Monthly Archives: October 2009

Piperii Mori

October 6, 2009 by Harold Davis | 0 Comments

Piper Mori 2

Piper Mori 2, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger.

Photographer Edward Weston’s son Brett (also a gifted photographer) had the unfortunate habit of eating still life subjects—such as the famous peppers—before his Dad was finished with photography.

Learning from my classic photographic history, after I photographed these peppers I locked them away in the basement so that Julian couldn’t get at them. These days, Julian describes himself as an eating machine. So I wouldn’t have wanted to leave my peppers where he could get at them.

The result: wrinkled and slightly disgusting peppers. Old age in vegitables does not necessarily great photography make.

Piper Mori

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Posted in Bemusements, Monochrome, Photography, Still Life

Big Sur Coast

October 5, 2009 by Harold Davis | 0 Comments

Bixby Bridge 3

Bixby Bridge 3, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger.

Here’s the Big Sur coast of California and Bixby Bridge by moon and starlight. The faint colors of sunset linger, even though this is a thirty second, wide-open exposure. If you look closely, you can see the shadow of cliffs in the water cast by moonlight.

Shown earlier in the fog and clouds: Bixby Bridge 1 and Bixby Bridge 2. Background information: Steep Slope.

Exposure data: Nikon D300, 12-24mm lens at 12mm, 30 seconds at f/5.o and ISO 100, tripod mounted.

Posted in Digital Night, Landscape, Photography

Harvest

October 3, 2009 by Harold Davis | 0 Comments

Harvest

Harvest, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger.

As a gardener with some ego invested in my garden, it is a little embarassing to admit that this pear is the harvest for the year from our pear tree. Well, there’s been a lot going on, and the garden has been neglected. Other years, more pears.

Photographed on a corrugated box with my 85mm perspective-correcting macro. Two combined exposures (10 seconds and 15 seconds); each exposure at f/21 and ISO 100; tripod mounted.

Posted in Bemusements, Photography, Still Life

The Impossible and Improbable

October 2, 2009 by Harold Davis | 0 Comments

There’s a great article about my work in the current issue of Rangefinder Magazine: Harold Davis—The Impossible and Improbable by Martha Blanchfield. I think the article title refers to my images, and not to me. Certainly, I enjoy creating images that are surreal and impossible. But actually, I’m easy.

Vanishing Point

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My Impossible set on Flickr.

Posted in Bemusements

Pfeiffer Big Sur Beach

October 1, 2009 by Harold Davis | 1 Comment

Pfeiffer Big Sur Beach

Pfeiffer Big Sur Beach, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger.

Pfeiffer Beach in Big Sur is a pleasure to vist anytime. It was particularly majestic on this moonlit night, as you can see in this two minute exposure that shows star trails and surf coming through the famous hole in the sea stack.

Exposure data: Nikon D300, 18mm, 2 minutes at f/5.0 and ISO 200, tripod mounted.

Posted in Digital Night, Landscape, Photography