Midnight Lupine

How pretty! I lived in Texas, USA for many years and these are the state flower, except they call them blue bonnets! They bloom for just a few weeks from mid-March to mid-April. Many people have their picture taken in them every year. Very nice sunset also!

A very nice shot but some significant viggnetting onthe top right corner, was that deliberate. The colors are very vibrant, Iceland truely must be beautiful place.

Love it. I wanna go back to Iceland, if only for the blue lagoon

Another amazing shot; the contrast between the warm sky and the cool lupins is just right. Hopefully the lupins will do more good than harm as they are members of the pea family and are nitrogen fixers. These make them very good for the fertility of the soil.

astounding !!!!

how many times you’ll win this? you made it a habbit.

Absolutely beautiful. I don’t want to be a sourpuss, but personally I have a problem with making an introduced species ‘look good’. They are nearly always bad news. Soil ‘improving’ species are among the worst – many rare plants depend on the lack of competition found on poor soils. The fertile soil they leave behind may enable weeds such as nettles, buddlia, ragworts etc to invade, or enable agriculture – either way altering the unspoilt vistas of iceland for ever. Now take your obvious talents and use them to show us what Iceland is really special for. Lecture over!

This is so different from your usual photos, but it proves how versatile you are! The lupines are a beautiful example of geometry in nature, but I understand the environmental quandry. Exotic species are a mixed blessing–they are introduced for beauty, a food source, a utilitarian need, but they can eventually become a curse. Is that fog spilling into the valley from the upper left, or is that a glacier? Iceland is truly an exotic place!

Thanks for the comments guys.

To answer the questions you have asked. The vignetting was not deliberate but I did not harm in my opinion as it focuses attention to the sunrise and the volcano.
Allthough the volcano in the background has glaciers, it is a fog comming down that valley.

That fantastic sky makes quite a contrast to the vibrant lupine, & yes, they are a very competitive species.

It’s a great shot. I like the contrast between the sky and the lupine. Congrats for yiu.

Reminds me of home(New Zealand), we have the same lupine problem. But they look great in the middle of nowhere like this.

Beautiful contrast!

Wonderful shot