White Hellebore
White Hellebore, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. Hellebores are delicate flowers that bloom close to the ground in partial shade. They are one of our first flowers…
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January 20, 2009
Hardenbergia
Hardenbergia, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. The gentle rain turned to dappled sunshine, and I went out to photograph water drops in the garden. The drops shown…
January 4, 2009
Rose
Self Portrait with Rose, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. I offer this rose in the hope that the new year is prosperous and happy for us all,…
December 31, 2008
Flowernalia
Flowernalia, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. In ancient times the Romans celebrated the return of the sun with Saturnalia. There was all manner of feasting and revelry,…
December 28, 2008
Delphinium
Delphinium, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. It's a miracle of floral abundancy that delphinium (also called larkspur) grow in my sheltered southwestern bed towards the end of…
December 28, 2008
Inner Flower
Neon, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. In May of this year in troubled times I turned to the colors of flowers. This duo is from a set…
December 18, 2008
Flowers on Ebony and Ivory
I've been photographing flowers for transparency the last few days, and processing them to appear on black and white backgrounds. The trick here is lighting, photography, and Photoshop: so three…
December 13, 2008
Meditations on Transparency
Transparency on Black, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. Transparency is good in many things: political processes, business contracts, lingerie, and (of course) flower petals. The more it…
December 5, 2008
Bougainvillea Study
Bougainvillea Study, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. Briefly noted: I took a break from a writing project to work on this bright but simple study of a…
December 5, 2008
Curves
Dreamweaver Rose, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. I was doing some yard work in our garden. It's great to have rose blossoms in late November, and the…
November 23, 2008
Rose Heart
Time in this society, and on the Internet, is biased to the now. But who is to say that a photo I took a while back isn't every bit as…
November 13, 2008
Rosa ‘Rio Samba’
Rosa 'Rio Samba', photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. It rained over night. In the first light of the morning sun, I photographed the translucent petals of this…
November 10, 2008
Purple Flower Dance
Purple Flower Dance, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. Briefly noted: Like Gaillardia Gone to Seed, this is a flatbed scan, using a black velvet cloth taped into…
November 4, 2008
Red and Purple Gladiola
Red and Purple Gladiola, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. Briefly noted: I carefully positioned the gladiola stems on a light box. I photographed almost straight down, but…
October 31, 2008
Same Fuschia This Year
Fuschia Gradient, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. Down the block, in front of Heidi's house, there's a great fuschia that grows buds like this one (Jet Engine…
October 22, 2008
Angel Wings in the Morning Dew
Angel Wings in the Morning Dew, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. Briefly noted: A detail of the petal of a Dawn Chorus poppy in the early morning,…
October 1, 2008
Simple Anemone
Simple Anemone, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. Briefly noted: this flower is a simple and small anemone from our garden, photographed using a daylight-balanced white box. More…
September 26, 2008
Gaillardia Gone to Seed
Gaillardia Gone to Seed, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. This is a flatbed scan of the seed pods of Gaillardia. (You can see one of these pods…
September 24, 2008