Yosemite Without People
Yosemite Without People, photo by Harold Davis. This photograph is a view looking down on the top of Vernal Falls. I took the photo last month during the high water.…
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June 17, 2005
It’s Always Nice to Have a Moon
It's Nice to Have a Moon, photo by Harold Davis. I saw this wonderful moon rising over the Berkeley hills out the porch on our top-floor bedroom. The longest telephoto…
June 16, 2005
Fun with Phlowrs and Photoshop
Pretty Flowrs, photo by Harold Davis. Julian put these buds from our garden on the mirror I use for a lot of my table-top work, and said, "Dad, take a…
June 15, 2005
Wild Orchid, Tilden Park
Wild Orchid, Tilden Park, photo by Harold Davis. Tilden Park is a great and extensive wild area very near me. It is about 1/2 a mile up to the top…
June 14, 2005
View from Inspiration Point Trail
View from Inspiration Point Trail, photo by Harold Davis. This is a view from the Inspiration Point Trail looking down into the Valley and at Bridal Veil Falls. (Here's another…
June 13, 2005
The Carousel in Tilden Park
Nicky and I went first to the steam trains and then to the carousel in Tilden Park today. We both had a lot of fun. It's great to be able…
June 11, 2005
Nevada Falls and Striations in the Rock
Nevada Falls, photo by Harold Davis. I took this photo from the Muir Trail around the bend from Nevada Falls when I was there last month at a time of…
June 9, 2005
Lily
Lily, photo by Harold Davis. This lily in our garden, a new bud. It was low down, in shadow. I saw it when I came out to photograph the rain…
June 8, 2005
Raindrops on a Spider Web
Spider Web in the Rain, photo by Harold Davis. When Phyllis brought Julian home from school, chaos broke out as usual when the kids get home. Mathew was wailing. But…
June 8, 2005
The Vision Thing
View from Mt. Vision, photo by Harold Davis. I took this photo close to sunset from near the top of Mt. Vision on the Point Reyes peninsula the other day.…
June 8, 2005
White Fence, White Waves
White Fence, White Waves, photo by Harold Davis. This fence is outside the residence for park rangers near the Point Reyes light house.
June 7, 2005
Land’s End
Land's End, photo by Harold Davis. A windy day on Point Reyes - this great bare peninsula jutting out into the naked windswept ocean. This view is near the end…
June 6, 2005
Thistle Flower
Thistle Flower, photo by Harold Davis. Julian and I found this thistle flower with the shape of a star while we were hiking on the Quarry Trail in nearby Tilden…
June 4, 2005
The Naked Moth
Naked Moth, photo by Harold Davis. This moth flew into our bathroom last night around 10PM. The moth was naked. So was I. But I had to photograph him (he…
June 3, 2005
View of Nevada Falls from the Muir Trail
Nevada Falls, photo by Harold Davis. "What! does a stream rush out of a mountain free and pure, to roll through fair pastures, to feed and throw out bright tributaries,…
June 1, 2005
Please don’t take my Kodachrome away!
This photo shows photographer Jay Maisel buried in Kodachrome slides around 1980. But Kodachrome is doomed. Kodachrome, the most permanent and colorful of color films is also very expensive to…
May 31, 2005
End of the Road
End, photo by Harold Davis. This is the end of the road on the incomparable Bolinas plateau. Well, you couldn't really go much further, could you? Unless you were going…
May 30, 2005
Garden Gate
Round Garden Gate, photo by Harold Davis. Julian and I were out for a walk to Indian Rock after he got home from school today. What wonderful flowers and gardens…
May 26, 2005