Lupine
Lupine are just starting to bloom – these two spikes were the first two flowering in a local meadow:
I liked the way the stems curved toward each other. Another lovely flower in the pea family. Lupine means wolf-like, but the explanations I’ve read for the association are oddly fanciful, one was that the plant could “drain, or ‘wolf’, the soil of its nutrients.”
What a harmonious double portrait.
Thank you, Steve!
I should add that it suggests it was done by hand rather than with a camera.
I had packed up my gear and was about to walk out of this spot. When I turned around I saw the pair of lupine in this arrangement. Somehow I had overlooked them. All I had to do was find an angle without a cluttered background – and use a long lens.
Superb Tom
Thanks!
I love lupines. Wonderful image.
Thanks, Lynne!
Just beautiful!
Thanks, Dianne – it was a beautiful sight.
Amazing ! I love this color.
Thanks!
Which is the opposite of what it does~members of the pea family enrich the soil.
I really like this crisp shot of lupines and, like you, I like how the stems curve toward each other.
Yes, I thought that was an odd thing to say of a legume. Thanks, Melissa – I’m looking forward to printing this one. No one has noticed the tiny spider yet..
One of my favorite flowers. Love your work-so beautiful and calming.
Thanks for the kind words!
I love this family of plants. Of course we have our bluebonnets, but I’ve found white, purple, and yellow “cousins” to this plant that show the same wonderful qualities: not only in the flowers and buds, but even in the leaves. To find a pair so nicely arranged must have thrilled you, especially with each stem at a slightly different stage of development.
Yes, I absolutely was thrilled to see this pair arranged so, I knew what I wanted to do as soon as I saw them. The hard part was waiting for a passing cloud for softer light – directional light wouldn’t have worked. This stand of lupines also has white and pink blooms.
They are such great subjects, and so beautiful in person. These two, with their curves, coudn’t have posed better. It’s a gorgeous photograph!
When I saw this pair, I knew it would be the best image of the day. The trick was waiting for a passing cloud – bright light made an unappealing background.
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