Dahlia X-Ray
This image is a pretty straightforward x-ray of a rather small Dahlia blossom. Julian and I made the exposure last week at his radiology practice near Heidelberg. In post-production, I…
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November 6, 2022
Fire Engine Restoration
My Maine Media Workshops Composition & Photography group visited an antique fire engine restoration atelier housed in a large barn. I gather this is one of the few antique fire…
October 17, 2022
Poppies Dancing on Black
This image is an LAB inversion of the L-channel of Poppies Dancing, with blacks and white interchanged.
June 11, 2018
Summer Grass
In the traffic island in the middle of our Morning Glory Circle, as spring turns to summer the grass is drying and turning a California brown. I cut and carefully…
May 29, 2018
Chasing Tales
The tip of one petal to the tail of the other. Chasing narratives. Chasing Tales. From the same petals: Studies in Petals.
January 26, 2018
Studies in Petals
This is a mandala-shaped arrangement of petals on a light box around a central Proteus.
January 25, 2018
It Starts with a Photo
Actually, in this case it starts with an arrangement on my light box, and eight high-key HDR exposures recombined in Photoshop. The resulting image is shown immediately below. An LAB…
November 17, 2017
It Starts with a Petal and Ends with a Twist of Fate
It started with two wonderful bunches of alstromerias ("Peruvian Lilies"), one purple and one yellow. On the alstromeria flower, the blossoms have exterior petals that are mostly solid colors (e.g.,…
October 11, 2017
Inversions (and lions, and tigers, and bears, oh my!)
From the humble Echinacea photographed for its delicate petals, the miracle of LAB channel inversions and adjustments leads straight to the drug-crazed and colorful versions you see here (just as…
April 2, 2015
Ginger Leaf
On a walk around the block with the kids yesterday I saw this translucent wild ginger leaf. I snipped it, brought it home, and shot it on my lightbox. This…
March 4, 2012
Butterfly Totem
Butterfly Totem, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. This started as a photo of a backlit butterfly on white. I then composited the butterfly with itself at a…
December 9, 2010
Clematis Light to Dark
View this image larger. Yesterday, a beautiful day with plenty of cloud cover and a strong wind, and the garden in full bloom, was perfect for indoor photography of flowers.…
April 24, 2009
Transmogrification
Transmogrification is the process or result of changing from one appearance, state, or phase to another. This transmogrification starts with a relatively straight photo of a white hellebore, taken a…
January 27, 2009
Hidden Seeds
Hidden Seeds, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. After photographing the pink Hellebore, I let it soak for several days. When the petals were transparent to the point…
January 26, 2009
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
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