Tag Archives: Petersham

11.20.2020 Friday Flashback 2

Posted on November 20, 2020 by Steve Gingold

Facebook reminded me of this image that I posted a while back on this date but I don’t think I shared it here. Even if I did and it seems like I would have, this is a re-edit starting from … Continue reading →

Posted in Autumn Color, Central Massachusetts, Fall Foliage, Landscape, Nature Photography | Tagged Autumn Color, Fall Foliage, foliage reflection, Harvard Pond, landscape, leading line, Massachusetts, New England, North Quabbin, Petersham, Quabbin Landscape, waterscape | 22 Comments

10.10.2020 Sunlit Fog

Posted on November 10, 2020 by Steve Gingold

An early morning hike to the North Quabbin shoreline offered this view of drifting fog lit by the rising sun.

Posted in Autumn Color, Fall Foliage, Landscape, Nature Photography, Quabbin, Sunrise, Western Massachusetts | Tagged Autumn Color, colorful clouds, Fall Foliage, fog, foggy landscape, Gate 37, landscape, Massachusetts, New England, North Quabbin, Petersham, Quabbin, Quabbin Landscape, sunrise, western massachusetts | 16 Comments

10.22.2020 Almost forgot about this…

Posted on October 22, 2020 by Steve Gingold

with all the foliage and sunrises to choose from the past two weeks. After this image I made while waiting for the sun to light up the trees in Harvard Pond, I climbed the bank by the road and framed … Continue reading →

Posted in Autumn Color, Central Massachusetts, Fall Foliage, Landscape, Nature Photography, Sunrise | Tagged Autumn Color, colorful reflections, Fall Foliage, foliage reflections, Harvard Pond, landscape, Massachusetts, New England, North Quabbin, Petersham, sunlit foliage, sunrise | 12 Comments

09/28/2020 Misty Autumn Landscape

Posted on September 28, 2020 by Steve Gingold

One of my go to places in North Quabbin is the spot where the source of the West Branch of Fever Brook passes under Route 122 in Petersham. Wetlands are usually the first to turn color and this year things … Continue reading →

Posted in Autumn Color, Central Massachusetts, Fall Foliage, Landscape, Nature Photography, Quabbin | Tagged Autumn Color, Autumn Trees, colorful landscape, colorful trees, Fall Foliage, landscape, Massachusetts, New England, North Quabbin, Petersham, Quabbin, Quabbin foliage, Quabbin Landscape, West Branch Fever Brook, wetland, wetland foliage | 18 Comments

09.12.2020 Saturday last Saturday

Posted on September 12, 2020 by Steve Gingold

Although my understanding of when Sundew would be flowering was faulty, I did get a chance to photograph a flower when I went to Gauco Pond last weekend (The same day I shot the red-legged grasshopper I posted earlier this … Continue reading →

Posted in Central Massachusetts, Flora, Intimate Landscape, Nature Photography, Wildflowers | Tagged Boneset Thoroughwort, Cardinal Flower, Eupatorium perfoliatum, flora, intimate landscape, Lobelia cardinalis, Massachusetts, native flowers, native plant, native wildflower, New England, North Quabbin, Petersham, Quabbin, Red Lobelia, Wildflowers | 25 Comments

09.07.2020-2 Monday Macro-Up Close and Personal with a Red-legged Grasshopper

Posted on September 7, 2020 by Steve Gingold

I posted something similar a bit ago of this same species but like this shot enough to share another. I had to employ the same strategy to get this shot, encouraging it to move around fully exposed to the camera. … Continue reading →

Posted in Closeup Photography, Insect Behavior, Insects, macro photography, Nature Photography, Quabbin | Tagged Gauco Pod, insect, Massachusetts, Melanoplus femurrubrum, New England, North Quabbin, orthoptera, Petersham, Quabbin, red-legged grasshopper, short-horned grasshopper, spur-throated grasshopper | 17 Comments

09.06.2020 Quiet Forest Nature

Posted on September 6, 2020 by Steve Gingold

Common Puffballs aka Gem-Studded Puffballs aka Warted Puffballs aka Wolf Farts aka Devil’s Snuff-box-Lycoperdon perlatum. I went to the pond I visit for sundews yesterday but the buds are still closed tight. There is another flower there I want to … Continue reading →

Posted in Black and White, Closeup Photography, Mushrooms, Nature Photography, Quabbin, Western Massachusetts | Tagged Common Puffballs, Devil's Snuff-box, fungus, Gauco Pond, Gem-Studded Puffballs, Lycoperdon perlatum, Massachusetts, mushroom, New England, North Quabbin, Petersham, puffballs, Quabbin, State Forest Road, Triadenum virginicum, Warted Puffballs, Wolf Farts | 26 Comments

08.31.2020 Round-leaved Sundew

Posted on August 31, 2020 by Steve Gingold

Round-leaved Sundew-Drosera rotundifolia is a small carnivorous plant found in wetlands. They were not flowering quite yet on Sunday but hopefully will be this weekend as many had buds though they were still tight. All those “dew” drops are sticky … Continue reading →

Posted in Central Massachusetts, Closeup Photography, Intimate Landscape, macro photography, Nature Photography, Quabbin, Wildflowers | Tagged Drosera rotundifolia, flora, Gauco Pond, intimate landscape, Massachusetts, native plant, native wildflower, New England, North Quabbin, Petersham, Quabbin, Round-leaved Sundew, Wildflowers | 35 Comments

08.24.2020-2 Bet you weren’t expecting this

Posted on August 24, 2020 by Steve Gingold

I visited North Common Meadow, a Trustees of Reservations property in Petersham, MA this morning. The temp was cool and not a lot was happening. However, I saw this cattail stem and a leaf along with a couple of others … Continue reading →

Posted in Abstract, Intimate Landscape, Nature Photography, Patterns in Nature, Western Massachusetts | Tagged abstract, broad-leaved cattail, Cattail, intimate landscape, Massachusetts, native plant, native wildflower, New England, North Common Meadow, North Quabbin, Petersham, The Trustees of Reservations, Typha latifolia, western massachusetts | 21 Comments

07.04.2020 Hemlock Varnish Conk-Ganoderma tsugae

Posted on July 4, 2020 by Steve Gingold

Although the same species, this is not the same mushroom I posted as an abstract a while back. I went looking for woodland flowers this morning and not much was happening. They must be spent from their glory last year … Continue reading →

Posted in Closeup Photography, Fungi, Nature Photography, Quabbin | Tagged Federated Women's Clubs State Forest, fungus, Ganoderma tsugae, Gate 36, hemlock varnish conk, hemlock varnish shelf, Massachusetts, mushroom, New England, North Quabbin, Petersham, polypore, Quabbin, State Forest Road | 10 Comments