Rohan, you had a fantastic year! I am jealous that you have seen so many rare and rarely photographed species in this one year and managed to take very good pictures of most of them. Keep this up in 2012 :).
With best regards, Krushnamegh. ------------------------------------------------- Krushnamegh Kunte, PhD Ramanujan Fellow and Reader National Center for Biological Sciences (NCBS) Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR) UAS-GKVK Campus, Bellary Road, Bengaluru 560065, Karnataka, India. Ph: + 91 9403-975-925 Email: [email protected] Website: http://biodiversitylab.org/ Indian Foundation for Butterflies: http://ifoundbutterflies.org/ Email: [email protected] On Sun, Jan 15, 2012 at 9:24 PM, rohan lovalekar < [email protected]> wrote: > ** > > > Two Trips to the Namdapha National Park and one visit to Garo Hills I had > lots of photos to choose from! > It was indeed very difficult task to select only three images from > hundreds that includes elusive Jewelled > Nawab, Bifid Plushblue, Pointed Palmfly, Brown Gorgon, Crenulate Mottle > and many more. > > After lot of thinking choosing three of my favourites for the year 2011. > > 1. Constable: > date 01/05/2011 > This for me my favourite moment of the Namdapha Trip in May 2011. I > clicked this image so early in the morning. > I was just coming out from sleep at Deban Rest House, Suddenly this > Consatble came on wet patch near Deban Rest House. > I was stunned to see this one so early in morning. I was dying to see this > one since April 2008 when I saw this for the > first time in Garo Hills with Krushnamegh. That time i didnt have Micro > lens so didnt manage good shot. But my dream came > true on that early morning in Namdapha! > > 2. Bifid Plushblue > date 24/04/2011 > This was so special only because of people who were associated with > this pic. I am not diclosing entire story but this > was indeed very special moment from Garo Hills in April. Only thing I want > to say about this one is that I skipped Koh-i-noor > for this picture. :) > > 3. Brown Gorgon > date 01/05/2011 > I was watching this beauty for five days in Namdapha. On first day of > my trip I saw both Yellow and Brown Gorgons on > Miao-Vijaynagar Road. And i was furious with myself not getting chance to > get the pic of them. After that I was after them > like man possesed. After two days I got one okay kind of shot of Brown > Gorgon while it was mudpuddling. But I was not happy > at all with the background of the pic. So I wanted one more pic of this > beauty. My wait was finally over on 1st May. It was > cloudy day and I was on my way back from 19th Mile to deban. I was running > in hurry to reach Deban as rain was jsut around > 15-20mins away from me. I was worried about my camera equipment. I was > running race against time. Suddenly one Brown gorgon > flew from side of the road.I thought chance is gone but it came back and > was searching for muddpuddling spot. After few mins > rain drops started to fall. Suddenly butterfly flew away and sat on leaf. > I couldnt believe eyes. the one I was searching for > last 5 days was sitting on leave. All the stupid things such as rain ran > away from my mind as I was clicking pics. After around > 50+ clicks I realised rain is becoming heavier! But I got my reward on the > last day in the field! > > > -- Enjoy
