Variegated Gladiolas
Variegated Gladiolas, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. There's a lovely clump of variegated gladolias in the garden. Partly shaded by a climbing rose, water drops cling to…
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May 28, 2009
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Papaver Drops
Papaver Drops, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. In the garden, water drops hang from a poppy bud, swinging at the end of its stem. Reflected in the…
May 27, 2009
Expecting the Unexpected
Fiber Optik, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. Expecting the Unexpected, the first in my series of articles on Becoming a More Creative Photographer, is now up on…
May 26, 2009
Poppy Core
Poppy Core, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. I photographed this poppy core handheld in my garden in the late afternoon. I used my 100mm macro lens at…
May 24, 2009
Wheels within Wheels
Wheels within Wheels, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. I tend to like to photograph flowers deliberately with my camera on a tripod, stopped down for lots of…
May 23, 2009
Pinhole
Pinhole, photo by Harold Davis. I took this photo of the Golden Gate with the pinhole plate attachment that is part of the Lensbaby Composer Optic Swap System. The effective…
May 23, 2009
Backside
Backside, photo by Harold Davis. Poppy backside transparent in the morning sun: nature's stained glass.
May 21, 2009
Poppy Duet
Poppy Duet, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. I cut these poppies from my garden and photographed them on a lightbox. I used my 85mm PC macro lens…
May 19, 2009
1959 Jaguar XK150
1959 Jaguar XK150, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. I was lucky the other day to get to photograph Victor Garlin's magnificent vintage 1959 Jaguar XK150 Convertible. I'm…
May 18, 2009
Storm Surge
Storm Surge, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. This photo composite comes from LAB inversions of a channel of Poppy Medley, LAB inversion of a channel of Breaking…
May 17, 2009
Absence of Color
White Tulips, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. I photographed these white tulips in a crystal vase with a Lensbaby Composer. I shot it in RAW, and (obviously)…
May 16, 2009
Poppies en Masse
Poppies on Black, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. I created the image of poppies on black by inverting the L (Luminance) channel of the white version (below)…
May 14, 2009
Calypso Orchids
Calypso Orchid, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. In mid-April the Calypso Orchid grows wild on the forested slopes of Mount Tamalpais. I photographed these Calypso Orchids near…
May 12, 2009
Pods
Poppy Snake, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. It's poppy popping time in my garden, otherwise known as full spring around here. Poppy pods are surprisingly short lived:…
May 10, 2009
Breaking Wave
Breaking Wave, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. I shot this photo a few years ago, obliquely facing the rugged cliffs along the outer Marin Headlands. Here's the…
May 9, 2009
Tears of the Poppy
Tears of the Poppy, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. The poppy weeps for the beauty of the world and the ephemeral nature of life.
May 8, 2009
Papaver Rhoeas
It's poppy time of year in my garden. I can't resist a poppy, they are among my favorite flowers to photograph. Ephemeral and architected to respond to even slight wind…
May 7, 2009
Golden Gate in Black and White
We've been working on the section of The Photoshop Darkroom that treats black and white imagery, so how fitting that a client should ask for black and white images of…
May 5, 2009