Persistence of Vision
Persistence of Vision, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. This is a photo from the end of the Berkeley Pier looking towards the Golden Gate Bridge. The Berkeley…
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July 31, 2007
Heart Like a Gerbera
I spent most of the morning recently photographing water drops on a single pink Gerbera daisy in my garden. This was engrossing, fun, and satisfied. As I worked, I realized…
July 30, 2007
Gaillardia
Gaillardia, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. I captured this Galliardia using the same setup and technique I used recently with the Iris ensata 'Azuma-Kagami'. Part of my…
July 28, 2007
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Dahlia, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. I ordered some bare-root dahlias from Swan Island Dahlias, and planted them in the late spring. This is a photo, taken…
July 27, 2007
Diffusion of the Moon
Diffusion of the Moon, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. Only a fifteen second exposure, with more light than you'd expect: the bank of clouds surrounding the moon…
July 26, 2007
Castle Cake
Castle Cake, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. Phyllis made this castle cake for Julian's tenth birthday party using a mold she got from King Arthur Flour. The…
July 25, 2007
Moi
Derrick Story took some headshots of me yesterday, and I spent a bit of time retouching this one. It's a funny thing: there's quite a balance between smoothing wrinkles yet…
July 25, 2007
Mt Tamalpais from Berkeley Marina
Mt Tamalpais from Berkeley Marina, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. We left the Berkeley Pier and I drove down to the breakwater in front of the channel…
July 23, 2007
Fantasy in the Key of Freesia
In the Eisenhower-era movie The Incredible Shrinking Man, the hero begins shrinking after accidental exposure to radiation and insectiside. In the end, always growing tinier, after numerous battles with house…
July 21, 2007
Iris ensata ‘Azuma-kagami’
Iris ensata 'Azuma-kagami', photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. I originally got this cool Iris ensata 'Azuma-kagami' as a bare root plant from White Flower Farms, planted it…
July 20, 2007
Simple Pleasures
Simple Pleasures, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. Wet flowers in my garden after early morning rain are not profound. These are simple pleasures. To read more about…
July 20, 2007
No Time to Be Lost
I'm reading the wonderful Aubrey-Maturin series of sea stories aloud to my oldest son, Julian. If you stick around "lucky" Captain Jack Aubrey, you'll surely come to recognize his motto,…
July 19, 2007
Patience
Gerbera Drop, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. It rained overnight, rare for around here in July. We were in a cloud in the morning. Wisps of fog,…
July 18, 2007
Day Lily
Day Lily, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. This morning I was up early. Even though I had a great deal of writing and office work to do,…
July 17, 2007
Peering at the Golden Gate
Golden Gate from Berkeley Pier, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. I celebrated Julian's 10th birthday a bit early yesterday with Julian and his grandparents (they won't be…
July 16, 2007
Taming Extravagant Dynamic Range
At the end of June this year, the full moon rose in the eastern sky at about sunset (although by July 2 after dark). This cosmologic timing gave me the…
July 16, 2007
Serpent Mother
Serpent Mother, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. Matt and Amy and their kids came down from Placerville to go to the Fire Arts Festival at The Crucible…
July 13, 2007
Moonshine
Moonshine, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. At two minutes, this exposure was smack dab in the middle of the dynamic range for capturing bright moonlight. In other…
July 12, 2007