Denise Davies

Gaddani – Rocks

Denise — Sun, 25 Apr 2010 06:44:10 +0000

Gaddani is a an hour and a half drive from Karachi to the west. There is a long sandy beach which is the area used for “ship breaking” and close by that some fantastic small coves with colorful rocks, unusual formations and jewel like colors. The water has huge breaking waves and the sun at mid day is hot.

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Colours from Karachi

Denise — Sun, 25 Apr 2010 05:04:54 +0000

Every day in Karachi brings new flowers, sunrises and sunsets with spectacular colours. Although mid day in April is hot the early mornings and evenings are lovely and there is usually a breeze as well. Here are just a few photos that give some flavor of life on the roof.

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Picasa Web Albums – Denise – Colours from Karachi.

Golden Sunset Karachi

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Winter

Denise — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 01:06:55 +0000

Winter has been beautiful with fresh snow, and some clear cold weather. Great opportunities for trying to capture the different textures of snow, new shapes and patterns and to see the highlights of nature through a new light.

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Picasa Web Albums – Denise – Winter.

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From Winter

For prints and to view an online photo gallery go to my Imagekind Winter Gallery

Nature photos Orange County CA

Denise — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 16:12:04 +0000

Orange County seems to be city after city but there are some wonderful nature areas where you can enjoy walks and feel like you are far away from urban life. Here are a few of my favorites. Flowers, raindrops, waterways, beaches, trees and trails.

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Denise Davies Online Gallery Store

Denise — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 13:26:14 +0000

I am working on an online gallery store. It’s been fun selecting images and testing out the options for sizes, paper, framing and mattes.

This is very much a work in progress and I would appreciate any comments and suggestions on how you find the store. Although I have selected frames and mattes for each of the photos you can order prints only in different sizes, or you can use the “Customize” function to view the photo with different frames and mattes. Its interesting to see how these affect the image and make it pop.

So far there are photos from Pakistan, Nova Scotia, and a gallery on cloth. More galleries are in the works.

http://davies.imagekind.com

Colours and Patterns

Denise — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 22:36:34 +0000

I spent a fun few hours shooting cloth blowing in the wind. The patterns of sun and shadow, different designs and changing light all made this a fun shoot. Here are just a few of the photos. Click on an image to see a larger photo. If you are interested in any larger sizes let me know – davies@eckova.com

See some of these in my new gallery of prints and framed photos. Customizable sizes, frames and mats.

See some of this art work in my newly launched gallery. You can see framed and unframed versions of the prints and view or order online. I would appreciate any comments on how you find the framing and mat selection.

Nathiagali Hiking

Denise — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 09:55:48 +0000

Nathiagali is one of the most beautiful of the hill resorts in the Galyat area of Pakistan. It is just two and a half hours drive north of Islamabad gradually climbing higher and higher and with spectacular views along the way. The Galyat area has been a favorite summer get away region since the early days of the British. There are many old government and company rest houses as well as family hotels and cottages. There are numerous short walks and longer hikes and treks if you enjoy walking. Horses are easily available for trail rides.

The pine forests, flowers, birds and monkeys are all a treat and as in any mountainous area the weather can be very changeable. We even had a hail storm one afternoon (in June) and it was chilly enough to want warm clothing in the night and early morning.

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Balochistan rock hunting

Denise — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 16:57:42 +0000

The colors and textures of rock formations are really amazing. The area was a dry river bed with some of the large rocks having a pool of water at the base and surprisingly having fish and tadpoles swimming around. A few herds of goats, camels, beautiful butterflies and a colorful red dragonfly sunning on a rock. The hills in the distance were very misty looking – likely from dust in the air. Even though the area was dry a few small colorful flowers and bushes survive the dry conditions.

Manora

Denise — Sun, 12 Apr 2009 09:07:31 +0000

A short ferry ride from the main port of Karachi takes you a step back in time to Manora Island. You can walk around the entire island in just a couple of hours. Small tea shops, fishermen with their nets on the far side of the ocean, people strolling on the white sand beach, a colorful mosque, an old Hindu temple, and buildings from the time of the British Raj.

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Manora long sandy beach

Springtime Birds in OC

Denise — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 21:51:40 +0000

Lovely birds – click to see larger size

American Kestrel

Note all the images on this site are low resolution. Please contact me if you are interested in the High Resolution images for printing.

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