Tag Archives: Middle Branch of the Swift River

01.29.2023 Silent Sunday…Ice Bats in their Bat Cave

Posted on January 29, 2023 by Steve Gingold

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged ice, ice pendants, intimate landscape, Massachusetts, Middle Branch of the Swift River, New England, New Salem, North Quabbin, Quabbin, water in motion, winter | 24 Comments

10.08.2022 Same old same old…not

Posted on October 8, 2022 by Steve Gingold

This is the same composition as my last post from Jonathan’s Bridge in New Salem, more or less, but a totally different feel. Better sky, in my opinion, and some nice color. This is a 5-shot HDR image assembled in … Continue reading →

Posted in Autumn Color, Fall Foliage, Landscape, Nature Photography, Western Massachusetts | Tagged Autumn Color, Clouds, Fall Foliage, landscape, Massachusetts, Middle Branch of the Swift River, New England, New Salem, North Quabbin, water, western massachusetts | 16 Comments

03.01.2021 North Quabbin Bare Trees

Posted on March 1, 2021 by Steve Gingold

They are actually lightly frosted…like a good breakfast cereal.

Posted in Intimate Landscape, Landscape, Nature Photography, Quabbin, Western Massachusetts | Tagged bare trees, intimate landscape, landscape, Massachusetts, Middle Branch of the Swift River, New England, New Salem, North Quabbin, Quabbin, western massachusetts, winter | 13 Comments

02.20.21 Snow-capped in the Middle Branch of the Swift River

Posted on February 20, 2021 by Steve Gingold

More snow from our brief (24 hour) storm yesterday but photographed this morning. The rocks in the river always seem to be good surfaces for falling snow to adhere to and often with a nice skirt of icicles. These are … Continue reading →

Posted in Black and White, Ice, Landscape, Nature Photography, Quabbin, Water, Western Massachusetts | Tagged Black and White photography, Gate 30, ice, landscape, Massachusetts, Middle Branch of the Swift River, New England, New Salem, North Quabbin, Quabbin, Quabbin Landscape, snow, snow-capped rock, water, waterscape, western massachusetts, winter | 16 Comments

02.15.2021 Water in Motion

Posted on February 15, 2021 by Steve Gingold

Something a little soft and moody for a Monday morning. Water on its way to the Quabbin Reservoir.

Posted in Intimate Landscape, Nature Photography, Quabbin, Western Massachusetts, Western Massachusetts Waterfalls and Cascades | Tagged cascades, Gate 30, intimate landscape, Massachusetts, Middle Branch of the Swift River, New England, New England Waterfalls, New Salem, North Quabbin, Quabbin, water in motion, waterfall, western massachusetts, winter | 18 Comments

01.29.2021 Winter Rocks!

Posted on January 29, 2021 by Steve Gingold

Posted in Ice, Intimate Landscape, Nature Photography, Quabbin, Western Massachusetts | Tagged Gate 30, ice, ice-skirted rocks, icicles, intimate landscape, Massachusetts, Middle Branch of the Swift River, New England, New Salem, Quabbin, water in motion, western massachusetts, winter | 25 Comments

01.28.2021 More winter blues

Posted on January 28, 2021 by Steve Gingold

The colder it gets, the bluer the ice, at least in the camera sensor’s opinion. We’re due for some single digits this weekend starting tonight with some wind chills below zero. We’ll see if I’ve still got what it takes … Continue reading →

Posted in Closeup Photography, Ice, Intimate Landscape, Nature Photography, Quabbin, Western Massachusetts | Tagged blue ice, Gate 30, ice, ice pendants, intimate landscape, Massachusetts, Middle Branch of the Swift River, New England, New Salem, North Quabbin, Quabbin, Quabbin Landscape, water, western massachusetts, winter | 46 Comments

01.06.2021 Brrrr Ccccccold

Posted on January 7, 2021 by Steve Gingold

So cold that it’s blue.

Posted in Abstract, Closeup Photography, Ice, Intimate Landscape, macro photography, Nature Photography, Patterns in Nature, Western Massachusetts | Tagged abstract ice, frost crystals, hoar frost, ice, ice sculpture, intimate landscape, Massachusetts, Middle Branch of the Swift River, natural ice sculpture, New England, New Salem, North Quabbin, Quabbin, snow, western massachusetts, winter | 24 Comments

02.18.2020 Porter’s Hand Built Keystone Arch Bridge

Posted on February 18, 2020 by Steve Gingold

I’ve posted about this bridge before but it is remarkable so it gets posted again. Adolphus Porter returned home a wounded veteran of the Civil War and decided to build a bridge. In 1866 he completed this masterpiece, all hand … Continue reading →

Posted in Landscape, Quabbin, Water, Western Massachusetts | Tagged Adolphus Porter, cascades, Gate 30, hadn build bridge, Keystone Bridge, landscape, Massachusetts, Middle Branch of the Swift River, New England, New Salem, Quabbin, Quabbin Landscape, water, western massachusetts | 40 Comments

12.31.2019 FROSTY!!!

Posted on December 31, 2019 by Steve Gingold

Sunday was a chilly albeit not frigid day. It started out with that nice soft sunrise but there wasn’t much of a hint at what the northern end of Quabbin was like. After I packed up, I decided to ride … Continue reading →

Posted in Landscape, Nature Photography, Quabbin, Western Massachusetts | Tagged frost, frosty landscape, frosty trees, hoar frost, ice, landscape, Massachusetts, Middle Branch of the Swift River, New England, New Salem, North Quabbin, Quabbin, western massachusetts, winter | 23 Comments