Shadowlands
I've been playing with shadows. The idea is to construct compositions where the shadow is as important (or more important) than the object creating the shadow. Sometimes an object and…
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August 29, 2009
Luminous Feather
Luminous Feather, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. Briefly noted: I photographed this feather yesterday at low tide on Edward Weston Beach in the Point Lobos Preserve.
July 23, 2009
Car Show
Chrome, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. On Saturday I took Julian to the Classic Car Show on the Tiburon waterfront. It was lots of fun, and I…
June 22, 2009
Leaves of Grass
Leaves of Grass, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. I realized that I needed a fast shutter speed to capture this field of grass blowing in a brisk…
June 5, 2009
Surf, Kirby Cove
Surf, Kirby Cove, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. On a recent overcast evening, with my guest from Finland, on a bluff above Kirby Cove, I waited for…
June 3, 2009
Coral Pink Sand Dunes
Dune Grass, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. We camped in a small BLM campground near Coral Pink Sand Dunes State Park in Utah near the Arizona border.…
April 23, 2009
Paper Tree Bark
Paper Tree Bark, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. In Blake Garden I came across this pile of bark of a Paper Mulberry tree, Broussonetia papyritera. Very textural…
February 15, 2009
Furled for Winter
Furled for Winter, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. Like the winter thistle, I found this frost-covered fern frond on a chill early morning in Tilden Park.
December 21, 2008
Winter Thistle
Winter Thistle, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. The morning dawned cold (for around here). I grabbed the kids and ran up to Tilden Park. Nicky and Julian…
December 19, 2008
Milkweed
Milkweed, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. Briefly noted: I found these grounded milkweed seeds along the Hidden Valley Trail near Limantour on Point Reyes. [Nikon D300, 105mm…
September 19, 2008
Colors and Patterns
Red Cyclamen, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. Where the composition of a photo is about pattern, a single color often plays an important role. Cases in point:…
March 12, 2008
Stadium
Stadium, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. This is a photo of the seating at UC Berkeley's Memorial Stadium, notorious as the home of the California Golden Bears…
January 13, 2008
Shadow of the Past
Shadow of the Past, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. This is a close-up of the shadow of an old ranch fence on the barn at Sea Ranch.…
August 31, 2007
Fancy Feathers
Past the Golden Gate Bridge, Black Sands Beach lies along the straits between Point Diablo and Point Bonita. The beach faces the open Pacific towards the southwest. On a sullen,…
August 26, 2007
Feral Turkey Feather
Feral Turkey Feather, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. It's not unusual to see wild turkeys in the Berkeley hills. Actually, these turkeys aren't wild: they are feral,…
August 17, 2007
Feathers
Feathers, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. It was overcast and damp today. Rachel was taking care of the kids, and Phyllis and I had some precious time…
August 6, 2007
Wave Tangent
Wave Tangent, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. This is another image from my shoot last week on Point Reyes with Mike Trimble. I pointed my camera straight…
April 23, 2007
Patterns of Design
Waves, Drakes Bay, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. This is a photograph of waves looking almost straight down from a high bluff overlooking Drakes Beach. The surf…
April 19, 2007