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Category Archives: Central Massachusetts
11.09.2022 Wordless Waterfall Wednesday-Splish Splash
Posted in Central Massachusetts, Closeup Photography, Intimate Landscape, Nature Photography, Quabbin
Tagged cascades, Federated Women's Clubs State Forest, intimate landscape, Massachusetts, New England, New England Waterfalls, Petersham, Quabbin, Quabbin Gate 36, Quabbin Landscape, State Forest Road, water in motion, waterfall, West Branch Fever Brook
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10.28.2022 Fungal Friday- a study of a species
Sticking with the the “F” themed Friday posts. Not sure what the next will be. Well, the windows are all installed and half needed new moldings for which I now have to fill the nail holes and finish. Most will … Continue reading
10.11.2022 Autumn Fire
What I alluded to yesterday. This tree was across a beaver pond along the West Branch of Fever Brook in the shade. I thought the sun would light it up against the dark background as it rose above the tree … Continue reading
10.10.2022 Rising Pond Fog
After visiting North Quabbin on Saturday I made a not so triumphant return yesterday. I had a specific image in mind but I am not sure it worked out, at least not on this attempt. Someday. It required full sun … Continue reading
Posted in Autumn Color, Central Massachusetts, Fall Foliage, Intimate Landscape, Landscape, Nature Photography, Quabbin
Tagged Autumn Color, Fall Foliage, fog, foggy landscape, intimate landscape, landscape, Massachusetts, Petersham, Quabbin, State Forest Road, West Branch Fever Brook, western massachusetts
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10.04.2022 More getting started
I visited Harvard Pond yesterday hoping for foliage. There was a bit but just wasn’t appealing. The pond was created by a dam and below the dam is an outflow pond which offered some better color and a nicer composition. … Continue reading
09.16.2022 Wet and Wild Beetle Beauty
I’ve seen these several times but this was the first one dew coated. I was looking for dragonflies and damselflies but since I am easily distracted, a good thing for a photographer to avoid tunnel vision, I spent some time … Continue reading
Posted in Central Massachusetts, Closeup Photography, Insects, macro photography, Nature Photography
Tagged Banded Longhorn Beetle, beetle, coleoptera, Flower Longhorn Beetles, Gauco Pond, insects, Lepturinae, Massachusetts, New England, North Quabbin, Petersham, Polyphaga, Typocerus velutinus, western massachusetts
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09.06.2022 Autumn Orchid
Nodding Ladies’ Tresses-Spiranthes cernua Technically it is still summer, but there is a bit of Autumn in the air, a few leaves are changing color, not many but a few, and late season flowers are in bloom, like goldenrod and … Continue reading
08.21.2022 Sunday Night Leaf Beetle
The dew all over this beetle is something we need in much larger amounts and tomorrow may be the day…we hope. I know other parts of the country need rain even more than we do but I can tell you … Continue reading
08.07.2022 Silent Sunday
Closed or Meadow Bottle Gentian-Gentiana clausa
Posted in Central Massachusetts, Closeup Photography, Flora, Nature Photography, Western Massachusetts, Wildflowers
Tagged Closed Gentian, flora, Gauco Pond, Gentiana clausa, Massachusetts, Meadow Bottle Gentian, native flowers, native plant, New England, Petersham, western massachusetts, Wildflowers
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08.06.2022 More or Lestes
I posted a Swamp Spreadwing a few weeks ago or so. I try to share different subjects, with the exception of bullfrogs, but like how this one came out so adding it to my WordPress media library. Swamp Spreadwing-Lestes vigilax-male. … Continue reading
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