Spiral in a Mallow
Mallow, photo by Harold Davis. View this photograph larger. This is a photograph at fairly high magnification (about 8:1) of an annual Mallow flower, Lavatera trimestris. I photographed it today…
Mallow, Mucilage, and Bokeh
Mallow, photo by Harold Davis. View this photo larger. I've been watching my neighbor Brett's mallow tree with great interest. Not because I covet a mallow tree, or his mallow…
Mallow Star
Mallow Star, photo by Harold Davis. More close-ups from Blake Garden (here's my first post about these photos). I took a break from writing this afternoon. Phyllis, Julian, and I…
Harold Davis—Best of 2022
2022---another "interesting" year! Travel brought me to Maine, Colorado, France (twice, once in the spring and once in the autumn), Spain, Germany, Switzerland, and Italy. Professional highlights included the publication…
Save the Last Dance
For this image, I framed essentially a portrait view of the mallow (upper left) and the poppy (along the right, purple and red). For some reason, the Save the Last…
Photographing Flowers for Transparency with Harold Davis | Weekend Workshop
Photographing Flowers for Transparency with Harold Davis (Weekend Workshop) Where: El Cerrito, CA. (at ColorSpaceArts Studio) When: Saturday August 6 – Sunday August 7, 2022 Tuition: $1,195; Register on Meetup…
Matilija Poppies
The Matilija Poppy (Romneya coulteri) is native to California, with a range from Mexico through northern California. This is a drought tolerant species that can be somewhat invasive once established---but,…
Spring of our Discontent
This is the spring of our discontent. Or at least the spring of isolating in place. As long as we are on Shakespeare near-quotations, "Sweet are the uses of adversity…