Let the Fire Fall!
Let the Fire Fall!, photo by Harold Davis. View this photo larger. In those nostalgic times before millions of tourists overran Yosemite valley, the "fire fall" was a great draw.…
Let the Fire Fall!, photo by Harold Davis. View this photo larger. In those nostalgic times before millions of tourists overran Yosemite valley, the "fire fall" was a great draw.…
Clearing Storm, Yosemite, photo by Harold Davis. View this photo larger. « Mais où sont les neiges d’antan? » wrote 15th century ballader François Villon. This plaint was famously translated…
Dawn in the Flower Forest, photo by Harold Davis. View this photo larger. The last week or so I've been observing carefully how the sunrise lights up our garden. My…
Poppy Cheeks, photo by Harold Davis. View this photo larger. My wife suggested "Poppy Mooning" as an alternative title to "Poppy Cheeks." You decide. This poppy bud belongs to an…
Daffodil, photo by Harold Davis. View this photo larger. Daffodils are harbingers of spring, so it's a pleasure to photograph these beautiful flowers. However, I think these are hard flowers…
Vertigo, photo by Harold Davis. View this photo larger. The sun was just coming up. I photographed this day lily in our garden in the freshness of the morning. You…
Raspberry Breadseed Poppy, photo by Harold Davis. View this photo larger. This poppy re-seeded itself from the specimen I planted last year. The grower, Annie's Annuals, sold it as a…
Resurrection, photo by Harold Davis. View this photo larger. The poppy has a short life span. It starts by emerging from a small pod... ...opening like lucious velvet: View this…
Polyganum, photo by Harold Davis. View this photo larger. This is an extreme macro photograph of a polyganum flower in my garden. Polyganum is commonly known as "smart weed." It's…
Strange Ranunculus, photo by Harold Davis. View this photo larger. Do opposites attract? How different can two people be? Do these two flowers really belong to the same family? Leaving…
Gazania Petals, photo by Harold Davis. View this photo larger. A French reader of Photoblog 2.0 asks some good questions that you, too, might want answered if you are new…
White Poppy, photo by Harold Davis. View this photo larger. I'm pleased to present this triptych of poppy photos: white, red, and yellow. These flowers are all on one poppy…
Young Leucospermum Profile, photo by Harold Davis. View this photo larger. This is the leucospermum "scarlet ribbons" plant in my garden that I photographed earlier from above. This photo shows…
Garden in a Water Drop, photo by Harold Davis. To see a world in a grain of sand, And a heaven in a wild flower, Hold infinity in the palm…
Flower Tears, photo by Harold Davis. View this photo larger. Do flowers weep? Are rain drops tears from the sky? Or does the flower petal embrace the drops of rain…
Snapdragon's Secret, photo by Harold Davis. View this photo larger. There's a secret at the heart of every flower, including this snapdragon in my garden...
Fire of Passion in the Cherry Heart, photo by Harold Davis. View this photo larger. I photographed cherry blossoms today along Thousand Oaks near our home. These are photomacrographs, but…
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…