Like a Photographer to the Flame
Candle, photo by Harold Davis. View this photograph larger. It was a rare occasion: Phyllis and I were enjoying a quiet, candle-light supper with all kids going down gently. I…
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July 27, 2006
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Blue Rail
Blue Rail, photo by Harold Davis. View this photograph larger. On our very long drive to Phoenix, Arizona last winter with three young kids in the car, we stopped to…
July 27, 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
Blizzard in Merced Gorge
Blizzard in Merced Gorge, photo by Harold Davis. View this photograph larger. Another cool one for the heat of summer! Also, let me call your attention to some very interesting…
July 25, 2006
Julian Herds Geese
Julian Herds Geese, photo by Harold Davis. View this photograph larger. Julian and I were walking in the park at Port Oakland. He loves to chase the wild geese, but…
July 24, 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
Refreshment
From the Bridge below Vernal Falls, photo by Harold Davis. View this photograph larger. In the heat of the summer, and as the world warms, it is good to remember…
July 18, 2006
Water Drop Stained Glass
Lobelia Drop, photo by Harold Davis. View this photograph larger. This pair of water drop photos reminds me---and Solitaire on Flickr---of stained glass. They were taken first thing in the…
July 16, 2006
Rio Grande Gorge Bridge
Rio Grande Gorge Bridge, photo by Harold Davis. View this photograph larger. The Rio Grande Gorge Bridge, near Taos New Mexico, is a spectacular place to walk anytime, but particularly…
July 14, 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
Remembrance of Color
Grouse Creek, photo by Harold Davis. View this photograph larger. The snow starts falling in the Yosemite winter, first gently and then with insistence. Hours---or days---into the blizzard everything is…
July 11, 2006
Water Drop Photograph Techniques
The force that through the green fuse, photo by Harold Davis. View this photograph larger. I get asked all the time how I make my water drop photos. For example:…
July 10, 2006
Sounds of Serenity
Winter on the Valley Floor, photo by Harold Davis. View this photograph larger. If silence has sounds, then so I suppose does serenity. Like the sound of the wind brushing…
July 9, 2006
Falling Water
Dropping, photo by Harold Davis. View this photograph larger. I've been trying for a long time to capture a water drop just as it, well, drops---and finally succeeded in this…
July 8, 2006
Sunlight on Alcatraz
Sunlight on Alcatraz, photo by Harold Davis. View this photograph larger. Looking out from Indian Rock near sunset, I saw crepuscular rays lining up around Alcatraz Island. Here are some…
July 7, 2006
Magical Portals
Cathedral Spires, photo by Harold Davis. View this photograph larger. The kids are very big on magical portals, gateways that lead to a cognitive shift in time and space. And…
July 6, 2006
Lurker
Lurker, photo by Harold Davis. View this photograph larger. How amazing to point my lens at a day lily and find a critter like this one lurking!
July 5, 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