Flowers Are Stars
Flowers Are Stars on White, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. Life goes on. It's hard to keep my thoughts off Katie Rose in the NICU, but I…
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May 29, 2008
Gaillardia Lit from Behind
Gaillardia Lit from Behind, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. I placed this Gaillardia x grandiflora on a black background, and lit the front of the flower using…
May 24, 2008
Sunburst
Sunburst, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. This is a tiny heliotropic (meaning photo sensitive) flower in my garden. It only opens in bright sunshine, making it hard…
May 22, 2008
Petals Unfolding
Petals Unfolding, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. This is a close-up view of the almost transparent petals of the Papaver rhoeas I photographed the other day. [Nikon…
May 19, 2008
Damask Rose
Damask Rose, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. Obviously, roses have a special symbolic meaning for us right now because of Katie Rose. I photographed this small, but…
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May 18, 2008
Katie Rose Davis
Papaver Rhoeas 'Dawn chorus', photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger Katie Rose Davis was born on May 13, 2008 at about 10PM at about 24.5 weeks gestation. She…
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May 16, 2008
In a What-If State of Mind
Iris and Motion, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. I like to work with my photography setups, equipment, and Photoshop in a what-if state of mind. When I'm…
May 9, 2008
Sometimes Simple Works
Pink Papaver, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. On a bright, but overcast, spring morning I saw this pink Papaver rhoeas in the morning dew. I photographed it…
May 8, 2008
Iris on Black
Iris on Black, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. This is an Iris ensata ‘Azuma-kagami’, from the same planting as my photo of last spring. I used the…
May 7, 2008
Gaillardia x grandiflora
Gaillardia x grandiflora, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. This flower is a Gaillardia x grandiflora 'Oranges and Lemons'. Gaillardias are native to North America, and are sometimes…
May 5, 2008
Falling in Love on White
Falling in Love on White, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. This is the Papaver rhoeas 'Falling in Love' that I photographed on a black background. The version…
April 29, 2008
Falling in Love
Falling in Love, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. This is a photo of a Papaver rhoeas 'Falling in Love,' a double variety of Papaver rhoeas I got…
April 28, 2008
Red Flowering Dogwood Blossom
Red Flowering Dogwood, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. Phyllis and I celebrated our wedding anniversary last week. Sixteen years, three kids and one more on the way,…
April 26, 2008
High Focal Range (HFR)
Daffodil, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. If you've ever looked closely at a daffodil like this beautiful specimen, you'll know that within the outer yellow petals is…
April 22, 2008
Assembling Clivia
Clivia, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. Clivia, a lily-like flower originally from southern Africa, grow on the shaded side of our house with very little intervention from…
April 15, 2008
Anemone and Bicycles
Anemone, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. This is a close-up of an anemone, a flower in the buttercup (Ranunculus) family named after the Greek word for wind.…
April 14, 2008
Each Apple Pear
Pear Blossom Special, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. Obviously, I have a fondness for small aperture, fully stopped-down flower macros that use high depth of field to…
April 11, 2008
Lupine along the Trail
Lupine along the Trail, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. Coming back from Alamere Falls, I photographed this lupine bush with two exposures, one for the sunset in…
April 7, 2008