Author Archives: Steve Gingold
07.31.2021 Beardsleyesque Grotesque Pareidolia
Quabbin Shoreline Tree Grotesque I had a period when I enjoyed doing pen and ink drawings and that drew me to Aubrey Beardsley. He described himself and many of his artworks as grotesque but I always found them beautifully drawn. … Continue reading
07.30.2021 Frog Friday 30+5
For a change, here is a green frog-Lithobates clamitans. The vast majority of frogs I see in Poor Farm Swamp are bullfrogs so this was something different. So bumpy. It must have been a chilly morning. The most easily identifiable … Continue reading
07.28.2021 A favorite visitor-Eastern Calligrapher
Do you have a favorite fly? How about a favorite Hoverfly? This is mine. These are tiny pollinators that do indeed hover. They can fly backwards, maybe other flies do also, and their wings often iridesce. There is just a … Continue reading
07/27/2021-Common Wood-nymph
This was a fun pursuit. I visited an area in town called Brickyard. It’s a fairly large meadow which is broken up in a few spots by trees and a small river. As I walked a path around the meadow … Continue reading
07.26.2021 Macro Monarch Monday
We’ve had lots of Monarch visitors in the yard flying around depositing eggs and there have been several larvae nibbling on the milkweeds. This was my first opportunity to capture one while nectaring. We seem to be having a good … Continue reading
07.26.2021 B.O.A.S.-Green Heron Edition
Years ago when I participated in a forum, Naturescapes.Net, the favored bird portrait would be with one on the end of a stick (thus Bird on a Stick). This is a somewhat different example of that although not with the … Continue reading
07.25.2021 Fisher in a Fog
I’ve tried and failed a few times to capture a shot of a Belted Kingfisher-Megaceryle alcyon while visiting the swamp. Since I do 99% of my shooting from a tripod they often fly off before I set up. But yesterday … Continue reading
07.23.2021 Frog Friday XXXIV
Going through the search archives we are somewhere around the thirty fifth Frog Friday. I might have missed one or two. But now a number is established. This is one of the few bullfrogs I have photographed that is not … Continue reading
