digital photography: techniques: thoughts: photographs
Leucospermum Scarlet Ribbons, photo by Harold Davis. View this photo larger. This Leucospermum "Scarlet Ribbons" blossom is about 1/4" across in diameter. These flowers will get a great deal bigger,…
Mirror World, photo by Harold Davis. View this photo larger. The world of photomacrography is made up of immense--but tiny--worlds. Each inhabiting a drop of water, a blade of grass,…
Camellia Night, photo by Harold Davis. View this photo larger. It was raining the other night, and very wet. The raindrops looked very pretty on the new camellia buds. I…
Wet Poppy Bud, photo by Harold Davis. View this poppy larger. This wet poppy bud reminds me of the ominivorous plant Audrey II from Little Shop of Horrors. ("Feed me!…
Newborn Mathew, photo by Harold Davis. I took this photograph of Mathew the day he was born, about eighteen months ago. Is there anything more precious than a newborn baby?…
Penance, photo by Harold Davis. View this photo larger. This is the flower commonly known as a Lenten Rose. I photographed it in my garden this afternoon. Of course, it…
Flowerific!, photo by Harold Davis. View this photo larger. Over the last week I've been playing around with mixtures. Mixtures of lighting: daylight, tungsten, and spot lighting of various sorts.…
Sun Flower II, photo by Harold Davis. View this photo larger. Sometimes immediately after I take a photo, I fall in love with it. But after a while it's no…
African Daisy, photo by Harold Davis. View this photo larger. Julian and I got some plants last weekend including this African Daisy. As an aside, I said to Phyllis, "I…
Centered, photo by Harold Davis. View this photo larger. Finally! Centered! After many long troubles, toils, and fear: the sun centered above the suspension arcs of the Golden Gate Bridge.…
Mathew in the Kitchen Sink, photo by Harold Davis. Mathew in the kitchen sink, Nicky playing hide and seek, Julian having photo fun: Look out! Sand croc in the playground…
Goose and Crane, photo by Harold Davis. View this photo larger. Julian and I wandered around the bizarre Middle Harbor Shoreline State Park in the Port of Oakland. Great views…
Sun Compression, photo by Harold Davis. See this image larger. As marvels of engineering, suspension bridges are known for their use of compression and symmetry. The Golden Gate Bridge is…
Very Close, photo by Harold Davis. View this photo larger. I wanted to see if my old Nikon PB-6 extension bellows, set on a railing, would work for photomacrography with…
I've been photographing the bayscapes of the San Francisco area with great passion and joy for much of the past year. My subject matter isn't so much the Bay itself--although…
There Goes the Sun, photo by Harold Davis. View this photo larger. A day early when I visited Indian Rock in the rain, I had the summit to myself. At…
Evangelical Light 6, photo by Harold Davis. View this photo larger. Yesterday I drove over to Indian Rock on one of my frequent afternoon pilgrimages to honor sunset. It's a…
Primroses in the Rain, photo by Harold Davis. View this photo larger. I photographed these primroses in my garden yesterday in the rain. Well, the rain was stopping and starting,…