Tag Archives: Moosehorn POnd

09.09.2022 Frog Friday…a sunny pair

Posted on September 9, 2022 by Steve Gingold

The strong rising sunlight really highlights the texture of the frog’s skin. An earlier shot when the light was a little softer. I always like catching a reflection although this one isn’t too strong. I am making the most of … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged bullfrog, Massachusetts, Moosehorn POnd, New Salem, Rana catesbeiana, western massachusetts | 15 Comments

08.16.2022 Two-fer Tuesday

Posted on August 16, 2022 by Steve Gingold

While looking for anything…it’s always good to keep your options open…I found a couple of colorful caterpillars over the weekend. Pearly Wood-nymph- Eudryas unio munching a grape leaf in Brickyard this past Saturday. There is another almost identical species, the … Continue reading →

Posted in Amherst, Closeup Photography, Insects, Lepidoptera, macro photography, Nature Photography, Western Massachusetts | Tagged Acronicta oblinita, Amherst, Brickyard, Eudryas unio, lepidoptera, Massachusetts, Moosehorn POnd, moth, New England, New Salem, Noctuoidea, owlet moth, Pearly Wood-nymph, Smeared Dagger, western massachusetts | 20 Comments

07.09.2022 Clear wings

Posted on July 9, 2022 by Steve Gingold

The way the light is hitting the wings, they look like a collection of tiny windows. There is a bit of iridescent color and some sky reflection, but we can see right through them. Autumn Meadowhawk-Sympetrum vicinum-female There were quite … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Anisoptera, Autumn Meadowhawk, dragonfly, Libellulidae, Massachusetts, meadowhawk, Moosehorn POnd, New England, New Salem, North Quabbin, odonata, Skimmer, Sympetrum vicinum, western massachusetts | 32 Comments

06.16.2022 Two Ponds, Two Firsts…well four really

Posted on June 16, 2022 by Steve Gingold

On Monday I shot the damselfly, which was a first of that species for me. But just before that I made an image of a Large Cranberry-Vaccinium macrocarpon flower for the first time. I had seen some of the berries … Continue reading →

Posted in Central Massachusetts, Closeup Photography, Flora, Insects, macro photography, Nature Photography, Western Massachusetts | Tagged Dot-tailed Whiteface, flora; dragonfly, Gauco Pond, Large Cranberry, Leucorrhinia intacta, Massachusetts, Moosehorn POnd, native flowers, native plant, native wildflower, New England, New Salem, North Quabbin, odonata, Petersham, Vaccinium macrocarpon, western massachusetts, Wildflowers | 21 Comments

06.15.2022 Things are heating up

Posted on June 15, 2022 by Steve Gingold

While places to our south have had dragonflies flying about, and probably to a lesser extent here also, it is now getting warm enough here to see them regularly and a first time for me to make some photographs. This … Continue reading →

Posted in Closeup Photography, Insects, Nature Photography, Western Massachusetts | Tagged Chalk-fronted Corporal, insect, Ladona julia, Massachusetts, Moosehorn POnd, New England, North Quabbin, odonata, western massachusetts | 12 Comments

06.13.2022 Texture and Tension (Surface…the good kind)

Posted on June 13, 2022 by Steve Gingold

Sometimes the frog journey provides other subjects. Yesterday at Moosehorn Pond I heard but saw no frogs. Not surprising as it was a moderately chilly morning. However the lily pads are up and one or two had accompanying blooms. This … Continue reading →

Posted in Flora, Intimate Landscape, Nature Photography, Western Massachusetts | Tagged intimate landscape, leaf texture, lily pad, Moosehorn POnd, native flowers, native plant, native wildflower, New England, New Salem, Nymphaea odorata, surface tension, western massachusetts, White water-lily leaf | 23 Comments

08.20.2021 You guessed it…Frog Friday

Posted on August 20, 2021 by Steve Gingold

Bullfrog on a pad…sort of. These guys are always smiling although it often seems a wry smile. I should start bringing a bag of flies with me.

Posted in Animal Behavior, Nature Photography, Western Massachusetts | Tagged American Bullfrog, Amherst, amphibian, bullfrog, Lithobates catesbeianus, Massachusetts, Moosehorn POnd, New England, North Quabbin, western massachusetts | 20 Comments

06.16.2021 Lily Pads as Pacman

Posted on June 16, 2021 by Steve Gingold

While at Moosehorn Pond on the same day as the previous water-lily shot, I captured a couple of pads with nice water drops that accumulated during the rain just prior to my arrival. I picked out a couple with some … Continue reading →

Posted in Flora, Intimate Landscape, Nature Photography, Western Massachusetts | Tagged intimate landscape, lily pads, Massachusetts, Moosehorn POnd, Moosehorn Road, native plant, native wildflower, New England, New Salem, North Quabbin, Nymphaea odorata, water drops, western massachusetts, white water-lily, Wildflowers | 25 Comments

0-6.12.2021 Saturday Night Soaker

Posted on June 12, 2021 by Steve Gingold

It was raining when I left the house this morning but radar showed it letting up to the north and, sure enough, when I arrived at the pond it had stopped. But the evidence remained. White Water-lily-Nymphaea odorata

Posted in Nature Photography, Western Massachusetts, Wildflowers | Tagged flora, Massachusetts, Moosehorn POnd, Moosehorn Road, native flowers, native plant, New England, New Salem, North Quabbin, Nymphaea odorata, western massachusetts, white water-lily, Wildflowers | 24 Comments

06.08.2021 Two for Tuesday

Posted on June 8, 2021 by Steve Gingold

While at the pond the first tiny find was this damselfly. Although very common it was a first sighting for me. Eastern Forktail-Ischnura verticalis female. After shooting this I moved along and found what I thought from a distance to be … Continue reading →

Posted in Closeup Photography, Insects, macro photography, Nature Photography, Western Massachusetts | Tagged damselflies, dragonflies, Eastern Forktail, Elfin Skimmer, insects, Ischnura verticalis, Massachusetts, Moosehorn POnd, Moosehorn Road, Nannothemis bella, New Salem, North Quabbin, odonata, western massachusetts | 27 Comments