Tag Archives: Nature’s Chaos

01.21.2023 Jagged Edge

Posted on January 21, 2023 by Steve Gingold

The leaf would appear to be the subject but the shape of the ice, part of Nature’s Chaos, was what attracted me. I made an image of just the edge but did not find it as satisfying as this composition.

Posted in Abstract, Closeup Photography, Ice, Intimate Landscape, Nature Photography, Patterns in Nature, Western Massachusetts | Tagged abstract, abstract ice, ice, ice abstract, intimate landscape, Massachusetts, Nature's Chaos, Nature's design, nature's patterns, New England, Quabbin Park, Quabbin Park Orchard Trail, western massachusetts, winter | 31 Comments

01.07.2023 You had to be there

Posted on January 7, 2023 by Steve Gingold

Nature can be chaotic. Much is not repeatable and that’s the case with ice and the abstract art it suggests. This natural sculpture will likely never be repeated in exactly the same shape. And the prisms are a big bonus. … Continue reading →

Posted in Abstract, Closeup Photography, Ice, Nature Photography, Patterns in Nature, Western Massachusetts | Tagged abstract, abstract ice, Dean Brook, frozen shapes, ice, Massachusetts, Nature's Chaos, New England, Shutesbury, unique abstract, western massachusetts, winter, winter abstract | 19 Comments

01.26.2022 Wordless Wednesday-Pattern and Texture

Posted on January 26, 2022 by Steve Gingold

Just like a snowflake, not another exactly the same to be found.

Posted in Abstract, Black and White, Closeup Photography, Ice, macro photography, Nature Photography, Patterns in Nature, Water | Tagged abstract ice, Black and White photography, Harvard Pond, ice, ice abstract, Massachusetts, Nature's Chaos, nature's patterns, New England, North Quabbin, Patterns in Nature, Petersham, textured ice abstract, water, winter | 32 Comments

01.19.2022 Winter’s Chaos

Posted on January 19, 2022 by Steve Gingold

Eliot Porter’s book, “Nature’s Chaos,” is a favorite influence along with “Intimate Landscapes”. There is a lot to be seen in water’s frozen element.

Posted in Abstract, Closeup Photography, Ice, Intimate Landscape, macro photography, Nature Photography, Patterns in Nature, Western Massachusetts | Tagged abstract, abstract ice, Dean Brook, ice, intimate landscape, Massachusetts, Nature's Chaos, New England, Shutesbury, water, western massachusetts, winter | 29 Comments

02.27.2021-2 Nature’s Chaos as Geometry

Posted on February 27, 2021 by Steve Gingold

Posted in Abstract, Closeup Photography, Ice, macro photography, Nature Photography | Tagged abstract, abstract ice, chaos, Dean Brook, geometric ice, ice, ice shapes, Massachusetts, Nature's Chaos, New England, patterns in ice, western massachusetts, winter | 37 Comments

05.14.2020 Beauty in the Chaos

Posted on May 14, 2020 by Steve Gingold

This is not the neatest of cascade compositions. But there are a couple of elements that attracted me as I headed home back on April 25th from the new spot on Dean Brook. The sun was hitting the water at … Continue reading →

Posted in Intimate Landscape, Nature Photography, Western Massachusetts Waterfalls and Cascades | Tagged cascades, Dean Brook, intimate landscape, landscape, Massachusetts, Nature's Chaos, New England, Shutesbury, water in motion, waterfall, waterscape, western massachusetts | 15 Comments

12.25.2019 Blue Accretion

Posted on December 25, 2019 by Steve Gingold

Cold, blue, globular, chaotic, random patterned abstract ice sculpture.

Posted in Abstract, Closeup Photography, Ice, Intimate Landscape, Nature Photography, Patterns in Nature | Tagged abstract ice, accretion, globular ice, ice, Nature's Chaos, random nature, winter | 21 Comments

03.10.2016 Random Acts of Iceness

Posted on March 10, 2016 by Steve Gingold

One of the more interesting manifestations of frozen water is the refreeze. The surface of the ice melts during a warm day leaving a puddle above some still frozen ice. When night comes and the temperature drops, the meltwater freezes … Continue reading →

Posted in Abstract, Black and White, Ice, macro photography, Nature Photography, Patterns in Nature, Western Massachusetts | Tagged abstract ice, Black and White photography, chaotic ice, ice, ice abstract, ice patterns, Massachusetts, Nature's Chaos, New England, refrozen ice, western massachusetts | 16 Comments