Lunar Eclipse
Lunar Eclipse, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. A full lunar eclipse was scheduled just after moon rise in the early evening in the Bay area. My hope,…
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February 21, 2008
digital photography: techniques: thoughts: photographs
Rose Bouquet from Above
Rose Bouquet from Above, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. This is a subsequent photo of the bouquet of roses, with the buds a bit more open, and…
February 19, 2008
Upgrading the Firmware of My Nikon D300
Proving once again that a digital camera is a computer with a lens on front, yesterday I upgraded the firmware (or BIOS) of my Nikon D300. This was a simple…
February 19, 2008
Virginia Davis Exhibition
Layers © Virginia Davis. Well-known textile artist Virginia Davis is having an exhibit of her beautiful and provocative woven canvas imagery at the Noho Gallery in New York April 1,…
February 18, 2008
Bouquet of Roses
Bouquet of Roses, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. This is a bouquet of multicolored roses for my beautiful wife, Phyllis. She deserves all the flowers in the…
February 17, 2008
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…
February 16, 2008
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