Lovely Lupines

Gallery: FloraPosted July 6, 2011108 views12 comments

Last month I travelled to the northeast coast of Maine. Lupines were blooming all along the roads and I tried to capture a bit of their beauty in this image.

Critiques and comments are very welcome and appreciated. Thanks for looking!

Canon 5D
70-200mm f/4L IS @ 150mm
1/640, f/5.6, ISO 400
6-26-2011; 3:59pm

Comments

12 comments

Comment posted by Ramamohan Pai on July 6, 2011 at 8:15 PM

Just beautiful, Carol. Lupines are very photogenic flowers. Great sharpness and love the excellent background rendition - not surprising considering the lens used. Our Mod, Bill Fach loves these flowers and I bet he might compose a short poem

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Comment posted by Pat Sampson on July 6, 2011 at 10:19 PM

Beautiful work on the subject Carol but it's the bg that really appeals to me. Perfect dof decision for my tastes. Strikingly beautiful image.

pat

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Comment posted by scott lanz on July 6, 2011 at 10:38 PM

Carol, I just have to get up there one time and see these for myself. I really like your comp isolating these two beautiful specimens against that beautiful BG. Excellent job.

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Comment posted by Nancy Lea Sandy on July 6, 2011 at 11:00 PM

Love the twin spires and the nice spray of leaves. Dof is perfect. a stunning image all around

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Comment posted by Bill Fach on July 6, 2011 at 11:47 PM

Carol: All lupines get extra credit from this Texan! Marvelous POV and DOF control. I like your comp and placement of the main blooms in the frame. 2 thumbs up! >=))>

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Comment posted by Krunal Janani on July 7, 2011 at 8:00 AM

The separation of the subject from a very appealing BG is superb & the composition works wonders for my tastes just reminds me why i love shooting in the wild more then at home

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Comment posted by Morgan Casey on July 7, 2011 at 12:38 PM

Wonderful shot! The background really adds to the scene and gives it a beautiful vibrancy.

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Comment posted by Peter Conway on July 7, 2011 at 2:05 PM

Wow! I like everythin about this. I agree that the DOF is perfect so that we can identify the more distant flowers but they in no way compete with the beautiful twin spires. Great work!

Peter

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Comment posted by Morris McClung on July 7, 2011 at 6:46 PM

I love Lupines and this is a great shot of them.

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Comment posted by Gary Yeoh on July 7, 2011 at 8:44 PM

Carol
Wonderful and beautiful. These twin are perfectly framed and the bg is sweet.

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Comment posted by Keshav Kumar on July 9, 2011 at 12:16 PM

This is just amazing!! Love it all the way.

If I had to suggest improvement, may be you could have avoided the pink bright one in the background.

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Comment posted by Reno DiTullio on July 9, 2011 at 4:53 PM

Beautiful color, love the selective focus and the softness of the bg, well done

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