handheld iPhone capture of a light box flower arrangement (the full resolution "big boy" camera version will follow in the due fullness of time). The light box…