great start rohan and vivek sarkar, the rarest beauties in india great going, hope the rest of the gang follows with their lovely images too nelson
--- On Sun, 15/1/12, rohan lovalekar <[email protected]> wrote: From: rohan lovalekar <[email protected]> Subject: [ButterflyIndia] Pic of the 2011 To: "butterflyindia" <[email protected]> Date: Sunday, 15 January, 2012, 9:24 PM 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 thefirst 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-noorfor 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 onMiao-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 happyat 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 minsrain 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 around50+ clicks I realised rain is becoming heavier! But I got my reward on the last day in the field! -- Enjoy
