Whining about Hearst Castle
Pool, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. This story is going to be one big whine about Hearst Castle as an abomination of an ersatz tourist trap and…
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February 16, 2008
digital photography: techniques: thoughts: photographs
Grab Shot
Big Sur Coast, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. Driving south along Highway 1, the Big Sur coast was gorgeous in early February. Nicky napped in the car,…
February 15, 2008
Processing Noise
I've been shooting in low light at ISO 6400, partly on the grounds that my Nikon D300 is remarkably low noise, and partly on the grounds that noise can be…
February 14, 2008
Lensbaby Poppy Duet
Lensbaby Poppy 2, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. After photographing a Papaver nudicaule being born, for the next few days I continued in the same damn the…
February 13, 2008
Mission
Mission, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. This is a photo of a nave, or aisle, in the church at the old mission of San Juan Bautista. The…
February 12, 2008
Bunny
Bunny, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. My second oldest son Nicky likes small, cuddly things. He was definitely taken aback by the raucous fields of elephant seals,…
February 12, 2008
Yawn
Yawn, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. Yawn scratch bellow sniff rut flip bellow yawn, watching the world go by! I photographed these elephant seals on the California…
February 12, 2008
Jellyfish
Jellyfish, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger My older sons, Julian and Nicky, and I are doing the kid tourist thing. I photographed these jellyfish today at the…
February 9, 2008
Being Born
Being Born, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. Within the short life span of the poppy flower (Papaver nudicaule shown here), being born, or emerging from the pod,…
February 7, 2008
Press Proofs
Press Proofs, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. In a previous story, I showed imposition proofs for my Light & Exposure for Digital Photographers laid out on our…
February 6, 2008
Active D-Lighting
In my review of the Nikon D300, I promised to look into its Active D-Lighting feature. Besides pure intellectual curiousity, and the deep desire to be helpful to my readers,…
February 5, 2008
Hanging On
Hanging On, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. In a sunny intermission between squalls of rain I photographed this rain drop hanging onto a climbing geranium blossom. Even…
February 4, 2008
Stair Aye
Stair Aye, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. In the spirit of Arlo Guthrie's somewhat picaresque song Alice's Restaurant, in which a narrative about the Vietnam-era draft ostensibly…
February 3, 2008
Above the Wave
Above the Wave, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. I climbed a rock with a commanding view of the chambers and passages of the Wave. I was above…
February 2, 2008
Beyond the Wave
Beyond the Wave, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. In the complex and jumbled country beyond the Wave, canyons blend into canyons and rock formations twist around each…
January 31, 2008
Waterdrops in the Sun
Waterdrops in the Sun, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. In the beautiful morning sun of a crisp new morning after all the rain, I photographed these water…
January 30, 2008
Winter Sunset
Winter Sunset, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. Yesterday was a beautiful and sunny interlude in the Bay area's morass of soggy weather. Towards sunset, I grabbed Julian…
January 29, 2008
Earth in a Drop of Rain
Earth in a Drop of Rain, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. In a break in the recent wet weather, I went outside into our garden to photograph…
January 28, 2008