# The Lupines on Green Mountain (edit) **URL:** \ **Category:** Image Critiques\ **Tags:** editors-pick, plant-life\ **Created:** [June 14, 2019, 3:54pm UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/the-lupines-on-green-mountain-edit/7052 "2019-06-14T15:54:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Kathy\_Snead](https://assets.naturephotographers.network/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/k/e68b1a/32.png) [@Kathy\_Snead](https://community.naturephotographers.network/u/Kathy_Snead)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2019, 3:54pm UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/the-lupines-on-green-mountain-edit/7052/1 "2019-06-14T15:54:24Z")
D850, Nikkor18-35 at 18, 1/13 second, f22, ISO80, tripod, cable release. ![Lupine%20of%20Green%20Mountain-](https://images.naturephotographers.network/original/2X/0/07366763ebf26c38d43bc89b175dcc5de3fb70d3.jpeg) Still working the lupines on our little mountain. I have never seen the flowers here this good. Any commentary fair game for sure. Its been a while since I have used a wide angle in this way. I was grateful for the screen on the back of the camera that flipped up for focusing. ###### If you would like your image to be eligible for a feature on the NPN Instagram (@NaturePhotoNet), add the tag ‘ig’ and leave your Instagram username below. ##### **_You may only download this image to demonstrate post-processing techniques._** ---
**Author:** ![Sarah\_Marino](https://assets.naturephotographers.network/user_avatar/community.naturephotographers.network/sarah_marino/32/55494_2.png) [@Sarah\_Marino](https://community.naturephotographers.network/u/Sarah_Marino)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2019, 7:28pm UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/the-lupines-on-green-mountain-edit/7052/2 "2019-06-14T19:28:47Z")
Hi Kathy - This is such a pretty field of flowers. It looks like you have been fortunate to have a magical spring. I like the even distribution of lupine across the frame and think the processing looks quite natural. I might crop a bit off the left, as the area of brownish/green in the lower left corner is a bit distracting. Depending on how far you will go with processing, you could do a bit of color painting with a light green to eliminate a bit of the brown in that area. If you return to this spot, one other thing you could try is getting higher and looking down a bit more onto the flowers. That could help eliminate some of the things in the background (like the brown twigs in the upper right) and focus a bit more on the lupine themselves. Still, this is a lovely portrait of this field of flowers. ---
**Author:** ![Kathy\_Snead](https://assets.naturephotographers.network/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/k/e68b1a/32.png) [@Kathy\_Snead](https://community.naturephotographers.network/u/Kathy_Snead)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2019, 3:00pm UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/the-lupines-on-green-mountain-edit/7052/3 "2019-06-15T15:00:21Z")
Sarah Thank you for the critique. I did as you suggested with the color painting here. Would not have known how to do that but for the excellent article you posted yesterday - so thank you for that as well. Once I did the color painting, I decided to tweak some more, so created another layer using the lighten blending mode, masked it, then painted a little lightening at a low opacity into this. Revised pic is posted here. Will try to find some more fields and use a higher angle. I did some at a higher angle yesterday but they were not ideal. ![Green%20Mountain%20Lupines%202-](https://images.naturephotographers.network/original/2X/b/b55c4d73843f244a45c85c12fe6fd5a4cec15338.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![Bill\_Fach](https://assets.naturephotographers.network/user_avatar/community.naturephotographers.network/bill_fach/32/78290_2.png) [@Bill\_Fach](https://community.naturephotographers.network/u/Bill_Fach)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2019, 1:22pm UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/the-lupines-on-green-mountain-edit/7052/4 "2019-06-17T13:22:31Z")
Kathy: Love the pano comp and the nice improvement in the repost. 👍👍\>=))\> ---
**Author:** ![Lon\_Overacker](https://assets.naturephotographers.network/user_avatar/community.naturephotographers.network/lon_overacker/32/10929_2.png) [@Lon\_Overacker](https://community.naturephotographers.network/u/Lon_Overacker)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2019, 8:19pm UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/the-lupines-on-green-mountain-edit/7052/5 "2019-06-18T20:19:48Z")
Kathy, What a beautiful gathering of Lupine. Great job with the colors and processing (and even more so with your repost - Great tips from Sarah!) Hard pressed to suggest anything else. Oh wait, bigger! I wish it was bigger. Oh well, I respect the sizes folks are willing to post. Congrats on the EP! Lon ---
**Author:** ![Mark\_Seaver](https://assets.naturephotographers.network/user_avatar/community.naturephotographers.network/mark_seaver/32/231_2.png) [@Mark\_Seaver](https://community.naturephotographers.network/u/Mark_Seaver)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2019, 2:22pm UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/the-lupines-on-green-mountain-edit/7052/6 "2019-06-19T14:22:43Z")
Kathy, this is quite the collection of lupines. I think your pano crop works well and the improvement in the repost is good. Congrats on the EP. ---
**Author:** ![Sarah\_Marino](https://assets.naturephotographers.network/user_avatar/community.naturephotographers.network/sarah_marino/32/55494_2.png) [@Sarah\_Marino](https://community.naturephotographers.network/u/Sarah_Marino)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2019, 7:02pm UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/the-lupines-on-green-mountain-edit/7052/7 "2019-08-05T19:02:20Z")
I am sorry for the very delayed response, Kathy. I think your changes make a big difference in terms of cohesiveness and reducing distractions. Nice work!