Remaining

Gallery: FloraPosted October 13, 2010697 views10 comments

This is a lupine from the Paradise area of Mount Rainier. Having seen so many of these on here, and never having seen one in person, I had to take a few snaps of my own. I was happy to see quite a few flowers left there even though it was mid-September.

Thanks for looking!

Olympus E-520
Zuiko 70-300 @ 141 mm
1/640s
f/4.4
ISO 100
Handheld
PS CS4 for RAW conversion, web prep

Comments

10 comments

Comment posted by Pat Sampson on October 13, 2010 at 11:19 PM

Beauty of an image David. The only thing I might consider is a crop to 5:4 from top and bottom, cropping below the blue flower on the top. Or possibly just cloning a little green over top blue flower. Excellent subject/ground separation and a fine composition.

Pat

Registered on May 19, 2007, 953 Posts, 15989 Comments

Comment posted by Mark Windom on October 13, 2010 at 11:45 PM

I was up there last week and couldn't believe there was still some lupine in bloom....the latest I have ever seen that. I agree with Pat's suggestion about a slight crop (or clone) from the top to remove that splash of purple....I would probably also remove the little bit of red (is that Paintbrush?) just below the purple. Gotta love the blues and purples in this guy/gal.

Registered on November 1, 2003, 176 Posts, 2302 Comments

Comment posted by Nathan Buck on October 14, 2010 at 1:51 AM

Nice color, nice soft BG (though I could see it darkened just a tad), and nice foliage to anchor the shot on the bottom. A very minor nit is that the flower leans a bit to the right. Usually for me, when I have a taller stock like this I try to get it upright in the frame. If this were mine I might straighten it up just a tad.

Nathan

Registered on November 1, 2003, 1101 Posts, 13589 Comments

Comment posted by Gary Yeoh on October 14, 2010 at 1:57 AM

David:
Lovely take of this lupine. Never seen a real one myself. Good separation from the bg.

Registered on September 1, 2009, 588 Posts, 8184 Comments

Comment posted by Richard Teller on October 14, 2010 at 7:11 AM

Nice image. We drove to Alaska this last summer and these were very common. They are a beautiful flower. The only nit I have is I might crop a bit off the top.

Registered on August 23, 2010, 1162 Posts, 6692 Comments

Comment posted by Carol Hyman on October 14, 2010 at 10:22 AM

Lovely detail, David and nice separation between the Lupine and the background. This is a great documentation shot, and if you are using it as that, I wouldn't do anything to it.

Cheers,

Carol

Registered on January 18, 2007, 597 Posts, 8062 Comments

Comment posted by Elisabeth Czwikla on October 14, 2010 at 1:53 PM

nice lupine portrait. Agree with cloning out the blue and red spot in bg.

Registered on December 9, 2007, 145 Posts, 852 Comments

Comment posted by Catherine Reilly on October 14, 2010 at 4:24 PM

Yeah, David, nice one! Superb detail and good fg/bg separation. Suggest to crop from the top to eliminate the oof bloom there, as it would strengthen the presence of the main subject.

I missed Mt. Rainier this year for flowers,

but there's always the Autumn season, which is gorgeous up there!

Registered on August 16, 2006, 603 Posts, 9192 Comments

Comment posted by Ramamohan Pai on October 14, 2010 at 5:50 PM

David, Works well as presented to me. Background is fine and the red spot is not distracting for me. Excellent environmental portrait of the Lupine.

Registered on November 1, 2003, 550 Posts, 9037 Comments

Comment posted by Bill Fach on October 17, 2010 at 3:21 PM

David: The Texas lupine (bluebonnet) is one of my absolute favorite subjects and this is a terrific find and shot. Really well done.>=))>

Registered on November 1, 2003, 1805 Posts, 26981 Comments