Water Drop Photograph Techniques
The force that through the green fuse, photo by Harold Davis. View this photograph larger. I get asked all the time how I make my water drop photos. For example:…
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July 10, 2006
Sounds of Serenity
Winter on the Valley Floor, photo by Harold Davis. View this photograph larger. If silence has sounds, then so I suppose does serenity. Like the sound of the wind brushing…
July 9, 2006
Falling Water
Dropping, photo by Harold Davis. View this photograph larger. I've been trying for a long time to capture a water drop just as it, well, drops---and finally succeeded in this…
July 8, 2006
Sunlight on Alcatraz
Sunlight on Alcatraz, photo by Harold Davis. View this photograph larger. Looking out from Indian Rock near sunset, I saw crepuscular rays lining up around Alcatraz Island. Here are some…
July 7, 2006
Magical Portals
Cathedral Spires, photo by Harold Davis. View this photograph larger. The kids are very big on magical portals, gateways that lead to a cognitive shift in time and space. And…
July 6, 2006
Lurker
Lurker, photo by Harold Davis. View this photograph larger. How amazing to point my lens at a day lily and find a critter like this one lurking!
July 5, 2006
What is the question?
Anther, photo by Harold Davis. View this photograph larger. I may not know the question, but here's the anther! Ha, ha, just kidding! (Here's a flower anatomy lesson showing how…
July 4, 2006
Winter in Yosemite
Clearing Storm, Stanford Point, photo by Harold Davis. View this photograph larger. It's grand to visit Yosemite any time of year. But my favorite seasons as a photographer are spring…
July 3, 2006
A Weakness for Mallows
Mallow, photo by Harold Davis. View this photograph larger. I have a weakness for mallows. Not because the plant supplies the mucilage in marshmallows---or, it least, did before the dawn…
July 2, 2006
Mirror Lake
Mirror Lake, photo by Harold Davis. View this photograph larger. It's a gentle one-mile stroll on a paved path to Mirror Lake, at the head of the valley made by…
July 1, 2006
Fairae Lights
Poppy Revealed, photo by Harold Davis. View this photograph larger. The luminous effect in these photos is reasonably easy to achieve---and has nothing to do with Photoshop. It is a…
June 30, 2006
Death in Bodie
Death in Bodie, photo by Harold Davis. View this photograph larger. They're dying to get into Bodie, a ghost town east of the Sierras in the high desert. Here are…
June 30, 2006
Echinacea Water Drop
Echinacea Water Drop, photo by Harold Davis. View this photograph larger. This water drop, on a hybrid coneflower ( Echinacea Big Sky "Sunset") has obviously been highly magnified. I used…
June 29, 2006
Botany of Desire
Day Lily 2, photo by Harold Davis. View this photograph larger. OK, so I've "borrowed" Michael Pollan's excellent title for this story. These photos are of day lilies. The subject…
June 28, 2006
My Garden Fence
My Garden Fence, photo by Harold Davis. View this photograph larger. The appearance of a reflection is made by the subject matter reflected---and by the direction of the light that…
June 27, 2006
Trapped
Trapped, photo by Harold Davis. View this photograph larger. We think of flowers as so beautiful. (Of course, they are!) "Colorful," "soft", and, yes "feminine," are words that sometimes seem…
June 27, 2006
Beyond the Visible
Indian Paintbrush, photo by Harold Davis. View this photograph larger. It's fairly well known that digital sensors are more sensitive to infrared (IR) than either film or the human eye.…
June 25, 2006
Orange Rose
Orange Rose, photo by Harold Davis. View this photograph larger. It's the details that make this photo for me (you may have to view it larger to see them). For…
June 25, 2006