Storm Surge
Storm Surge, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. This photo composite comes from LAB inversions of a channel of Poppy Medley, LAB inversion of a channel of Breaking…
Breaking Wave
Breaking Wave, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. I shot this photo a few years ago, obliquely facing the rugged cliffs along the outer Marin Headlands. Here's the…
Rose Pasta Rag
Fun to photograph things besides flowers on my light box! Rosettes of pasta are shown here, with an inner spiral added in Photoshop representing a reduction in the size of…
Dancing with the Pasta Stars!
It's amazing what one can do with pasta stars, a light box, and LAB color. Dancing with the Pasta Stars was created using LAB in Photoshop from the version of…
Artichoke
Artichokes are good to eat. They are a real treat. You peel the leaves to the "meat" inside, in a spiral motion that echoes the visual path in this great,…
Harold Davis—Best of 2021
2021---a year that has truly lived up to "May you live in interesting times"! My "Best Of" selections for prior years, going back to 2013, can be found here. Onward…
Rubin’s Vase Optical Illusion with Harold’s Profile
Rubin's Vase is a well-known optical illusion developed by Danish psychologist Edgar Rubin whose primary research field was figure-ground perception. When you look at the image above, do you see…
I Have Minted Two NFTs
I have "minted" two NFTs---non-fungible tokens. To break this down a little further, to mint an asset such as a digital file means to place it on the blockchain. Placing…