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:…
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May 10, 2009
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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
Boat Drop
Boat Drop, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. If I casually looked at this image without knowing any better, I'd assume it was a scan of a hand-painted…
May 5, 2009
Lighthouse in the Fog
Lighthouse in the Fog, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. In remote darkness we descended the stairs to the Point Reyes Lighthouse. Droplets of water hung to everything…
May 4, 2009
Salutation to the Sun
Salutation to the Sun, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. Briefly noted: This newly opened poppy greeting the morning sun, with the lawn behind still in shadow. More…
May 1, 2009
City of Nets
Coming out of Zion with kids still coated in sand from Coral Pink Sand Dunes I polled the troops. Perhaps it was the mention of being careful about rattlesnakes when…
April 29, 2009
Clematis Light to Dark
View this image larger. Yesterday, a beautiful day with plenty of cloud cover and a strong wind, and the garden in full bloom, was perfect for indoor photography of flowers.…
April 24, 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
Hello World
Lensbaby Baby, photo by Harold Davis. Dear World, My Dad likes to photograph me with all kinds of weird lenses, first the fisheye and now this Lensbaby Composer with a…
April 22, 2009
Boathouse
Boathouse, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. This is the ground floor of the Coastguard Boathouse on the western tip of Point Reyes. I'll be giving a night…
April 21, 2009
Eye Colorado
Eye Colorado, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. This is a view of the Navajo Bridge over the Colorado River near Lee's Ferry in Arizona. When you put…
April 20, 2009
Sunset from Navajo Point
Sunset from Navajo Point, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. Arriving at the south rim of the Grand Canyon just at sunset, we stopped at Navajo Point. I…
April 17, 2009
Wall at Arcosanti
Wall at Arcosanti, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. Our first stop in the Davis ark was, appropriately enough, Arcosanti. Founded by architect Paolo Soleri, now in his…
April 16, 2009
Zebra & Jaguar
Zebra & Jaguar, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. Strolling down the avenue with my baby in the carriage and my Lensbaby around my neck I passed a…
April 15, 2009
Portrait of Nicky
Portrait of Nicky, photo by Harold Davis. I took this portrait of Nicky---now missing his snaggle tooth and with a gap---using my new Lensbaby Composer with the optic swap system,…
April 14, 2009