digital photography: techniques: thoughts: photographs
The Destination Recedes, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. The tunnel of trees leading to the historical RCA Marconi wireless communication center is long enough. Make it even…
Came Both Mist and Stars, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. Briefly noted: It was a wet, misty Yosemite night. The fog clouds that were almost snow only…
Windswept Shore, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. Briefly noted: On Drakes Beach a ferocious wind blew through the gap in the bluffs out to sea. In the…
Flash Dance, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. Briefly noted: The cloud above El Capitan was lit with the last light of the setting sun, but the winter…
I named this free, live, hour-long webcast presented by O'Reilly Digital Media with tongue in cheek, and also in homage to naturalist and writer Gerald Durrell (My Family and Other…
Mirror Lake, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. I got the boys occupied in throwing snow balls and trying to crush through the skim ice on Mirror Lake.…
Yosemite at Night, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. With the boys tucked safely in bed I headed out into what proved an increasingly moist night. Wet fog…
View this image larger I finished my exposure stack as the first light of dawn hit the top of Yosemite Falls. Turning round, I saw the tree in this photo…
Waking up, I glanced at the clock. It was 3:49AM. The kids were sleeping peacefully in our room at Yosemite Lodge. I dressed for winter, and headed out into the…
Fisheye Family Katie, photo by Harold Davis. I sometimes enjoy the creative challenge of being constrained to a single lens, and it is certainly a challenge to create portraits with…
Rose Cone Flower, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. Isopogon formosus, commonly known as the Rose Cone Flower, is a standing shrub native to western Australia. This member…
I've been wanted to do a post-processing workshop about creativity in the digital darkroom for quite a while, and many people have asked me to do this. So I finally…
On Photo.net I devised an assignment: to photograph a flower in a unique way—in a way that nobody’s seen before. So far, there have been some absolutely great assignment submissions.…
Late in the afternoon of a bright autumn day I arrived in Yosemite Valley. The valley was already in shadow, with only the tops of the surrounding cliffs lit by…
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…
I am re-publishing this rose photo from two years ago. Enjoy! Valentine's Day Rose, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. Phyllis gave me a bouquet of these roses…
Julian wrote this poem and asked me to illustrate it on my blog. I am the seed I am the river the sand, The sea and I was made to…
Sunset, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. Across the Bay the sun set in red wrath. Between the lowering clouds and the top of the hills the narrow…