Setting Venus
Setting Venus, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. This is an eight minute exposure showing Venus setting into the Pacific looking west from Tennessee Beach.
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January 11, 2009
Methuselah
Cry of the Heart, photo by Harold Davis. I had a licensing request for images of bristlecone pines from the Methuselah Grove in California's White Mountains. These trees are believed…
January 11, 2009
Stranger in a Strange Land
Cameo, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. This is the dome in the Westfield shopping mall in downtown San Francisco. I believe the dome itself is antique, but…
January 9, 2009
Black and White for the Digital Era
What is the appeal of black and white photography? After all, we see the world in color, and a gray day is emotionally perceived as depressing and monotonous. Historically, black…
January 9, 2009
Leaf Civilization
Leaf Civilization, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. Do you know the way to San Jose? Probably not when the scene at night integrates with this hellebore leaf,…
January 6, 2009
Cruel & Unusual Lens
If your Dad is a photographer, and he owns a fisheye lens, sooner or later he's going to stick it three inches from your nose and do his worst. Adults…
January 6, 2009
Spelling Relief
Spelling Relief, photo by Harold Davis. On Monday morning we loaded the boys up in Mom's big blue taxi to get them back to school after the long winter break.…
January 6, 2009
Julian on the Headlands
Julian on the Headlands, photo by Harold Davis. The child is the father of the man, but at eleven years one can see both child and man in Julian, shown…
January 6, 2009
Beyond the Fog
Beyond the Fog, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. On the last clear evening of 2008 we hiked out to the summit of Wildcat Peak, getting there just…
January 6, 2009
Hardenbergia
Hardenbergia, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. The gentle rain turned to dappled sunshine, and I went out to photograph water drops in the garden. The drops shown…
January 4, 2009
Above the Clouds
Above the Clouds, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. Below, the city was quiet on New Year's Day, recovering from celebrations and wrapped in dense, dank, cold clouds.…
January 3, 2009
Woodland Path
Woodland Path, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. On the slopes of Mt Tamalpais the cloud cover hung thick, but high above the sun was shining. We found…
January 2, 2009
Oakland of My Mind
Pity poor Oakland. Playing Newark to San Francisco's New York across the water, Oakland definitely gets no respect. This is the city that gave the "no there" to there, a…
January 2, 2009
For You
For You, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. For you, my last rose of 2008! Happy New Year!
December 31, 2008
Rose
Self Portrait with Rose, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. I offer this rose in the hope that the new year is prosperous and happy for us all,…
December 31, 2008
Lost Horizon
Lost Horizon, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. On the spur of the moment Julian and I decided to head out on an adventure. The weather was spotty,…
December 30, 2008
Catching Up with Katie Rose
Arrgh!, photo by Harold Davis. It's been fun having Katie Rose over the holidays. Each of the boys thinks she's his personal play thing, kind of like a stuffed animal…
December 29, 2008
Flowernalia
Flowernalia, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. In ancient times the Romans celebrated the return of the sun with Saturnalia. There was all manner of feasting and revelry,…
December 28, 2008