Category Archives: Patterns in Nature

10.01.2021 Fog Friday

Posted on October 1, 2021 by Steve Gingold

Our first day was very foggy. You’d expect that I’d be in Fog Heaven but strangely I did not go out at all until we decided to ride around in the afternoon. As an excuse it had rained off and … Continue reading →

Posted in Intimate Landscape, Landscape, National Parks, Nature Photography, Patterns in Nature | Tagged Acadia National Park, dead tree, fog, foggy landscape, intimate landscape, landscape, Maine, New England, Northeast Harbor, Sargeant Drive, Somes Sound, tree silhouette | 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

08.17.2021 Texture Tuesday

Posted on August 17, 2021 by Steve Gingold

I just had a few moments yesterday for photography so went to the localest wildlife refuge, the Silvio O. Conte National Fish and Wildlife Refuge in Hadley. It is actually quite large, spanning the length of the Connecticut River from … Continue reading →

Posted in Closeup Photography, Nature Photography, Patterns in Nature, Western Massachusetts | Tagged abstract, Broadleaf Arrowhead, Common Arrowhead, flora, green, Hadley, leaf texture, Massachusetts, native flowers, native plant, native wildflower, New England, Sagittaria latifolia, western massachusetts | 11 Comments

05.15.2021 Stair-step Moss

Posted on May 14, 2021 by Steve Gingold

Although quite abundant this was my first encounter with Hylocomium splendens. Branched and strongly textured it is not at all like a ball of soft fiber that we often see and is more of a mat on the forest floor. … Continue reading →

Posted in Closeup Photography, macro photography, Nature Photography, Patterns in Nature | Tagged Bryophyte, Chesterfield, Chesterfield Gorge, glittering woodmoss, Hylocomium splendens, mountain fern moss, splendid feather moss, stairstep moss, The Trustees of Reservations | 25 Comments

05.05.2021-2 Wordless Wednesday- Skunk Cabbage Edition

Posted on May 5, 2021 by Steve Gingold

Posted in Closeup Photography, Flora, macro photography, Nature Photography, Patterns in Nature, Quabbin, Western Massachusetts | Tagged flora, Massachusetts, native plant, New England, Quabbin, Quabbin Park, Skunk Cabbage, Symplocarpus foetidus, western massachusetts | 25 Comments

04.05.2021 Monochrome Monday-Jennison Road

Posted on April 5, 2021 by Steve Gingold

Mountain Laurel branches develop some nice shape. Although dead, I liked the curves combined with the stump. Last year was a downer for Mountain Laurel flowers. The year before was glorious and I am hoping for a rebound this year.