Bridge Beneath and Big Lens
Bridge Beneath, photo by Harold Davis. I like this photo of the Golden Gate Bridge--because it's from an unusual angle. Unless you are on a boat, you can't normally see…
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November 8, 2005
Digital cameras, lenses, tripods, and more…
Bridge Tops
Bridge Tops, photo by Harold Davis. Mostly, the day was quite blue, clear, and sunny. I took this image from across the bay using my new AF-S VR Zoom-Nikkor 70-200mm…
November 6, 2005
Sea Lion Society
Sea Lion Society, photo by Harold Davis. Today I'm trying out my new lens, an AF-S VR Zoom-Nikkor 70-200mm f/2.8G IF-ED. This is a preposterously expensive, heavy, big, and magnificent…
November 4, 2005
WASP
Wasp, photo by Harold Davis. View the wasp larger. A WASP used to be slightly derogatory term for a White Anglo-Saxon Protestant. Today it's just an insect, a wasp without…
November 3, 2005
Should I Buy a Canon or a Nikon?
Digital Fisheye Universe, photo by Harold Davis. I often get questions from readers about what digital cameras they should buy. There's no one answer, of course. It depends on many…
October 31, 2005
Digital Photography Cyborg
I like saying that digital photography is a cyborg: one part photography and one part computer. To be a good digital photographer, you should be skilled at both parts of…
October 27, 2005
Fiberoptic Pumpkin
Fiberoptic Pumpkin, photo by Harold Davis. Soon comes the day of Halloween, which means in our house it's time to trot out the fiberoptic pumpkin! I bought this thing at…
October 26, 2005
Photographing Lustrous Metal
Slinky 8, photo by Harold Davis. A reader of my Digital Photography Digital Field Guide writes: Thanks for your excellent book which has helped me learn about digital photography. My…
October 21, 2005
Digital Storage in the Field
Yosemite Autumn 2, photo by Harold Davis. I took this photo towards the beginning of my recent trip to Yosemite, Owens Valley, and the desert. It's pretty similar to another…
October 20, 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
The World in a Marble
Thanks for All the Fish, photo by Harold Davis. Take a good steady tripod and an excellent 105mm macro lens and a marble on a mirror. That's a good start.…
August 3, 2005
My New Macro Lens
Marbles 3, photo by Harold Davis. I've been having lots of fun playing with my new AF Micro Nikkor 105mm f/2.8 macro lens. Actually, the lens isn't new - I…
August 1, 2005
Without My Polarizer I Am Blue
Blue, photo by Harold Davis. This is a photo of a fingerpainting project at Nicky's pre-school drying outside. I took the picture in the late afternoon sun. The only thing…
July 13, 2005
It’s the Lens, Baby!
Blue Flower 2, photo by Harold Davis. I took this picture while experimenting with my new Lensbaby 2.0. The Lensbaby is a weird gizmo, actually a lens, that you can…
July 5, 2005
Ode to My Hiking Boots!
My Hiking Boots, photo and poem by Harold Davis. Say thanks to my hiking boots at the end of the day! All covered with mud and perhaps with clay. My…
July 4, 2005
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