There’s Always Something to Learn
There's always something to learn in Photoshop. One could spend a lifetime, and still not learn all there is to know about this wonderful program. Which is one thing I…
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February 11, 2011
Eclipse
Eclipse, photo by Harold Davis. The lunar eclipse last night was something to truly get excited about, but rain and cloud cover have been blanketing the Bay area recently. I…
December 21, 2010
Star Circle Workshop in the Alabama Hills
In early November we gathered at the Frontier Best Western in Lone Pine, California---the town is located in the deep valley between the crest of the High Sierra and the…
December 18, 2010
Flaming Lotus Girls Calendar
Serpent Mother and Egg, photo by Harold Davis. I'm pleased to see this shot of mine in the Flaming Lotus Girls 2011-2012 calendar. Flaming Lotus Girls made the Serpent Mother…
December 1, 2010
Urban Star Circles
Urban Star Circles, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. Star trails---and star circles---are tough to pull off in an urban environment because of all the ambient light pollution…
November 30, 2010
Morning near Inyokern
Morning near Inyokern, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. Consider the life of the itinerant night photographer: I'm up all night photographing, or finding my way into location,…
November 25, 2010
FindMeSpot Not
Desert Skies, photo by Harold Davis. I've travelled with my FindMeSpot for several years, as an emergency precaution in case something happens to me in the wilderness in the watches…
November 24, 2010
Stars My Destination
Stars My Destination, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. This is a stacked composite of 27 exposures, each capture shot at 4 minutes, f/2.8, and ISO 400. I…
November 17, 2010
Boys and Their Toys
View North from Gunga Din, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger This is a view facing north from the Gunga Din formation in the Alabama Hills above Lone…
November 14, 2010
Alabama Hills at Night
Alabama Hills at Night, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. This was a shot taken during the recent Star Circle and night photography workshop that Steven Christenson and…
November 13, 2010
Zabriskie Point
Zabriskie Point, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. Zabriskie Point in Death Valley is famous because of the eponymous 1970s film by Michelangelo Antonioni. It's also a great…
November 10, 2010
Devil’s Golf Course
Devil's Golf Course, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. Speaking of golf courses in the desert, this is the Devil's Golf Course in Death Valley. Slightly to the…
November 9, 2010
Death Valley Campsite
Death Valley Campsite, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. After shooting several night stacks, I plugged the camera into my big battery and went to sleep in my…
November 6, 2010
Race Track Playa
Race Track Playa, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. The Race Track is a dried lake bed in the back country of Death Valley, named because of the…
November 4, 2010
Stars over Bishop, California
Stars over Bishop, California, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. Briefly noted: This is a view northwest over Owens Valley from Sierra View, high in the White Mountains.…
October 18, 2010
Alabama Hills Star Trails
Alabama Hills Star Trails, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. OK. So it was hardly a gourmet picnic dinner. Steven and I stopped for a take-out sandwich at…
October 13, 2010
Lady Boot Arch
Lady Boot Arch, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. This is an image of Lady Boot Arch in the Alabama Hills, located between Lone Pine, California and Mount…
October 11, 2010
Photon Worshippers
Photon Worshippers, photo by Steven Christenson. Congratulations to my night-shooting buddy Steven Christenson, whose Photon Worshippers (above) is the winner of the Royal Observatory (Greenwich, UK) 2010 photo competition in…
September 10, 2010