Mirror Lake
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.…
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March 5, 2009
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Yosemite at Night
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…
March 3, 2009
Dawn
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…
March 2, 2009
Yosemite Night
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…
February 28, 2009
Fisheye Family
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…
February 21, 2009
Isopogon Formosus
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…
February 20, 2009
Digital Post-Processing Workshop
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…
February 19, 2009
Flower Assignment Extended
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.…
February 18, 2009
Tone Poem
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…
February 17, 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
Valentine Rose
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…
February 14, 2009
I am the seed
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…
February 13, 2009
Sunset
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…
February 13, 2009
Cherry Solo
Cherry Solo, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. Briefly noted: this is one of a series of cherry blossom images that includes Cherry Medley and Cherry Blossoms. Here's…
February 11, 2009
Blinding Sight of Brilliance
Blinding Sight of Brilliance, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. Here's a kind of looking glass world, my house as seen reflected in a door knob. And yours…
February 9, 2009
Tin Can Alley
It's a long way from photographing wet cans in an alley to the abstraction you see here. The start was a recent rainy day and photography in the recycle bin…
February 9, 2009
Katie Rose does not go gentle
Katie Rose does not go gentle into that good night. She never has. When they almost gave her up for dead at birth she fought her way to life. She…
February 7, 2009
Weaving
Weaving, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. I was taking care of Katie Rose one morning while Phyllis got the boys to school. Sitting up in Katie's little…
February 6, 2009