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03.08.2022 Gneiss Swirls
It’s hard to sense just how hot the core of the earth is and what it is like where two tectonic plates meet, one subducting below the other. The heat so intense that rock melts and swirls into patterns such … Continue reading
Posted in Abstract, ecology, Intimate Landscape, Landscape, Nature Photography, Patterns in Nature, Western Massachusetts
Tagged abstract, geological formation, geology, Glacial Potholes, gneiss, intimate landscape, landscape, Massachusetts, New England, pothole, rock swirl patterns, Shelburne Falls, swirled rock, water, western massachusetts
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01.26.2022 Wordless Wednesday-Pattern and Texture
Just like a snowflake, not another exactly the same to be found.
Posted in Abstract, Black and White, Closeup Photography, Ice, macro photography, Nature Photography, Patterns in Nature, Water
Tagged abstract ice, Black and White photography, Harvard Pond, ice, ice abstract, Massachusetts, Nature's Chaos, nature's patterns, New England, North Quabbin, Patterns in Nature, Petersham, textured ice abstract, water, winter
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01.19.2022 Winter’s Chaos
Eliot Porter’s book, “Nature’s Chaos,” is a favorite influence along with “Intimate Landscapes”. There is a lot to be seen in water’s frozen element.
Posted in Abstract, Closeup Photography, Ice, Intimate Landscape, macro photography, Nature Photography, Patterns in Nature, Western Massachusetts
Tagged abstract, abstract ice, Dean Brook, ice, intimate landscape, Massachusetts, Nature's Chaos, New England, Shutesbury, water, western massachusetts, winter
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01.12.2022 Wordless Wednesday-Winter’s Baubles
Posted in Abstract, Closeup Photography, Ice, Nature Photography
Tagged abstract ice, ice, Massachusetts, New England, New Salem, North Quabbin, Quabbin, water, western massachusetts
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01.05.2022 Spalted Wood as Art
Spalting occurs when wood rot fungus attacks a tree or, in this case, fallen branch. I posted some from this shoot a few years back, here and here, but hadn’t worked on this composition until now. It’s a prized bit … Continue reading
12.21.2021 It’s Winter time, winter time, win, win, winter time!
The solstice has arrived and with it temperatures cold enough to offer ice imaging. Although we started the day in the mid-teens not a lot had formed at the waterfall I visited or in some of the standing water. But … Continue reading
12.12.2021 Sutured Ice-Bird’s Eye View
As titles go I still have a way to go but it beats “Textured Ice” which is its file name. I considered “Three Worlds” but thought there might be a copyright infringement. Or “Nature’s Chaos” but that one too. 🙂 … Continue reading
Posted in Abstract, Closeup Photography, Ice, Intimate Landscape, macro photography, Nature Photography, Patterns in Nature, Western Massachusetts
Tagged abstract, abstract ice, ice, ice reflections, ice sutures, intimate landscape, Massachusetts, New England, patterned ice, Shutesbury, western massachusetts
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11.21.2021 Not Exactly as Found
I generally post my images more or less true to reality. In this case not so much. This is exactly as I found it although there was other stuff that I did not want in the image. But this is … Continue reading
11.11.2021 Aging beauty
I’ve only photographed hosta twice. Both times the back of the leaves drew my attention. This one during the summer backlit to show the structure and now with the beauty of aging dressed in frosty finery. Not exactly in another … Continue reading