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…
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…
Succulent, photo by Harold Davis. Click to view larger. Despite what you may think, this photo owes nothing to Photoshop. I boosted the ISO late yesterday afternoon so I could…
Bright Lights Big Leaf, photo by Harold Davis. Click to view larger. A reader writes: Man, I love how you photograph water! And someone else asks: How do you do…
Ocean Sunset, photo by Harold Davis. Click here to see a larger size. Meta information: Nikon D70 Raw capture, AF-S VR-Zoom-Nikkor 70-200mm f/2.8G IF-ED at 200mm (appx 300mm 35mm equivalence);…
Point Bonita Lighthouse, photo by Harold Davis. Check out this photo in a larger version. Meta information: Nikon D70 Raw capture, AF-S VR-Zoom-Nikkor 70-200mm f/2.8G IF-ED at 82mm (appx 123mm…
Golden Gate Sunset, photo by Harold Davis. Meta information: Nikon D70 Raw capture, AF-S VR-Zoom-Nikkor 70-200mm f/2.8G IF-ED at 78mm (117mm 35mm equivalence); tripod mounted and VR (vibration reduction) turned…
Moon Caucus, photo by Harold Davis. I've been working on photographing the wonderful full moon we've had the last few evenings, and you'll see some of the results in this…
Bay Sail, photo by Harold Davis. For this photo, I used an on-camera circular polarizer. When I imported the image into Photoshop from Raw, I maxxed out tint and satuartion.…
Bay Light, photo by Harold Davis. It rained hard over night, but this morning it looked like it was going to clear. On the morning drop-the-kids-off-at-school run, I grabbed some…
Synthetic Landscape 1, photo by Harold Davis. I've been trying to find a phrase to describe my work combining digital photography and Photoshop--and I think I've come up with one.…
I like saying that digital photography is a cyborg: one part photography and one part computer. To be a good digital photographer, you should be skilled at both parts of…
Mount Diablo Sunrise, photo by Harold Davis. Julian and I took a hike in Tilden Park yesterday morning. Julian surprised me by hiking five miles or so without complaint. Here's…
Lake Tenaya Reflections, photo by Harold Davis. On my trip, I left Yosemite Valley and drove across Tioga Pass. (I'll write more about this segment of my journey in another…
Artichoke Flower 3, photo by Harold Davis. This is an extreme close-up of an artichoke flower. The artichoke plant grows in our vegitable garden, and is a perennial. There is…
Fuschia Throne, photo by Harold Davis. I like the way this image came out, particularly the saturation of the colors. There's something about the mysterious that turns me on, and…
Bay Sunset, photo by Harold Davis. I was down with Nicky yesterday evening in Chavez Park in the Berkeley marina. The wind was blowing and the sun was setting. Nicky…
Aye of the Crystal, photo by Harold Davis. I'm working on a large set of photos I created today. This is the first I've processed. Can you tell what it…