Pansy at a Rakish Angle
Pansy, photo by Harold Davis. View this photo larger. I took this photo because the unexpected angle interested me. It's not how one usually expects to see these flowers. The…
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February 10, 2006
Anthropomorphization
Ranunculus, photo by Harold Davis. View this photo larger. Along with an idealized (and often false) perfection in nature photography, we look for something we can relate to. That's why…
February 9, 2006
Perfection and Imperfection
Imperfection, photo by Harold Davis. View this photo larger. Why do we expect our great photographs of nature to show perfection? The truth is that nature is rarely perfect. Human…
February 9, 2006
Extrapolation
Wet Flower, photo by Harold Davis. View this photo larger. When the weather is bright and sunny, as it is today, it seems like it will always be bright and…
February 8, 2006
Fire in the Sky
Fire in the Sky, photo by Harold Davis. View this photo larger The other day I was taking care of the kids when I noticed fire in the sky. Not…
February 8, 2006
Cherry Blossom Special
Cherry Blossom Special, photo by Harold Davis. View this photo larger. The cherry trees are starting to bloom in our neighborhood, although exactly which trees in our coastal zone depends…
February 4, 2006
Stars Like Diamonds
Stars Like Diamonds, photo by Harold Davis. View this photomacrograph larger. Yesterday after the rain had ended I went out with my rig. I stopped along the outer fence of…
February 3, 2006
Mathew in a Tunnel
Mathew in a Tunnel, photo by Harold Davis. We got out the Ikea play tent for Mathew, and he and I spent some time crawling through the tunnel. Great fun!…
February 3, 2006
Helleborus in the Rain
Helleborus in the Rain, photo by Harold Davis. View this photo larger. I photographed this simple, innocent, child-like flower, with its raindrop for an eye, as part of the same…
February 3, 2006
Fried Eyeballs, Fried Eggs, and Photographing the Sun
I photographed the sun, and did not blink. No King Canute, who tried to stop the waves but the waves wouldn't listen, this project worried me. The sun is more…
February 2, 2006
Water World
Water World, photo by Harold Davis. View this photo larger. In brief: this photomacrograph is up close of the leaves of a flowering plant with water drops. It's so close…
February 2, 2006
Leucospermum Scarlet Ribbons
Leucospermum Scarlet Ribbons, photo by Harold Davis. View this photo larger. This Leucospermum "Scarlet Ribbons" blossom is about 1/4" across in diameter. These flowers will get a great deal bigger,…
February 1, 2006
Mirror Worlds
Mirror World, photo by Harold Davis. View this photo larger. The world of photomacrography is made up of immense--but tiny--worlds. Each inhabiting a drop of water, a blade of grass,…
January 31, 2006
Camellia Night
Camellia Night, photo by Harold Davis. View this photo larger. It was raining the other night, and very wet. The raindrops looked very pretty on the new camellia buds. I…
January 31, 2006
Little Shop of Horrors
Wet Poppy Bud, photo by Harold Davis. View this poppy larger. This wet poppy bud reminds me of the ominivorous plant Audrey II from Little Shop of Horrors. ("Feed me!…
January 29, 2006
Newborn Mathew
Newborn Mathew, photo by Harold Davis. I took this photograph of Mathew the day he was born, about eighteen months ago. Is there anything more precious than a newborn baby?…
January 28, 2006
Penance in a Flower
Penance, photo by Harold Davis. View this photo larger. This is the flower commonly known as a Lenten Rose. I photographed it in my garden this afternoon. Of course, it…
January 28, 2006
Flowerific!
Flowerific!, photo by Harold Davis. View this photo larger. Over the last week I've been playing around with mixtures. Mixtures of lighting: daylight, tungsten, and spot lighting of various sorts.…
January 27, 2006