Tag Archives: Quabbin Park

06.05.2021 Frostless Frostweed

Posted on June 5, 2021 by Steve Gingold

I have never seen the frost curls with this plant in the autumn as another species with the same name puts forth. I regularly find the flowers in Quabbin Park and these get mowed down with the grass once flowering … Continue reading →

Posted in Closeup Photography, Flora, macro photography, Nature Photography, Quabbin, Wildflowers | Tagged Crocanthemum canadense, eastern yellow stargrass, flora, Massachusetts, native flowers, native plant, native wildflower, New England, Quabbin Park, western massachusetts, Wildflowers, yellow star-grass | 16 Comments

06.02.2021-2 Quabbin Park Loop Road-Lichen on Rock

Posted on June 2, 2021 by Steve Gingold

When I am walking along this road I often look at the “guard” rocks that keep us from driving onto the grounds and sometimes find interesting patterns which have been subjects of previous posts. I haven’t ID’d the lichen yet … Continue reading →

Posted in Abstract, Closeup Photography, macro photography, Nature Photography, Quabbin | Tagged abstract, lichen, Massachusetts, Nature's design, New England, Pareidolia, Patterns in Nature, Quabbin, Quabbin Park, western massachusetts | 20 Comments

06/02/2021 Rainy Day Cascade

Posted on June 2, 2021 by Steve Gingold

This brook only flows after a rainy day, or heavy snow melt, so I was lucky to be in Quabbin Park on a gentle rainy day while it was running strong. And, of course, a little natural saturation aids the … Continue reading →

Posted in Intimate Landscape, Landscape, Nature Photography, Quabbin, Waterfalls, Western Massachusetts, Western Massachusetts Waterfalls and Cascades | Tagged cascades, intimate landscape, landscape, Massachusetts, New England, New England Waterfalls, Quabbin, Quabbin Landscape, Quabbin Park, water in motion, waterfall, western massachusetts | 25 Comments

05.15.2021 Bird-foot Violet

Posted on May 15, 2021 by Steve Gingold

Driving through Quabbin Park, I noticed a large patch of purple by the side of the road, parked, and walked to the spot where dozens of Viola pedata were growing. I love the shape of these flowers and the variety … Continue reading →

Posted in Closeup Photography, Flora, Nature Photography, Wildflowers | Tagged Bird-foot Violet, flora, Massachusetts, native flowers, native plant, native wildflower, New England, Quabbin, Quabbin Park, Viola pedata, western massachusetts, Wildflowers | 23 Comments

05.05.2021-2 Wordless Wednesday- Skunk Cabbage Edition

Posted on May 5, 2021 by Steve Gingold

Posted in Closeup Photography, Flora, macro photography, Nature Photography, Patterns in Nature, Quabbin, Western Massachusetts | Tagged flora, Massachusetts, native plant, New England, Quabbin, Quabbin Park, Skunk Cabbage, Symplocarpus foetidus, western massachusetts | 25 Comments

05.05.2021 Vernal Cascade

Posted on May 5, 2021 by Steve Gingold

There is a little brook that only flows in the spring along Ware-Enfield Road in Quabbin Park. It is dry, or almost so, most of the year. But after a rain or a good spring melt, if we’ve had a … Continue reading →

Posted in Intimate Landscape, Nature Photography, Quabbin, Water, Western Massachusetts | Tagged cascades, intimate landscape, Massachusetts, New England, New England Waterfalls, Quabbin, Quabbin Park, water in motion, waterfall, western massachusetts | 16 Comments

04.24.2021 Quabbin Hill

Posted on April 24, 2021 by Steve Gingold

One thing I have struggled with is matching a shot from the iPhone that I processed in Snapseed and one from the 5D Mark IV in Photoshop. I often snap something with the phone to get a sense of the … Continue reading →