Night of the Hydrangea
Night of the Hydrangea, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. These new hydrangea buds grace our side yard. You have to get really close up to them to…
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December 26, 2005
digital photography: techniques: thoughts: photographs
Unchain My Ladybug Heart!
Ladybug Heart, photo by Harold Davis. View this photo larger. Christmas Eve was mostly sunny. A week of rain had come before, and a sloppy wet day was to follow…
December 25, 2005
Passiflora Christmas
Passiflora Christmas, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. MERRY CHRISTMAS! Phyllis tells me that passiflora, or passion flower, is named for the passion of Christ. Religiousity aside, probably…
December 24, 2005
More Black and White Conversion Fun
Black and White Bristlecone 3, photo by Harold Davis. View this photo larger In an earlier post I explained several Photoshop techniques for converting digital photos from color to black…
December 24, 2005
Passiflora Water Drops
Passiflora Water Drops, photo by Harold Davis. View this photo larger. I was really excited when photographing the passion flower near Sean, Robin, and Keara's front door to look closely…
December 23, 2005
Passion Flower
Passion Flower, photo by Harold Davis. View this photo larger. Bright, cloudy, and wet: a perfect day for macro photography of a passionate and colorful flower like this passiflora decorating…
December 23, 2005
Converting to Black and White
Black and White Bristlecone, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. Here's the original color image: Amsrun, on Flickr, suggested I try converting it to black and white. I've…
December 22, 2005
Tug and Fog
Tug and Fog, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. I took this photo a few days ago from the East Bay hills with my 2X telextender and a…
December 22, 2005
Boost That ISO!!!
Lobelia, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. When it's rainy and dark outside--approaching the shortest day of the year--what's a photographer to do? With this photo I was…
December 22, 2005
Storm-Bound Shore
Storm-Bound Shore, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. While not exactly Skull Island, the coast of Marin is formidable indeed. Particularly when lashed by high surf from multiple…
December 20, 2005
Flickr’s Best of My Best
View this photo larger. This Death Valley landscape was originally featured here. Regular readers (or should I say "viewers") of my Photoblog 2.0 likely know that I use Flickr for…
December 20, 2005
Between Storm Fronts
Between Storm Fronts, photo by Harold Davis. View this photo larger. We've had monsoon like rains and high winds, with now a break. The forecast calls for high winds and…
December 20, 2005
Wet Rose
Wet Rose, photo by Harold Davis. View this rose larger. It's nice that the torrential rains have stopped, and fun to still have flowers to photograph in my garden!
December 19, 2005
The Road Goes Ever On and On
Road, photo by Harold Davis. View this photo larger. Rain, rain, rain! It's raining here today in the Pacific monsoon way it has here on the, well, Pacific rim. So…
December 19, 2005
Me and My Shadow
Me and My Shadow, photo by Harold Davis. View this tiny tiny sugar ant larger. In this wet and rainy weather, the sugar ants invade our house. Looking, I guess,…
December 18, 2005
Monster Art Nouveau Lens Baby Orchid Macro
Orchid Detail VII, photo by Harold Davis. View this photo larger. I'm just so in love with these orchids, as I've said it is a slippery slope. I don't want…
December 17, 2005
Fog Bank
Fog Bank, photo by Harold Davis. View this image large. A wider angle view of yesterday's sunset and fog bank, also from upper Euclid in the Berkeley Hills.
December 16, 2005
Geometry of Sun, Fog, and Bridge
Geometry of Sun, Fog, and Bridge, photo by Harold Davis. View this photo larger. What I find most interesting about this photo is the way the water in the Bay…
December 16, 2005