For all you Lupine lovers

Gallery: FloraPosted July 28, 2010245 views17 comments

Just got back from a trip to Iceland. WOW, if you get a chance to go, GO!! They introduced lupines as a soil erosion plan....but as with anything "introduced", it has become very invasive throughout Iceland. Grand vista of miles of lupines but...
Here is a sample taken just outside if a town called Vik.

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17 comments

Comment posted by Patricia Brundage on July 28, 2010 at 7:34 AM

Now that's a field of lupines!!! Slight halo around cliffs, but otherwise a real beauty. Print it large.

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Comment posted by Chris Dorothy on July 28, 2010 at 10:46 AM

WOW is right! This is beautiful. I never had a desire to go to Iceland but this makes me want to see this in person.
Chris

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Comment posted by Mark Windom on July 28, 2010 at 2:27 PM

And I thought the lupine at Mount Rainier (my backyard) was nice....
I really like the low vantage point and the in-your-face composition you chose. Nice stuff.

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Comment posted by Kathy Odiorne on July 28, 2010 at 3:31 PM

Wow sums it up nicely! What a view! Nicely composed image. I love the vaastness of the field - Lupines as far as the eye can see! Sweet!

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Comment posted by John&Patty Benway on July 28, 2010 at 3:33 PM

Beautiful scene Bob, never seen so much Lupine in one place. Well done.
John

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Comment posted by Dean Sauskojus on July 28, 2010 at 5:46 PM

Double Wow! Unbelievable field of lupine. Nice find here Bob.

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Comment posted by Bill Fach on July 28, 2010 at 8:48 PM

Bob: Looks like a little bit of Texas moved their way.

The flowers are wonderful but the light on the BG hills and the brooding sky put this way over the top for me. Superior image.>=))>

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Comment posted by Albert Darmo on July 28, 2010 at 9:06 PM

Hi Bob

This is one incredible field of lupines

beautifilly seen and crafted.

Albert Darmo. Canada

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Comment posted by Gary Yeoh on July 29, 2010 at 1:02 AM

Fantastic florascape!

The Pano crop is just perfect and the inclusion of the entire mountain and the lighting on the slopes are top notch stuff.

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Comment posted by Alessandra & Rocco on July 29, 2010 at 4:15 AM

very nice composition and beautiful place

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Comment posted by Brigitte Lorenz on July 29, 2010 at 6:36 AM

incredible number of lupines, wonderful place....

Brigitte

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Comment posted by Doug Benner on July 29, 2010 at 7:24 AM

Spectacular, Bob. Great scene. Excellent presentation.

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Comment posted by Muhammad Zaid Wani on July 29, 2010 at 12:03 PM

Beautiful!

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Comment posted by Giuseppe Guadagno on July 29, 2010 at 1:29 PM

Thanks Bob for sharing this beautiful sight. I have never seen somithing like this. I love the play of light and shade on the mountain.
Take care.

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Comment posted by Catherine Reilly on July 30, 2010 at 4:52 AM

Good heavens! What an amazing site! Mixed blessing perhaps with it being invasive there, but WOW is right.

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Comment posted by Wayne Rhodus on July 30, 2010 at 2:04 PM

Wow, an impressive field of lupine Bob. This image is even more impressive with the light falling on the distant mountains. I'd love to go there some day.

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Comment posted by Youssef Ismail on July 30, 2010 at 10:35 PM

Incredible!

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