Tag Archives: M-M Trail

03.15.2021 Silent Sunday-Hop Brook

Posted on March 14, 2021 by Steve Gingold

Posted in Abstract, Intimate Landscape, Nature Photography, Patterns in Nature, Western Massachusetts, Western Massachusetts Waterfalls and Cascades | Tagged abstract, Belchertown, cascades, Holland Glen, Hop Brook, intimate landscape, M-M Trail, Massachusetts, New England, New England Trail, New England Waterfalls, water in motion, waterscape, western massachusetts | 17 Comments

03.13.2021 Hop Brook

Posted on March 13, 2021 by Steve Gingold

Another from this location. I haven’t posted one from here in a while but it is a favorite to visit. Once a part of the M-M Trail (from Metacomet, CT to Monadnock, NH mountains) and now part of the New … Continue reading →

Posted in Intimate Landscape, Nature Photography, Waterfalls, Western Massachusetts, Western Massachusetts Waterfalls and Cascades | Tagged Belchertown, cascades, Holland Glen, Hop Brook, intimate landscape, landscape, M-M Trail, Massachusetts, New England, New England Trail, New England Waterfalls, water, water in motion, waterfall, waterscape, western massachusetts | 16 Comments

04.23.2020 Hop Brook Cascade

Posted on April 23, 2020 by Steve Gingold

We’ll see how this post works out after the last few days of missing comments here on the blog. Everyone’s comments showed in the Reader but why not here remains a mystery. Here is my second image from my walk … Continue reading →

Posted in Intimate Landscape, Landscape, Nature Photography, Waterfalls, Western Massachusetts, Western Massachusetts Waterfalls and Cascades | Tagged Belchertown, cascades, Holland Glen, Hop Brook, intimate landscape, landscape, M-M Trail, Massachusetts, New England, New England Trail, New England Waterfalls, water in motion, waterfall, waterscape, western massachusetts | 19 Comments

04.22.2020 Word Wednesday-Smooth

Posted on April 22, 2020 by Steve Gingold

The first of a few from yesterday’s shoot at Hop Brook in Holland Glen along the New England Trail in Belchertown, MA. Hop Brook is a fairly common name in New England. 1/5 sec, f/8 @ISO400, 70-200+CP

Posted in Closeup Photography, Intimate Landscape, Nature Photography, Western Massachusetts, Western Massachusetts Waterfalls and Cascades | Tagged Belchertown, cascades, Holland Glen, Hop Brook, intimate landscape, M-M Trail, Massachusetts, New England, New England Trail, New England Waterfalls, water in motion, waterfall, waterscape, western massachusetts | 24 Comments

03.31.2020-2 Hopping water at Hop Brook

Posted on March 31, 2020 by Steve Gingold

As part of the looking back exercise, I came across this file from 2017 that had never been processed. It was part of a shoot along this brook that parallels the New England Trail in Belchertown, MA. I’ve posted several … Continue reading →

Posted in Intimate Landscape, Nature Photography, Western Massachusetts, Western Massachusetts Waterfalls and Cascades | Tagged Belchertown, cascades, Holland Glen, intimate landscape, M-M Trail, Massachusetts, Metacomet-Monadnock Tail, New England, New England Trail, New England Waterfalls, water, water in motion, waterfall, western massachusetts | 12 Comments

03.24.2017 Hop Brook Cascade

Posted on March 24, 2017 by Steve Gingold

On February 25th, I visited Hop Brook in Holland Glen off Route 9 in Belchertown, MA., a spot that had been one of my most visited places. A few years back, I found it to be a bit unappealing as … Continue reading →

Posted in Abstract, Intimate Landscape, Landscape, Nature Photography, Water, Waterfalls, Western Massachusetts, Western Massachusetts Waterfalls and Cascades | Tagged Appalachian Mountain Club, Belchertown, cascades, Holland Glen, Hop Brook, intimate landscape, landscape, M-M Trail, Massachusetts, New England, New England Trail, New England Waterfalls, water, waterfall, western massachusetts | 18 Comments

12.17.2016 An oldie but a goodie

Posted on December 17, 2016 by Steve Gingold

We’re receiving some more snow today which sounds lovely…18° with little breeze if any. But the weather will change this afternoon with freezing rain or sleet to be followed by rain and 50° tomorrow. Now it sounds like a mess. … Continue reading →

Posted in Black and White, Ice, Intimate Landscape, Landscape, Nature Photography, Western Massachusetts | Tagged AMC, Belchertown, Black and White photography, cascades, Holland Glen, Hop Brook, ice, intimate landscape, landscape, M-M Trail, Massachusetts, New England, New England Waterfalls, water, waterfall, western massachusetts | 22 Comments

04.03.2015 Flashback Friday

Posted on April 3, 2015 by Steve Gingold

I haven’t been out to make new images in a few weeks now. In that time I have finally caught up with all my old folders and can start to think about creating a Lightroom catalog and getting to know … Continue reading →

Posted in Intimate Landscape, Landscape, Nature Photography, Waterfalls, Western Massachusetts | Tagged Belchertown, Holland Glen, Hop Brook, M-M Trail, water | 28 Comments

12.20.2014 Solstice Eve

Posted on December 20, 2014 by Steve Gingold

Tomorrow is the first day of winter and, to this point, autumn has been an odd assortment of cold and warm. There is little hint of snow to be seen and if there is anything for Christmas Day, for all … Continue reading →

Posted in Autumn Color, Fall Foliage, Intimate Landscape, Landscape, Nature Photography, Waterfalls, Western Massachusetts, Western Massachusetts Waterfalls and Cascades | Tagged Appalachian Mountain Club, Autumn Color, Belchertown, cascade, cascades, Fall Foliage, intimate landscape, landscape, M-M Trail, Massachusetts, Monadnock-Metacomet Trail, New England, New England Waterfalls, water, waterfall, western massachusetts | 20 Comments

09.02.2013 The Holyokes in the Fog

Posted on September 2, 2013 by Steve Gingold

The Holyoke Range is a dominant feature here in the Happy Valley….named such because we have five colleges, lots of arts and a very liberal community…and is a very interesting mountain range as it is one of the few that … Continue reading →

Posted in Landscape, Mountains, Nature Photography, Western Massachusetts | Tagged fog, Hadley, Holyoke Range, landscape, M-M Trail, Massachusetts, Mount Skinner, New England, western massachusetts | 14 Comments