First Light
First Light, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. Briefly noted: This is a re-cropped (and slightly re-processed) version of Upper Yosemite Falls. (See the original story for info…
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July 9, 2009
Tunnel View
Tunnel View, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. Briefly noted: This is the view from Tunnel View in six progressive captures, with the forest area that's in shadow…
April 3, 2009
Along the Inspiration Point Trail
Along the Inspiration Point Trail, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. At Tunnel View there are almost always crowds and photographers. Except sometimes at night. Well, the view…
April 1, 2009
Came Both Mist and Stars
Came Both Mist and Stars, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. Briefly noted: It was a wet, misty Yosemite night. The fog clouds that were almost snow only…
March 12, 2009
Flash Dance
Flash Dance, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. Briefly noted: The cloud above El Capitan was lit with the last light of the setting sun, but the winter…
March 9, 2009
Mirror Lake
Mirror Lake, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. I got the boys occupied in throwing snow balls and trying to crush through the skim ice on Mirror Lake.…
March 5, 2009
Yosemite at Night
Yosemite at Night, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. With the boys tucked safely in bed I headed out into what proved an increasingly moist night. Wet fog…
March 3, 2009
Yosemite Night
Waking up, I glanced at the clock. It was 3:49AM. The kids were sleeping peacefully in our room at Yosemite Lodge. I dressed for winter, and headed out into the…
February 28, 2009
Tone Poem
Late in the afternoon of a bright autumn day I arrived in Yosemite Valley. The valley was already in shadow, with only the tops of the surrounding cliffs lit by…
February 17, 2009
Do Over
As I've noted, being digital means you never have to be done. When I originally post-processed the images in this story, I was a little drunk with the power of…
November 9, 2008
Indomitable
Indomitable, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. Winter morning in Yosemite dawned cold with flakes of snow and remnant fog, but the promise of a possible clear day…
November 7, 2008
Half Dome by Moonlight
Half Dome by Moonlight, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. This is a roughly twenty minute exposure during most of which Half Dome was lit by light from…
November 3, 2008
Merced Reflections
Merced Reflections, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. Briefly noted: Along the Merced River the seasonally low water was totally still in the morning, leading to crystal clear…
October 20, 2008
Glory
Glory, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. Crawling out of my sleeping bag to the sounds of a massive rock slide (here's the story), I found the Yosemite…
October 18, 2008
Another Starry Night
Starry Night 3, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. Briefly noted: This is another fisheye starry night stacked photo from Glacier Point. This one consists of 12 captures…
October 17, 2008
Yosemite Morning
Yosemite Morning, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. Coming down from a night spent photographing star trails on Glacier Point, I hit the Valley floor about 6AM. I…
October 16, 2008
Starry Night
Starry Night, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger Many of my night photos are created in homage to Vincent van Gogh, who wrote in a letter to his…
October 15, 2008
Down in the Valley
Down in the Valley, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. Taken from old Inspiration Point, this image uses a layer mask and gradient to combine a brighter foreground…
October 14, 2008