Tag Archives: Brickyard Conservation Area

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

06.17.2022 Sedge Sprite

Posted on June 17, 2022 by Steve Gingold

Lost in the fun and excitement of shooting the Golden-backed Snipe Fly was this colorful damselfly. I would have found it eventually but doing all my backing up today I came across it. Another first. Good season so far. Sedge … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Amherst, Brickyard Conservation Area, damselfly, insect, Massachusetts, Narrow-winged damselfly, Nehalennia irene, New England, Sedge Sprite, western massachusetts, Zygoptera | 14 Comments

06.05.2022 Let me introduce you to my little friend

Posted on June 5, 2022 by Steve Gingold

Off the top of my head, and so far during the time I have been photographing entomology subjects, this is probably my favorite insect, or maybe my favorite fly, and definitely my favorite snipe fly. While visiting Brickyard Conservation Area … Continue reading →

Posted in Amherst, Closeup Photography, Insect Behavior, Insects, Nature Photography, Western Massachusetts | Tagged Amherst, Brickyard Conservation Area, Brickyard Meadow, Chrysopilus thoracicus, diptera, Golden-backed Snipe Fly-, insect, Massachusetts, New England, Rhagionidae, western massachusetts | 30 Comments

10.21.2021 Should I or Shouldn’t I?

Posted on October 21, 2021 by Steve Gingold

I debated whether this image was share worthy or not for quite a while. Made on the same day as the shapely dead tree and foliage at Brickyard, the light was not favorable. But the color was irresistible so I … Continue reading →

Posted in Amherst, Autumn Color, Fall Foliage, Landscape, Nature Photography, Western Massachusetts | Tagged Amherst, Autumn Color, Brickyard Conservation Area, Fall Foliage, landscape, Massachusetts, New England, Norwottuck Rail Trail, western massachusetts | 23 Comments

09.09.2021 Golden Grass Meadow

Posted on September 9, 2021 by Steve Gingold

Another image from my wander in Brickyard last Saturday.

Posted in Abstract, Amherst, Intimate Landscape, Landscape, Nature Photography, Western Massachusetts | Tagged Amherst, Backlit grasses, Brickyard Conservation Area, Brickyard Meadow, golden light, intimate landscape, landscape, Massachusetts, New England, sunrise, western massachusetts | 22 Comments

09.05.2021 Lovely Mimic

Posted on September 5, 2021 by Steve Gingold

One should be careful what you swat. I bet your first impulse is that this is a scary wasp or hornet and a threat. That was mine too. But it is a Hoverfly mimicking a hornet. Eastern Hornet Fly-Spilomyia longicornis. I … Continue reading →

Posted in Amherst, Closeup Photography, Insects, Nature Photography, Western Massachusetts | Tagged Amherst, Brickyard Conservation Area, Brickyard Meadow, diptera, Hover Fly, insect, Massachusetts, New England, Spilomyia longicornis, Syrphidae, western massachusetts | 20 Comments

09.05.2021 Silent Sunday

Posted on September 5, 2021 by Steve Gingold

Spotted Touch-me-not aka Jewelweed-Impatiens capensis

Posted in Amherst, Closeup Photography, Flora, Nature Photography, Western Massachusetts | Tagged Brickyard Conservation Area, Brickyard Meadow, Impatiens capensis, Jewelweed, Massachusetts, native flowers, native plant, native wildflower, New England, Spotted-touch-me-not, western massachusetts, Wildflowers | 25 Comments

08.13.2021 Frog Friday-mini model

Posted on August 13, 2021 by Steve Gingold

I was chasing a moth in Brickyard Meadow last Saturday when I saw something not much larger than the moth on a sensitive fern leaf a few inches away. Although it was partially hidden under another overhanging leaf and I … Continue reading →

Posted in Amherst, Animal Behavior, Closeup Photography, Nature Photography, Western Massachusetts | Tagged Amherst, amphibian, Brickyard Conservation Area, frog, Massachusetts, New England, Pseudacris crucifer, Spring Peeper, western massachusetts | 30 Comments

07.28.2021 Wordless Wednesday-Upside Down Brickyard

Posted on July 28, 2021 by Steve Gingold

Posted in Amherst, Closeup Photography, Intimate Landscape, macro photography, Nature Photography, Western Massachusetts | Tagged Amherst, Brickyard Conservation Area, dew drps, grass stalk, Massachusetts, New England, western massachusetts | 16 Comments

08.08.2020-2 Me and Greenie Down by the Brickyard

Posted on August 8, 2020 by Steve Gingold

I had a nice morning with four herons. Two Great Blues and two Green. Three of the four were seriously into preening but every once in a while would strike a nice pose. Green Heron-Butorides virescens. In the order Pelecaniformes … Continue reading →

Posted in Amherst, Animal Behavior, Fauna, Nature Photography, Western Massachusetts | Tagged Brickyard Conservation Area, Butorides virescens, Green Heron, heron, Massachusetts, New England, Norwottuck Rail Trail, Pelecaniformes, wader, wading bird, western massachusetts | 34 Comments