Category Archives: Patterns in Nature

07.03.2022 Silent Sunday-Raindrops at North Common Meadow

Posted on July 3, 2022 by Steve Gingold

Posted in Abstract, Central Massachusetts, Closeup Photography, macro photography, Nature Photography, Patterns in Nature | Tagged abstract, grass details, intimate landscape, Massachusetts, nature's textures, New England, North Common Meadow, North Quabbin, Petersham, Raindrops, water | 7 Comments

06.27.2022 Macro Monday-When life gives you lemons…lens flare version

Posted on June 27, 2022 by Steve Gingold

Yesterday morning I headed to Brickyard Conservation Area here in Amherst. When I go there it is pretty much all about macro so just toss my 5D Mark IV in the bag with the 180 and doubler mounted. As a … Continue reading →

Posted in Abstract, Amherst, Closeup Photography, macro photography, Nature Photography, Patterns in Nature, Western Massachusetts | Tagged Amherst, dewdrop, dewdrop with starburst, lens flare, Massachusetts, New England, starburst, sun flare, western massachusetts | 21 Comments

06.20.2022 Monochromatic Macro Monday-Tendril

Posted on June 20, 2022 by Steve Gingold

Walking at the Brickyard Conservation Area this morning, I saw a lot of subjects for abstract or intimate images. I certainly didn’t set out with this visualized on my way there and it was the last image I made before … Continue reading →

Posted in Abstract, Amherst, Black and White, Closeup Photography, Intimate Landscape, macro photography, Nature Photography, Patterns in Nature, Western Massachusetts | Tagged Amherst, Black and White photography, Brickyard Conservation Area, flora, intimate landscape, maple leaf, Massachusetts, native plant, New England, western massachusetts, Wild grape tendril | 23 Comments

03.14.2022 Mum’s the word Monday-Hop Brook Rock Abstract

Posted on March 14, 2022 by Steve Gingold

Posted in Abstract, Closeup Photography, Intimate Landscape, Nature Photography, Patterns in Nature, Western Massachusetts | Tagged abstract, intimate landscape, Massachusetts, New England, water, water in motion, waterscape, western massachusetts | 21 Comments

03.08.2022 Gneiss Swirls

Posted on March 8, 2022 by Steve Gingold

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 | 35 Comments

03.07.2022 Nice Gneiss

Posted on March 7, 2022 by Steve Gingold

Yesterday some friends invited me to meet up in Shelburne, MA and visit the Glacial Potholes. I had visited the location a long time ago…read 40+ years…and was happily surprised to see color and patterns which I did not recall. … Continue reading →

Posted in ecology, Landscape, Nature Photography, Patterns in Nature, Waterfalls, Western Massachusetts | Tagged cascade, colorful rocks, Deerfield River, Glacial Potholes, intimate landscape, landscape, Massachusetts, New England, New England Waterfalls, Salmon Falls, Shelburne Falls, water in motion, waterfall, western massachusetts | 33 Comments

02.21.2022 Monochrome Monday-Let’s Dance!

Posted on February 21, 2022 by Steve Gingold

I posted something similar a few years ago from a different frame. I decided a square format was a better choice. Not much difference in the processing aside from some contrast tweaks and, of course, the composition. I stopped by … Continue reading →

Posted in Black and White, Nature Photography, Patterns in Nature, Quabbin, Western Massachusetts | Tagged Black and White photography, landscape, Massachusetts, New England, Quabbin, Quabbin Landscape, Quabbin Park, Route 9 Pond, western massachusetts | 29 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

12.21.2021 It’s Winter time, winter time, win, win, winter time!

Posted on December 21, 2021 by Steve Gingold

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 →

Posted in Abstract, Closeup Photography, Ice, Intimate Landscape, Nature Photography, Patterns in Nature, Western Massachusetts | Tagged abstract, Amherst, ice, intimate landscape, Massachusetts, New England, western massachusetts | 12 Comments