Tag Archives: flora

09.12.2022 Milkweed Mania Macro Monday

Posted on September 12, 2022 by Steve Gingold

Visited East Leverett Meadow (interesting that they require you to lease a dog when visiting 🙂 ) this morning shortly after our rain let up with raindrops in mind. The floss tends to stick together when wet but there were … Continue reading →

Posted in Abstract, Closeup Photography, Flora, Intimate Landscape, Nature Photography, Western Massachusetts, Wildflowers | Tagged East Leverett Meadow, flora, intimate landscape, Leverett, Massachusetts, native flowers, native plant, New England, western massachusetts, Wildflowers | 24 Comments

09.06.2022 Autumn Orchid

Posted on September 6, 2022 by Steve Gingold

Nodding Ladies’ Tresses-Spiranthes cernua Technically it is still summer, but there is a bit of Autumn in the air, a few leaves are changing color, not many but a few, and late season flowers are in bloom, like goldenrod and … Continue reading →

Posted in Central Massachusetts, Closeup Photography, Flora, Nature Photography, Wildflowers | Tagged flora, Massachusetts, native orchid, native plant, native wildflower, New England, Nodding Ladies' Tresses, North Quabbin, Petersham, Spiranthes cernua, wild orchid, Wildflowers | 28 Comments

08.23.2022 Two-fer Tuesday

Posted on August 23, 2022 by Steve Gingold

I hadn’t planned on doing a two-fer post but decided to share a wildflower. I have been stressing insects rather than flowers this summer so thought I should post one. Maybe more to come. These aptly named Meadow Beauties are … Continue reading →

Posted in Amherst, Closeup Photography, Flora, Nature Photography, Western Massachusetts, Wildflowers | Tagged Amherst, flora, Massachusetts, native flowers, native plant, native wildflower, New England, Rhexia virginica, Virginia Meadow Beauty, western massachusetts, Wildflowers | 12 Comments

08.20.2022 Syrphid Saturday

Posted on August 20, 2022 by Steve Gingold

Don’t I wish that Syrphid Saturday could become an ongoing series. That would take some doing as, although there are over 900 Syrphid species in the U.S., as of yet I’ve only seen a handful in the yard and elsewhere. … Continue reading →

Posted in Amherst, Closeup Photography, Flora, Insects, macro photography, Nature Photography, Western Massachusetts | Tagged Amherst, Clematis virginiana, diptera, Eristalis transversa, flora, Hover Flies, insect, Massachusetts, native flowers, native plant, native wildflower, New England, Syrphid Fly, Syrphidae, Transverse Flower Fly, Virginia Virgin's Bower, western massachusetts, Wildflowers | 18 Comments

08.07.2022 Silent Sunday

Posted on August 7, 2022 by Steve Gingold

Closed or Meadow Bottle Gentian-Gentiana clausa

Posted in Central Massachusetts, Closeup Photography, Flora, Nature Photography, Western Massachusetts, Wildflowers | Tagged Closed Gentian, flora, Gauco Pond, Gentiana clausa, Massachusetts, Meadow Bottle Gentian, native flowers, native plant, New England, Petersham, western massachusetts, Wildflowers | 14 Comments

08.06.2020 Who’s been eating my buttonbush?

Posted on August 6, 2022 by Steve Gingold

Promethea Silkmoths is who. After shooting the Swamp Spreadwing at Gauco Pond I went to Branch Bridge Road hoping for dragons or damsels. But all I got was this chance to photograph Promethea Silkworm moth larvae-Callosamia promethea. This first was … Continue reading →

Posted in Closeup Photography, Flora, Insects, Lepidoptera, Nature Photography, Western Massachusetts | Tagged Bombycoidea, Buttonbush, Callosamia promethea, Cephalanthus occidentalis, flora, Giant Silkworm, lepidoptera, Massachusetts, native flowers, native plant, native wildflower, New England, New Salem, Promethea Silkmoth, Saturniidae, Silkworm Moth, western massachusetts, Wildflowers | 29 Comments

06.30.2022 Snakemouth!

Posted on June 30, 2022 by Steve Gingold

Rose Pogonia-Pogonia ophioglossoides. AKA Beardflower for obvious reasons. Another dewy day at MacLeod Field.

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Amherst, flora, MacLeod Field, Massachusetts, native flowers, native orchid, native plant, New England, Pogonia ophioglossoides, Rose Pogonia, western massachusetts, wild orchid, Wildflowers | 19 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

06.20.2022 Silky Dogwood

Posted on June 20, 2022 by Steve Gingold

A bit different in appearance from the dogwoods we are most familiar with, this shrub produces blue berries, not blueberries, that birds are quite happy to consume. Silky Dogwood-Cornus amomum aka Swida amomum. I photographed these in the same field … Continue reading →

Posted in Amherst, Closeup Photography, Flora, macro photography, Nature Photography, Western Massachusetts | Tagged Amherst, Cornus amomum, flora, Lawrence Swamp, MacLeod Field, Massachusetts, native flowers, native wildflower, New England, Silky Dogwood, Swida amomum, western massachusetts, Wildflowers | 12 Comments

06.19.2022 As with the PT’s so with the GP’s

Posted on June 19, 2022 by Steve Gingold

There are a lot of Grass Pinks right now and it’s pretty hard to say “Well, I’ve already shot a bunch” when there are so many and different enough to keep making images. Kind of like the Painted Trilliums or … Continue reading →

Posted in Amherst, Closeup Photography, Flora, Nature Photography, Western Massachusetts, Wildflowers | Tagged Amherst, Calopogon tuberosus, flora, grass pink, MacLeod Field, Massachusetts, native flowers, native orchid, native plant, New England, western massachusetts, Wildflowers | 19 Comments