Category Archives: Western Massachusetts Waterfalls and Cascades

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

03.07.2023 Waterfall Wednesday

Posted on March 8, 2023 by Steve Gingold

Amethyst Brook-2011

Posted in Landscape, Nature Photography, Water, Waterfalls, Western Massachusetts, Western Massachusetts Waterfalls and Cascades | Tagged amethyst brook, fog, foggy landscape, landscape, Massachusetts, New England, New England Waterfalls, Pelham, water, water in motion, waterfall, western massachusetts | 40 Comments

03.06.2023 Monochrome Monday-Crunchy

Posted on March 6, 2023 by Steve Gingold

Posted in Ice, Intimate Landscape, Nature Photography, Patterns in Nature, Water, Western Massachusetts, Western Massachusetts Waterfalls and Cascades | Tagged cascades, Dean Brook, ice, intimate landscape, Massachusetts, New England, New England Waterfalls, Shutesbury, water, water in motion, western massachusetts, winter | 19 Comments

02.28.2023 WInter Textures

Posted on February 28, 2023 by Steve Gingold

Posted in Ice, Intimate Landscape, Nature Photography, Patterns in Nature, Western Massachusetts, Western Massachusetts Waterfalls and Cascades | Tagged ice, intimate landscape, Massachusetts, New England, New England Waterfalls, Shutesbury, water, water in motion, western massachusetts, winter | 20 Comments

02.22.2023 Wordless Winter Waterfall Wednesday

Posted on February 22, 2023 by Steve Gingold

Posted in Ice, Intimate Landscape, Nature Photography, Waterfalls, Western Massachusetts, Western Massachusetts Waterfalls and Cascades | Tagged frozen waterfall, GunnFalls, ice, intimate landscape, Massachusetts, New England, New England Waterfalls, Sunderland, waterfall, western massachusetts, winter | 31 Comments

02.20.2023 Been there, done that…not!

Posted on February 20, 2023 by Steve Gingold

Just like much that happens in nature is by way of chaos, so too freezing waterfalls. Even the same waterfall takes on different appearances and textures from one year to another. This is from 2017 and the one a few … Continue reading →

Posted in Amherst, Ice, Intimate Landscape, Nature Photography, Patterns in Nature, Water, Western Massachusetts, Western Massachusetts Waterfalls and Cascades | Tagged Amherst, Factory Hollow Pond, Frozen Puffers Pond waterfall, frozen waterfall, ice, intimate landscape, landscape, Massachusetts, New England, Puffer's Pond, water, waterfall, western massachusetts, winter | 26 Comments

02.12.2023 Silent Sunday-Ice Capped

Posted on February 12, 2023 by Steve Gingold

Posted in Ice, Intimate Landscape, Nature Photography, Western Massachusetts, Western Massachusetts Waterfalls and Cascades | Tagged Buffam Falls Conservation Area, ice, ice cap, icicles, intimate landscape, Massachusetts, New England, New England Waterfalls, Pelham, water, water in motion, western massachusetts, winter | 12 Comments

01.16.2023 Once upon a time when winter was winter

Posted on January 16, 2023 by Steve Gingold

At least when it was winter in Amherst. Back in December when we had a few days of relatively cold weather I drove by here, Puffer’s Pond in North Amherst, to see if anything resembling this scene was happening. Not … Continue reading →

Posted in Abstract, Ice, Landscape, Nature Photography, Waterfalls, Western Massachusetts, Western Massachusetts Waterfalls and Cascades | Tagged Amherst, Factory Hollow, Factory Hollow Pond, frozen waterfall, ice, landscape, Massachusetts, New England, Puffer's Pond, rime coated tree, water in motion, waterfall, western massachusetts, winter | 36 Comments

09.21.2022 Waterfall Wednesday

Posted on September 21, 2022 by Steve Gingold

We had very little rain this past summer and many of the brooks here were actually rock landscapes. But last week we had a little bit and Murphy Falls had this trickle of a cascade flowing for a more intimate … Continue reading →

Posted in Intimate Landscape, Landscape, Nature Photography, Waterfalls, Western Massachusetts, Western Massachusetts Waterfalls and Cascades | Tagged cascades, Dean Brook, intimate landscape, landscape, Massachusetts, Murphy Falls, New England, Shutesbury, water in motion, waterfall, western massachusetts | 16 Comments

06.04.2022 Also after the rain but from the archives

Posted on June 4, 2022 by Steve Gingold

Every once in a while I come across a file that I never processed. This can happen when you make too many images. Places like Wahconah Falls State Park have so much to explore with the camera that I often … Continue reading →

Posted in Closeup Photography, Intimate Landscape, Nature Photography, Waterfalls, Western Massachusetts, Western Massachusetts Waterfalls and Cascades | Tagged cascades, Dalton, intimate landscape, landscape, Massachusetts, New England, New England Waterfalls, Wahconah Falls, Wahconah Falls Brook, Wahconah Falls State Park, water in motion, waterfall, western massachusetts | 19 Comments