Tamalpais from Mission Peak
Tamalpais from Mission Peak, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. This view looks north from the summit of Mission Peak. Mission Boulevard points in a straight line towards…
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May 29, 2007
Return of the Drama Queen
Return of the Drama Queen, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. This is a Drama Queen Poppy, Papaver somniferum, that reseeded itself in my garden. I bought the…
May 28, 2007
Above the Urban Sprawl
Above the Urban Sprawl, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. This photo from the summit of Mission Peak looks north past Hayward up the San Francisco Bay. Depending…
May 28, 2007
Improv on Mission Peak
Diablo from Mission Peak, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. Jack invited me on a hike up Mission Peak, along with his friend Eric. The plan was to…
May 27, 2007
When Is a Photograph Not a Photograph?
My five-year-old son Nicky likes to ask me, "When is a door not a door?" Before I can answer, he tells me, "When it's a jar," and cackles wildly. In…
May 26, 2007
Imperfect Rose
Imperfect Rose, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. This is an imperfect rose. Like all living things, it comes with imperfections as part of the package. Still, when…
May 26, 2007
Star Light Star Bright
Star Light Star Bright, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. This is a 210 second time exposure of the small lake at the bottom of Tennessee Valley. Beyond…
May 25, 2007
City Lights
City Lights, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. This is a long exposure (120 seconds) with my 10.5mm digital fisheye lens photographed into night. Standing on my aerie,…
May 25, 2007
Tennessee Beach Sunset
Tennessee Beach Sunset, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. This is a long (four minute) exposure, as you can tell by the trails the stars make and the…
May 24, 2007
Tennessee Valley at Night
Tennessee Valley at Night, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. Coming off the cliffs by Tennesse Beach in full night, I found the homeward trail still and serene.…
May 24, 2007
Marin Coast Sunset
Marin Coast Sunset, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. This is a thirty second time exposure with my lens wide open. I caught the last light of sunset.…
May 23, 2007
Mount Tamalpais at Night
Mount Tamalpais, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. With the shutter open for five minutes, my sensor picks up all kinds of ambient light on the slopes of…
May 23, 2007
Why Take a Workshop?
Why should you take a photography workshop? One answer is that you'll learn something specific. For example, if you take my workshop Digital Workflow: From the Field to Flickr (I'll…
May 22, 2007
Setting Moon
Setting Moon, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. The crescent moon was setting. With the camera open for four minutes, I watched the moon disappear behind the black…
May 22, 2007
Night at Point Reyes Lighthouse
Night at Point Reyes Lighthouse, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. This is an image captured at the Point Reyes lighthouse well into night, although the sunset appears…
May 20, 2007
Point Reyes Lighthouse at Sunset
Point Reyes Lighthouse at Sunset, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. They built the Point Reyes lighthouse down three hundred steps so that it would often be below…
May 19, 2007
Spirals
Spirals, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. I realize that I haven't blogged this photo composite made by combining photographs of the front and back of Nautilus shells,…
May 19, 2007
Marin Night
Marin Night, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. This is a time exposure straight into full night. The photo was taken from a little hillock beside the Panaromic…
May 19, 2007