Category Archives: macro photography

05.10.2022 Trillium Tuesday

Posted on May 10, 2022 by Steve Gingold

I am not sure I can be as prolific with trilliums as frogs but I’ll give it a shot. I am fortunate that these White Trilliums-Trillium grandiflorum are thriving in my small woods. I can wander out every morning to … Continue reading →

Posted in Amherst, Closeup Photography, Flora, macro photography, Nature Photography, Western Massachusetts, Wildflowers | Tagged Amherst, flora, Massachusetts, native flowers, native plant, native wildflower, New England, Trillium grandiflorum, western massachusetts, White Trillium, White Wakerobin | 30 Comments

05.09.2022 Marsh Marigold

Posted on May 9, 2022 by Steve Gingold

Not actually a marigold, which is in the Aster family, Marsh Marigolds are wetland plants, often found growing in wet mucky locations such as swamps, fens, and of course marshes. Caltha palustris is a member of the Buttercup family and … Continue reading →

Posted in Closeup Photography, Flora, Intimate Landscape, macro photography, Nature Photography, Western Massachusetts, Wildflowers | Tagged buttercup, Caltha palustris, flora, Marsh Marigold, Massachusetts, native flowers, native plant, native wildflower, New England, Pelham, Ranunculaceae, western massachusetts, Wildflowers | 27 Comments

05.03.2022 You don’t always get what you want-2

Posted on May 3, 2022 by Steve Gingold

I set out yesterday morning with the hopes of finding some Fringed Polygala in Lawrence Swamp’s pine woods here in town. Not a sign of them although I have found some on this date in May in the past. But … Continue reading →

Posted in Amherst, Closeup Photography, Flora, macro photography, Nature Photography, Western Massachusetts, Wildflowers | Tagged Amherst, flora, Lawrence Swamp, Massachusetts, Merrybells, native flowers, native plant, native wildflower, New England, Pine Woods wildflower, sessile bellwort, Sessile-leaf Bellwort, Spreading Bellwort, Straw Lily, Uvularia sessilifolia, western massachusetts, Wild Oats, Wildflowers | 36 Comments

04.24.2022 Celandine Poppy- Stylophorum diphyllum

Posted on April 24, 2022 by Steve Gingold

This was going to be a “Silent Sunday” post but figured I’d say a little about it. This popped up in my yard without a deposit slip. No idea where it came from but they are nice medium-sized yellow flowers. … Continue reading →

Posted in Black and White, Closeup Photography, Flora, macro photography, Nature Photography, Wildflowers | Tagged Celandine Poppy, flora, Stylophorum diphyllum, Wildflowers | 21 Comments

04.17.2022 Mayflower

Posted on April 17, 2022 by Steve Gingold

Also known as Trailing Arbutus-Epigaea repens flowers well before May as evidenced under our side yard Hemlock currently. It got its name because it is among the earliest of spring flowers but generally appears before the actual month it is … Continue reading →

Posted in Amherst, Closeup Photography, Flora, macro photography, Nature Photography, Western Massachusetts, Wildflowers | Tagged Amherst, Epigaea repens, flora, Heath, Massachusetts, Massachusetts State Flower, Mayflower, native flowers, native plant, native wildflower, New England, Trailing Arbutus, western massachusetts, Wildflowers | 19 Comments

02.20.2022 I’m not warming up to winter

Posted on February 20, 2022 by Steve Gingold

I know, I’ve been complaining about not enjoying the cold this year. I’ll get over it, especially once spring arrives in a few weeks. In the meantime, here’s a little something that Mary Beth found on one of our tree … Continue reading →

Posted in Amherst, Closeup Photography, Insects, Lepidoptera, macro photography, Nature Photography, Western Massachusetts | Tagged cecropia moth larva, Hyalophora cecropia, lepidoptera, New England, western massachusetts | 33 Comments

01.26.2022 Wordless Wednesday-Pattern and Texture

Posted on January 26, 2022 by Steve Gingold

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 | 32 Comments

01.19.2022 Winter’s Chaos

Posted on January 19, 2022 by Steve Gingold

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 | 29 Comments

01.05.2022 Spalted Wood as Art

Posted on January 5, 2022 by Steve Gingold

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 →

Posted in Abstract, Closeup Photography, ecology, Fungi, Intimate Landscape, macro photography, Nature Photography, Quabbin | Tagged abstract, intimate landscape, Massachusetts, New England, Quabbin, Quabbin Park, spalted wood, western massachusetts, wood rot fungus | 25 Comments

12.12.2021 Sutured Ice-Bird’s Eye View

Posted on December 12, 2021 by Steve Gingold

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 | 26 Comments