Gaillardia
Gaillardia, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. I captured this Galliardia using the same setup and technique I used recently with the Iris ensata 'Azuma-Kagami'. Part of my…
Dream Lens
I have a new, old lens. It is a Canon 50mm TV f/0.95 lens, in some circles known as the "Dream Lens" because of its dreamy bokeh at f/0.95. The…
Mandala 101
The other day I set out to create a mandala using flower petals on my light box. The mandala uses petals that I plucked from alstroemeria, with the center formed…
Serpentine Sunflower Tree
Yesterday I decided that my Serpentine Sunflower (Helianthus bolanderi) was getting a bit "long in the tooth" (insert favorite joke about serpents and teeth here). Indoors, I deconstructed the sunflower…
Reversing the Column: Probing Life Upside Down
To make these images, I turned the center column of my tripod upside down. Safely getting my camera into the now-upside-down ARCA-style clamp took a measure of care and dexterity.…
Recent Images
I'm pleased with my images from the last week or so, and am having trouble keeping up with my photography in post-production, and also as a blogger. But here are…
Harold Davis—Best of 2020
Obviously, 2020 has been a difficult year for everyone. It was also not the year it started out being for me. Let me explain. In February and March I was…
Dried Blossoms
I arranged these dried blossoms on my light box in a pattern with an eye towards complementary colors. The background blue blossoms are Nemesias. interlaced with almost-orange-yellow Gaillardia petals, and…