Tag Archives: water

07.03.2022 Silent Sunday-Raindrops at North Common Meadow

Posted on July 3, 2022 by Steve Gingold

Posted in Abstract, Central Massachusetts, Closeup Photography, macro photography, Nature Photography, Patterns in Nature | Tagged abstract, grass details, intimate landscape, Massachusetts, nature's textures, New England, North Common Meadow, North Quabbin, Petersham, Raindrops, water | 8 Comments

03.14.2022 Mum’s the word Monday-Hop Brook Rock Abstract

Posted on March 14, 2022 by Steve Gingold

Posted in Abstract, Closeup Photography, Intimate Landscape, Nature Photography, Patterns in Nature, Western Massachusetts | Tagged abstract, intimate landscape, Massachusetts, New England, water, water in motion, waterscape, western massachusetts | 21 Comments

03.08.2022 Gneiss Swirls

Posted on March 8, 2022 by Steve Gingold

It’s hard to sense just how hot the core of the earth is and what it is like where two tectonic plates meet, one subducting below the other. The heat so intense that rock melts and swirls into patterns such … Continue reading →

Posted in Abstract, ecology, Intimate Landscape, Landscape, Nature Photography, Patterns in Nature, Western Massachusetts | Tagged abstract, geological formation, geology, Glacial Potholes, gneiss, intimate landscape, landscape, Massachusetts, New England, pothole, rock swirl patterns, Shelburne Falls, swirled rock, water, western massachusetts | 35 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

01.12.2022 Wordless Wednesday-Winter’s Baubles

Posted on January 12, 2022 by Steve Gingold

Posted in Abstract, Closeup Photography, Ice, Nature Photography | Tagged abstract ice, ice, Massachusetts, New England, New Salem, North Quabbin, Quabbin, water, western massachusetts | 36 Comments

11.27.2021 The End of Prescott Road

Posted on November 27, 2021 by Steve Gingold

Most of the gates around the Quabbin Reservoir are old roads, many of which end at the water. Gate 16 is the extension of Prescott Road which at one time led to the now former town of Prescott, home to … Continue reading →

Posted in Autumn Color, Environment., Landscape, Nature Photography, Quabbin, Western Massachusetts | Tagged Autumn Color, Gate 16, island in Quabbin, landscape, Massachusetts, New England, North Quabbin, Prescott Road, Quabbin, Quabbin Landscape, Shutesbury, sunrise, water, western massachusetts | 35 Comments

06.03.2021 West Branch of Fever Brook Cascade

Posted on June 3, 2021 by Steve Gingold

I considered calling this a waterfall because of its clean flow. But in reality it is water leaking through an old dam that created a pond I visit often along State Forest Road in North Quabbin. Different parts of the … Continue reading →

Posted in Closeup Photography, Intimate Landscape, Nature Photography, Quabbin, Waterfalls | Tagged cascades, Federated Women's Clubs State Forest, intimate landscape, landscape, Massachusetts, New England, New England Waterfalls, North Quabbin, Petersham, Quabbin, Quabbin Landscape, State Forest Road, water, water in motion, waterfall, waterscape, West Branch Fever Brook | 8 Comments

05.12.2021 Water Wednesday-Chesterfield Gorge

Posted on May 12, 2021 by Steve Gingold

Note the lack of “fall” after water. I had intended to post the waterfall I visited on Monday, it is really more a couple of cascades, but decided it wasn’t working. At least not at this point in time. Rocks … Continue reading →

Posted in Landscape, Nature Photography, Water, Western Massachusetts | Tagged Chesterfield Gorge, landscape, Massachusetts, New England, orange boulder, water, water in motion, waterscape, western massachusetts, Westfield River | 10 Comments

03.23.2021 A skunk in a seep

Posted on March 23, 2021 by Steve Gingold

Besides the leaves under glass this seep also hosts skunk cabbage-Symplocarpus foetidus which I visit most years at this time. For those unfamiliar, these are the flower buds which precede leafing out and create their own heat so are often … Continue reading →

Posted in Closeup Photography, Flora, Intimate Landscape, Nature Photography, Quabbin, Western Massachusetts, wildflower portrait | Tagged flora, intimate landscape, Massachusetts, native flowers, native plant, native wildflower, New England, Quabbin, Quabbin Park, Skunk Cabbage, Symplocarpus foetidus, Ware, Ware-Enfield Road, water, western massachusetts, Wildflowers | 17 Comments