Mt. Jefferson with Lupine

I took this shot on the Warms Springs Indian Reservation last week. The desert's wet spring resulted in amazing color out there. Thoughts?

Canon 7d with 24-105mm at 60mm
f/16 at 1/90s with 2 stop nd grad filter
ISO 160 (because handheld)

kinda wish I had bracketed, but I was in the moment ;-)

The flower foreground and dramatic mountain background is a great combo here. The empty lrc breaks the flow from flower to mountain a little; I wonder if a little closer to the flowers would have helped focus the eye from front to back a little more? (A shot with just the grass as a foreground, without the flowers, would look nice too.)

Thanks, John. I re-cropped it tightening about a thumb width on the right (without reducing sky) and that helped. I have a dozen or so others with just grass, a stream, etc. I'll keep playing with them.

Marylynne this is a really nice scene. I like how you've positioned the flowers in the foreground. The colors are terrific, nice and rich.

I like the comp Marylynne, very nice coloring as well. I agree that perhaps a little tighter crop, especially one that gave more attention to the lupine would probably add some. Really nice as posted!

Marylynne, this is well seen. Nice color to the lupine, I agree with what others have said and put more emphasis on the lupine. Well done!!.

Thanks, David, Craig, and Wade. I'll post a different one in a couple of days that highlights the lupine more.

Oh, and I'm planning to go to this spot again next spring. Thoughts on focal lengths? Like, step back and use 90-105mm, or step up and go 20mm? I did a number of these with the Sigma 10-20, but the mountain gets very small.

Here is a link to a vertical crop of this area (I"m no longer sure it's the same patch of lupine). I have another of this area I'll share in a new thread.:

http://i113.photobucket.com/albums/n232/mldiggs/Landscapes/IMG7D-1805VivWeb-1.jpg

Oh, yes, this is great. You're on a roll, Marylynne, and I sure like what you're doing.

Thanks, Catherine. Last week was a very good week for my photography. It's amazing what I can do when I 'm not working and when I'm driving places by myself. I kept singing that Stones song: Ti-i-i-ime is on my side...yes it is.