Memory Palace
Memory Palace, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. This digital photo collage is an elaboration of Dream Palace, itself a manipulation of a photo of William Randolph Hearst's…
0 Comments
February 21, 2008
Lunar Eclipse
Lunar Eclipse, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. A full lunar eclipse was scheduled just after moon rise in the early evening in the Bay area. My hope,…
February 21, 2008
Making a Digital Collage
The image below is a digital collage, meaning a Photoshop composite created by blending layers. As these collages go, this is a fairly simple piece. All the elements in the…
February 20, 2008
Rose Bouquet from Above
Rose Bouquet from Above, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. This is a subsequent photo of the bouquet of roses, with the buds a bit more open, and…
February 19, 2008
Upgrading the Firmware of My Nikon D300
Proving once again that a digital camera is a computer with a lens on front, yesterday I upgraded the firmware (or BIOS) of my Nikon D300. This was a simple…
February 19, 2008
Virginia Davis Exhibition
Layers © Virginia Davis. Well-known textile artist Virginia Davis is having an exhibit of her beautiful and provocative woven canvas imagery at the Noho Gallery in New York April 1,…
February 18, 2008
Bouquet of Roses
Bouquet of Roses, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. This is a bouquet of multicolored roses for my beautiful wife, Phyllis. She deserves all the flowers in the…
February 17, 2008
Whining about Hearst Castle
Pool, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. This story is going to be one big whine about Hearst Castle as an abomination of an ersatz tourist trap and…
February 16, 2008
Grab Shot
Big Sur Coast, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. Driving south along Highway 1, the Big Sur coast was gorgeous in early February. Nicky napped in the car,…
February 15, 2008
Processing Noise
I've been shooting in low light at ISO 6400, partly on the grounds that my Nikon D300 is remarkably low noise, and partly on the grounds that noise can be…
February 14, 2008
Valentine
Happy Valentine's Day! May you be in love and happy with your sweetie in a most commendably non-commercial way! This image of Hearts on Fire in the Sky is a…
February 14, 2008
Harold’s Yosemite Book Is Here
My book, The Photographers Guide to Yosemite & the High Sierra, is now in stock and shipping from Amazon. From the back cover: The scenic wonders of Yosemite and the…
February 13, 2008
Lensbaby Poppy Duet
Lensbaby Poppy 2, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. After photographing a Papaver nudicaule being born, for the next few days I continued in the same damn the…
February 13, 2008
Mission
Mission, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. This is a photo of a nave, or aisle, in the church at the old mission of San Juan Bautista. The…
February 12, 2008
Bunny
Bunny, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. My second oldest son Nicky likes small, cuddly things. He was definitely taken aback by the raucous fields of elephant seals,…
February 12, 2008
Yawn
Yawn, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. Yawn scratch bellow sniff rut flip bellow yawn, watching the world go by! I photographed these elephant seals on the California…
February 12, 2008
Jellyfish
Jellyfish, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger My older sons, Julian and Nicky, and I are doing the kid tourist thing. I photographed these jellyfish today at the…
February 9, 2008
Being Born
Being Born, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. Within the short life span of the poppy flower (Papaver nudicaule shown here), being born, or emerging from the pod,…
February 7, 2008