First Blush, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. Our friend Barbara heard about Julian's accident, and came by the house with flowers. She was surprised to find Julian…
Jet Engine (Fuschia), photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. This image of a fuschia reminds me of a jet engine. Not a photogram, I captured the bud in…
Dandelion I, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. A friend said to me: "I've been reading your blog. What is all this stuff about xrays, photograms, and cross-processing?…
Zip-a-dee-doo-dah!, image by Harold Davis. View this image larger. It was Monday. Julian's accident had happened on the previous Wednesday. We were so happy he was going to be released…
Papaver pistils and pollen, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. An art student named Melissa had to research an artist for a school assignment, and she chose me.…
Julian, photo by Harold Davis. I was chatting on the phone with my Dad. I don't even remember what we were talking about, maybe getting his hot tub fixed. All…
Fuschia 2, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. Photography like this image of a fuschia, followed by the post-processing, is like doodling for me. The image in an…
In Beauty Lies Salvation, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. Life goes on. Julian is still in intensive care, doing as well as we could hope in the…
Julian Climbing Indian Rock, photo by Harold Davis. This is a photo of my nine-year-old son Julian climbing Indian Rock a few weeks ago. Yesterday Julian fell out of a…
Petal, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. I'm not sure what to say about this one. Sometimes everything seems to go right, even when it is the middle…
Bee on Dahlia, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. Bee sits on dahlia With camera and macro strobe For once I am there Related poetry: Haiku for Apple…
Gazania 1, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. Two views of a gazania (a flower also called an African daisy) unfurling. Can you tell which photogram is closer…
Bristlecone and Sierra Crest, photo by Harold Davis. View this photograph larger. The Ancient Bristlecone Pine Forest sits high atop the White Mountains of California, across Owens Valley from the…
Papaver nudicaule, photo by Harold Davis. View this photo larger. The poet Milton contrasts subtlety and fineness on the one hand, and simplicity and sensuosity on the other in these…
Butterfly 2, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. Are images like the butterfly above or below, or this clematis, photography? Good question. In one sense, they certainly start…
Oregano Leaves, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. On the subject of oregano, and not simplicity, here are some photogrammed and heavily cross-processed leaves of origanum rotundifolium. Note,…
Three Oregano Flower Petals, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. If one petal of an oregano flower is nice, are three petals of the origanum rotundifolium flower thrice…
Origanum rotundifolium, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. This is a photogram of a petal of the flower of an oregano plant, origanum rotundifolium. Usually, when I capture…