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" > > > > -- With regards, J.M.Garg "We often ignore the beauty around us" Creating Awareness about Indian Flora & Fauna: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jmgarg1 For learning about our trees & plants, please visit/ join Google e-group (Indiantreepix) http://groups.google.co.in/group/indiantreepix?hl=en --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "indiantreepix" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.co.in/group/indiantreepix?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---

