Digital Photograms
Red Gaillardia, photo by Harold Davis. View this digital photogram larger. Here are two more digital photograms of the gaillardia 'fanfare': one in red and one in blue. Enjoy! View…
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September 16, 2006
Photograms for the Digital Era
Gaillardia, photo by Harold Davis. View this photograph larger. I photographed this gaillardia on a white background and, as with the bougainvillea bract, used LAB color modality in Photoshop to…
September 15, 2006
Bougainvillea
Bougainvillea, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. Like my Gladiolus photo, this was a pretty straight studio shot of a bougainvillea bract. In Photoshop, I converted to LAB…
September 15, 2006
Gladiolus
Gladiolus, photo by Harold Davis. View this photograph larger. This is a fairly straight studio shot taken with my Sigma 50mm Macro lens of gladiolas in a vase. I converted…
September 14, 2006
Drop on a Dahlia
Drop on a Dahlia, photo by Harold Davis. View this photograph larger. A water drop on the red dahlia in my garden in the morning...
September 12, 2006
Macro Photography and Mental Health
Cone Flower, photo by Harold Davis. View this photograph larger. I'm slowly recovering from a nasty bout of bronchitis. Feeling sick makes it hard for me to enjoy photography. So…
September 6, 2006
Sacred and Profane Love
White Rose, photo by Harold Davis. View this photo larger. Wet Poppy Bud, photo by Harold Davis. View this photo larger. It amazes and delights me that flowers can serve…
August 20, 2006
Sunflower
Sunflower, photo by Harold Davis. View this photograph larger. The center of a flower is a wonderful sensuous thing. If I were a bee, I'm sure I would be seduced.…
August 12, 2006
A Different Light
Dahlia Light, photo by Harold Davis. View this photograph larger. These two photos represent a different "take" on the water drop theme: like Different Signals they are more about the…
August 8, 2006
Complexity and the Inner Flower
Inner Zinnia, photo by Harold Davis. View this photograph larger. We think of the pleasure of communing with flowers as simple: simple joy in exuberant colors and odors. But there's…
July 26, 2006
Echinacea Harvest Moon
Echinacea Harvest Moon, photo by Harold Davis. View this photograph larger. I have been growing echinacea---also called coneflowers---in my garden because they are so spectacular to photograph. This one is…
July 20, 2006
How big is my garden?
Escapade, photo by Harold Davis. View this photograph larger. I get asked often, "How big is your garden?" With all my photos of flowers, some people assume I have a…
July 13, 2006
What is the question?
Anther, photo by Harold Davis. View this photograph larger. I may not know the question, but here's the anther! Ha, ha, just kidding! (Here's a flower anatomy lesson showing how…
July 4, 2006
A Weakness for Mallows
Mallow, photo by Harold Davis. View this photograph larger. I have a weakness for mallows. Not because the plant supplies the mucilage in marshmallows---or, it least, did before the dawn…
July 2, 2006
Fairae Lights
Poppy Revealed, photo by Harold Davis. View this photograph larger. The luminous effect in these photos is reasonably easy to achieve---and has nothing to do with Photoshop. It is a…
June 30, 2006
Botany of Desire
Day Lily 2, photo by Harold Davis. View this photograph larger. OK, so I've "borrowed" Michael Pollan's excellent title for this story. These photos are of day lilies. The subject…
June 28, 2006
My Garden Fence
My Garden Fence, photo by Harold Davis. View this photograph larger. The appearance of a reflection is made by the subject matter reflected---and by the direction of the light that…
June 27, 2006
Trapped
Trapped, photo by Harold Davis. View this photograph larger. We think of flowers as so beautiful. (Of course, they are!) "Colorful," "soft", and, yes "feminine," are words that sometimes seem…
June 27, 2006