Category Archives: Western Massachusetts

04.27.2023 Turtle Thursday

Posted on April 27, 2023 by Steve Gingold

Turtles are great subjects. If they don’t flee immediately upon your appearance then they just sit there. Occasionally they blink. 🙂

Posted in Amherst, Animal Behavior, Nature Photography, Western Massachusetts | Tagged Amherst, Chrysemys picta picta, eastern painted turtle, Massachusetts, New England, Poor Farm Swamp, reptile, water, western massachusetts | 13 Comments

04.10.2023 Finally!

Posted on April 10, 2023 by Steve Gingold

Yep, I went out with the camera this morning. I was looking for turtles, which I found aplenty, but got a chance to photograph a Tree Swallow-Tachycineta bicolor which was a first for me so I am posting it first. … Continue reading →

Posted in Amherst, Nature Photography, Western Massachusetts | Tagged Amherst, Massachusetts, New England, Norwottuck Rail Trail, Poor Farm Swamp, Tachycineta bicolor, Tree Swallow, western massachusetts | 30 Comments

04.06.2023 April Frosty Intimacy

Posted on April 6, 2023 by Steve Gingold

No fooolin’

Posted in Amherst, Closeup Photography, Intimate Landscape, Nature Photography, Western Massachusetts | Tagged frosty leaf, frosty moss, intimate landscape, Massachusetts, New England, spring frost, western massachusetts | 19 Comments

03.31.2023 Balanced Rock

Posted on March 31, 2023 by Steve Gingold

A re-edit of a shot from 2019. During one of my many hikes along Atherton Brook in the Quabbin Watershed I came across this scene with a rock firmly balanced atop another. Click for a much larger view This is … Continue reading →

Posted in Landscape, Nature Photography, Quabbin, Western Massachusetts, Western Massachusetts Waterfalls and Cascades | Tagged Atherton Brook, cascades, Gate 15, landscape, Massachusetts, New England, New England Waterfalls, Quabbin, Quabbin Landscape, Shutesbury, water, water in motion, waterfall, western massachusetts | 18 Comments

03.18.2023 Just Another Roadside Attraction-Willow Weep for Me

Posted on March 18, 2023 by Steve Gingold

Once in awhile, when I am on my way somewhere, I have the good fortune to see a scene like this and actually have my kit with me. The first half of the title refers to a Tom Robbins novel. … Continue reading →