Iris (the Wave)
Iris (the Wave), photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. This is a Trader Joe's iris. I used a spray bottle on the flower and lit it from below…
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…
Scanning the Iris
My Dad says he told a group of his friends that he just bought a $25,000 computer. Understand that these friends were a bunch of computer scientists. Everyone thought my…
Iris Rising
Iris Rising, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. Yesterday in my garden, this Iris bud was spotlit by the sun. I purposely underexposed (at ISO 100, 1/6 of…
Iris Scans
Iris Scan 2, photo by Harold Davis. View this scan larger. These are captured using a flatbed scanner at high resolution. That's right, folks! These are not digital photographs, they…
Iris Photogram
Iris, photo by Harold Davis. View this photograph larger. This is a fairly straightforward digital photogram of an Iris, lightly post-processed to remove defects (such as dust) and to clarify…
The Iris That Bloom in the Spring
Iris, photo by Harold Davis. View this photograph larger. It's great to have Iris blooming in my garden again. This is an extravagantly beautiful flower. Once established, it keeps on…
Enough with the Irises!
A reader writes: "I enjoy regularly reading your photoblog, and have learned much about digital photography from your book [Digital Photography Digital Field Guide], but enough with these iris pictures.…