Cyclamen
Cyclamen Wet, photo by Harold Davis. Nicky always loves gardening with me, or at least his idea of gardening with me. Which I think means we both put on our…
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October 26, 2005
Inside the Lily
Inside the Lily, photo by Harold Davis. It's amazing how different things look really close-up! Here's a photo from inside a lily, of its stamen.
October 23, 2005
Secret Life of Dandelions
Dandelion 8, photo by Harold Davis. Mostly, of course, I regard the dandelions as a pest in the garden. The kids love to blow them when they've gone to seed…
October 22, 2005
Nietzsche and a Bougainvillea
Bougainvillea Flower, photo by Harold Davis. This picture shows the flower of the bougainvillea. The color of this plant comes from the wonderful leaves, not the small white-yellow flower you…
October 16, 2005
Back to the Macro
Coreopsis, photo by Harold Davis. You can take the boy out of the macro, but you can't take the macro out of the boy! On my recent trip there were…
October 12, 2005
Bud ‘n Bloom
Bloom, photo by Harold Davis. My garden doesn't know yet that it is supposed to be autumn. If ever there really is an autumn in this Pacific micro climate. Our…
October 1, 2005
Glad to Be a Gladiola
Gladiola, photo by Harold Davis. I have been photographing gladioluses today. A gladiola, or gladiolus, is a glad thing. This member of the Iris family is so colorful and always…
September 26, 2005
Oh Cecil, We Hardly Knew Ye!
Cecil Bruner Rose, photo by Harold Davis. This is a Cecil Bruner rose from my planting of about five or six years ago. What turns out is that Cecil Bruners…
September 24, 2005
A Fire Burns within Each Flower
A Fire Burns within Each Flower, photo by Harold Davis. This succulent flower had a glorious red color when I got up close to it. Triumphant! It seems that my…
September 21, 2005
Heart of an Artichoke
Artichoke Flower 3, photo by Harold Davis. This is an extreme close-up of an artichoke flower. The artichoke plant grows in our vegitable garden, and is a perennial. There is…
September 18, 2005
Heart of a Flower
Heart of a Zinnia, photo by Harold Davis. More in the "how close can you go" series in my garden. This photo was taken with my Nikon D70 SLR with…
September 16, 2005
Orange Zinnia
Orange Zinnia, photo by Harold Davis. This is one of the series of close macros I shot in my garden with my macro lens and 6X combined extension tubes. The…
September 15, 2005
Close Kingdom of My Garden
Zinnia Petals, photo by Harold Davis. I've been experimenting with my Kenko extension tube set and my 105mm macro lens in my garden. This combination gets me really close. There's…
September 14, 2005
Flowr Pie
flowr pie, photo by Harold Davis. Phyllis and I created this flowr pie using flowers (not flour) from our garden to enter in a flickr virtual pie contest.
September 12, 2005
How Close Can You Go?
Asiatic Lily Stamen, photo by Harold Davis. We had some cut asiatic lilies, and a bud came off. I looked at it, and said, "What can I do that is…
September 11, 2005
Fuschia Throne
Fuschia Throne, photo by Harold Davis. I like the way this image came out, particularly the saturation of the colors. There's something about the mysterious that turns me on, and…
September 9, 2005
Honeysuckle Blossom
Honeysuckle, photo by Harold Davis. I cut this honeysuckle blossom off the vine in our garden and put it on my mirror to photograph. I used my 105mm macro lens…
September 7, 2005
Wet Rose
Wet Rose, photo by Harold Davis. This rose in my garden is like a young child - just about to open! Taken with my 105mm macro lens using one of…
September 6, 2005