Wonderful composition, Sangeeta ji- as if flower being on the trunk itself,
alongwith the efforts gone into it.

On Wed, Dec 17, 2008 at 2:49 PM, Sangeeta Das <[email protected]> wrote:

> "BAUHINIA VARIEGATA"
>
> Dear all
>
> This is my husband's contribution to the list. photo courtesy Hirak Dutta
>
> While coming back from Gangotri we spotted these wonderful "Kachnar"
> (Hindi) "Kanchan" (Bangla) ,  trees all along the hill side. What was most
> enchanting about these flowers were that there were no leaves on the trees
> only the flowers were clinging to the trunks, clumps and sinewy branches.
> Something like delicate damsels clinging on to their bodyguards.... Some
> times the entire tree looked white from a distance because of the flowers.
>
> We had to trek a bit into the hills and zoom in with our cameras to get
> some good views. The most pretty flowers were in the most hard to reach
> trees on the cliff sides.
>
> The contrast of the hard and cracked trunk and the delicate petals of the
> flower makes a wonderful picture... almost like yin and yang.
>
>
>
> cheers
> Sangeeta
>
>
>
> --
> "Fear less/ Love more; Eat less/Taste more; Regret less/Hope more; shout
> less/Listen more; Do less/Be more"
>
> >
>


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