Flowers for the vernal equinox
To celebrate the spring equinox yesterday, here are some Tulips and Anemones shot on my light box for translucency (a white ranunculus peeks through on the upper left as well!).…
Kaleidoscope of Flowers
Spring has come, and I know it's true because I have anemones and ranunculae to add to my tulips on my light box for back lighting. Fun to create a…
My best of 2013
As an exercise, and also to participate in a compendium of "best of" blogged photos, I've put together what I think are my best photos from 2013. This has been…
Tiptoe through the tulip
The tulips that I found last week at the North Berkeley Farmers Market have transmogrified into fantastical shapes and forms as they age and illustrate wabi-sabi in action. Like the…
Avoiding the “Normal” Histogram
This is a photograph of Bodie Mercantile, the old general store in the ghost town of Bodie. In creating this image, I wanted to be very sure that I exposed…
Revelation and Hiding
Crown of Hydrangea, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. Several years ago I planted a couple of exotic hydrangea plants in the shade in my front garden. (I…
Platycodon and Jasminum
Platycodon and Jasminum, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. This is a photo-composite created using several captures of a Balloon flower (Platycodon) surrounded by Jasmine on a white…
Assembling Clivia
Clivia, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. Clivia, a lily-like flower originally from southern Africa, grow on the shaded side of our house with very little intervention from…