Angels Landing
Angels Landing, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. The immensity of the landscape in Zion National Park is almost too much to take in--or to frame in a…
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November 24, 2007
digital photography: techniques: thoughts: photographs
Weeds near Panaca Summit
Weeds near Panaca Summit, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. I photographed these weeds near a dry summit in the middle of nowhere in eastern Nevada using my…
November 23, 2007
Alien Fresh Jerky
Alien Fresh Jerky, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. This is a roadside business sign that provokes many questions: Was the jerky made of aliens? Were the aliens…
November 23, 2007
When Virtual Worlds Collide
Tufas, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. After photographing star trails over Yosemite Valley, I headed over Tioga Pass, and stopped to photograph sunset at the Mono Lake…
November 22, 2007
Zion Canyon at Night
Zion Canyon at Night, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. On my way down the Angels Landing trail in the dark, I stopped at a bend where Zion…
November 22, 2007
Cosmic Swirls
Cosmic Swirls, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. As dusk darkened to night, my exposures got longer and longer until the swirl trails of the stars echoed the…
November 19, 2007
Rock Poetry
The Wave #2, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. In the late afternoon, the inner chambers of the Wave glowed with the warmth of the November sunset. [93mm…
November 18, 2007
Great Basin Spadefoot
Great Basin Spadefoot, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. The good people at the Kanab Field Office of the Bureau of Land Management collected this fellow when he…
November 17, 2007
Pride Cometh
The Wave #1, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. This is a photograph taken at the Wave, a beautiful geologic wonder of the world. Chambers, striations, passages: it's…
November 15, 2007
Perspectives
View of Angels Landing, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. This is a view of the spine of Angels Landing with the Zion Canyon floor far below. I…
November 13, 2007
Falling into the Virgin
Falling into the Virgin, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. I wandered and slogged up the Virgin River towards the narrows. Boots and jeans soaked, walking up the…
November 12, 2007
Looking Up in Zion
Looking Up, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. Coming down from Angels Landing in the dark, I paused after the set of switchbacks known as Willy's Wiggles. Looking…
November 12, 2007
Star Trails from Tunnel View
Star Trails from Tunnel View, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. Driving into Yosemite on a clear November evening, I stopped at Tunnel View for this 25 minute…
November 11, 2007
Fog and Stars
Fog and Stars, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. After the sun went down, the stars came out. I thought a photo of star trails above a fog…
November 6, 2007
Island in the Fog
Island in the Fog, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. In the sea of fog, the crest of the Point Reyes peninsula stands out like an island. [600mm…
November 6, 2007
Sea of Fog
Sea of Fog, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. On Monday afternoon Mark and I went out hunting for photos. Berkeley was in its own globe of sunshine.…
November 6, 2007
Bridge to Nowhere
Bridge to Nowhere, photo by Harold Davis. View this photo larger. This is the suspension bridge over to the Point Bonita Lighthouse. [36mm in 35mm terms, 7.1 seconds at f/25…
November 5, 2007
Lembert Dome
Lembert Dome, photo by Harold Davis. View this photograph larger. This photo of Lembert Dome, near Tuolomne Meadows in Yosemite Park, is truly an artifact of digital technology. Without the…
November 5, 2007