Category Archives: Abstract

11.21.2021 Not Exactly as Found

Posted on November 22, 2021 by Steve Gingold

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 →

Posted in Abstract, Black and White, Intimate Landscape, Nature Photography, Western Massachusetts | Tagged abstract, Black and White photography, intimate landscape, Massachusetts, Mosehorn Pond, New England, New Salem, reflection, western massachusetts | 26 Comments

11.11.2021 Aging beauty

Posted on November 11, 2021 by Steve Gingold

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 →

Posted in Abstract, Amherst, Autumn Color, Closeup Photography, Fall Foliage, Nature Photography, Western Massachusetts | Tagged abstract, aging beauty, Amherst, Autumn Color, Fall Foliage, frost, frosted hosta, frpsted leaf, Massachusetts, New England, western massachusetts | 20 Comments

10.09.2021 Silken Mobile

Posted on October 9, 2021 by Steve Gingold

We allow quite a number of milkweed plants to line our driveway with other plants as well. I’ve been looking at this one pod waiting for the right time to make an image of the seeds hanging and yesterday noticed … Continue reading →

Posted in Abstract, Amherst, Closeup Photography, Flora, Intimate Landscape, Nature Photography, Western Massachusetts | Tagged abstract, Amherst, Asclepias syriaca, Common Milkweed, intimate landscape, Massachusetts, Milkweed seeds, milkweed silk, native flowers, native plant, native wildflower, New England, western massachusetts, Wildflowers | 31 Comments

09.202.2021 Macro Monday-Seasonal Decay

Posted on September 20, 2021 by Steve Gingold

Sounds negative, doesn’t it? Life has its stages and for plants it is all part of life. Leaves dying, falling, and decaying into their basic elements feeds a number of organisms, including their own plant’s roots and ultimately back into … Continue reading →

Posted in Abstract, Closeup Photography, Nature Photography, Patterns in Nature, Western Massachusetts | Tagged abstract, autumn leaf, Fall Foliage, grape leaf, western massachusetts | 20 Comments

09.15.2021 Sunrise Pod

Posted on September 15, 2021 by Steve Gingold

A short time before photographing the Sulphur on Monday, I wandered around the meadow looking for milkweed silk shots. Made a bunch but so far prefer this one that is just starting to split. The sun was just cresting the … Continue reading →

Posted in Abstract, Closeup Photography, Intimate Landscape, Nature Photography, Patterns in Nature, Western Massachusetts | Tagged Asclepias syriaca, Common Milkweed, East Leverett Meadow, intimate landscape, Leverett, Massachusetts, native plant, New England, sunrise, western massachusetts | 16 Comments

09.09.2021 Golden Grass Meadow

Posted on September 9, 2021 by Steve Gingold

Another image from my wander in Brickyard last Saturday.

Posted in Abstract, Amherst, Intimate Landscape, Landscape, Nature Photography, Western Massachusetts | Tagged Amherst, Backlit grasses, Brickyard Conservation Area, Brickyard Meadow, golden light, intimate landscape, landscape, Massachusetts, New England, sunrise, western massachusetts | 22 Comments

08.18.2021-2 Webnesday

Posted on August 18, 2021 by Steve Gingold

Gary hasn’t posted in a while so I’ll pick it up with a spider for the day. Hope we hear from him soon as well. In the same meadow, MacLeod Field, where I found the Viceroy I also saw a … Continue reading →

Posted in Abstract, Closeup Photography, Insects, macro photography, Nature Photography, Western Massachusetts | Tagged Amherst, Arachnid, Araneae, Lined Orbweaver, MacLeod Field, Mangora gibberosa, Massachusetts, New England, spider, True Spider, western massachusetts | 20 Comments

08.08.2021 Big Bluestem Dewdrops In Brickyard Meadow

Posted on August 8, 2021 by Steve Gingold

One of the results from the time spent in the “office” yesterday. It’s difficult to find just the right composition in the chaos of the meadow. Even more difficult to get every drop sharp and some are a little soft … Continue reading →

Posted in Abstract, Amherst, Closeup Photography, Intimate Landscape, Nature Photography, Western Massachusetts | Tagged abstract, Amherst, Andropogon gerardii, Big Bluestem, Brickyard Meadow, dewy grass blades, intimate landscape, Massachusetts, native grass, native plant, New England, western massachusetts | 17 Comments

08.03.2021 Dewdrops

Posted on August 3, 2021 by Steve Gingold

After yesterday’s damselfly joy, I turned my attention to my original plan and that was to find more dewdrop compositions. I particularly liked this collection on a curving blade of Big Bluestem –Andropogon gerardii. Although a prairie grass, it obviously … Continue reading →

Posted in Abstract, Amherst, Closeup Photography, Intimate Landscape, macro photography, Nature Photography, Western Massachusetts | Tagged Amherst, Andropogon gerardii, Big Bluestem, Brickyard Meadow, dewdrops, grass blade, intimate landscape, Massachusetts, nature details, New England, prairie grass, western massachusetts | 13 Comments

07.31.2021 Beardsleyesque Grotesque Pareidolia

Posted on July 31, 2021 by Steve Gingold

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 →

Posted in Abstract, Black and White, Intimate Landscape, Nature Photography, Quabbin, Western Massachusetts | Tagged abstract, Black and White photography, intimate landscape, Massachusetts, New England, Quabbin, Quabbin Landscape, Quabbin shoreline, tree abstract, western massachusetts | 8 Comments