Great to see that two marvelous experts of plant photography in India being humbly thanked for their magical show of flora in the forum of eFI. It was really a difficult choice to select one person as best for most of the members and well reflected in this announcement. *Congratulations to both of these "Guru" of plant photography.* DSRawat Pantnagar
Dr D.S.Rawat Department of Biological Sciences, G.B. Pant University of Agriculture & Technology Pantnagar-263 145 Uttarakhand, INDIA On Sat, Nov 8, 2014 at 10:17 AM, J.M. Garg <[email protected]> wrote: > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: J.M. Garg <[email protected]> > Date: 8 November 2014 10:11 > Subject: Sh. Pankaj Kumar & Sh. Dinesh Valke- All time Best Flora > photographers > To: efloraofindia <[email protected]> > > > Dear members, > It gives me great pleasure to announce that Sh. Pankaj Kumar & Sh. Dinesh > Valke have been 'All time Best Flora photographers' on efloraofindia, > which has more than 2400 members & has completed around seven & a half > year. > This award comes from members for whom Flora & it photography is their > passion And it is not an award merely based on few photographs but on ones' > life time photographic contributions of innumerable photographs made on > efloraofindia. > Their photographs creates such magic that one forgets about everything > else for a moment. They have mesmerised many generations of photographers > by their sheer clarity, sharpness & beauty. > One is famous for close ups, sharpness & clarity, while other takes pride > in beauty & simplicity through his marvellous presentations. Both are > unparallelled & difficult to beat in their areas. They are also perhaps the > best Flora Photographers in India. > They are not only the best Flora photographers but also great experts. > One is one of the finest experts on Orchids, the other is one of the > finest experts in compilation of vernacular names & bringing Indian Flora > closer to the masses. > They should be happy to flaunt their awards for all their hard work, > money, time & passion. > -- > With regards, > J.M.Garg > > 'Creating awareness of Indian Flora & Fauna' > <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jmgarg1> > The whole world uses my Image Resource > <http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:J.M.Garg> of more than a > thousand species & eight thousand images of Birds, Butterflies, Plants etc. > (arranged alphabetically & place-wise). You can also use them for free as > per Creative Commons license attached with each image. > > For identification, learning, discussion & documentation of Indian Flora, > please visit/ join our Efloraofindia Google e-group > <https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/indiantreepix> (largest in the > world- more than 2400 members & 2,00,000 messages on 9.9.14) or > Efloraofindia website <https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/> > (with a species database of more than 10,000 species & 2,00,000 images). > Winner > of Wipro-NFS Sparrow Awards 2014 for efloraofindia > <https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/award-for-efloraofindia>. > > Also author of 'A Photoguide to the Birds of Kolkata & Common Birds of > India'. > > > > -- > With regards, > J.M.Garg > > 'Creating awareness of Indian Flora & Fauna' > <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jmgarg1> > The whole world uses my Image Resource > <http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:J.M.Garg> of more than a > thousand species & eight thousand images of Birds, Butterflies, Plants etc. > (arranged alphabetically & place-wise). You can also use them for free as > per Creative Commons license attached with each image. > > For identification, learning, discussion & documentation of Indian Flora, > please visit/ join our Efloraofindia Google e-group > <https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/indiantreepix> (largest in the > world- more than 2400 members & 2,00,000 messages on 9.9.14) or Efloraofindia > website <https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/> (with a species > database of more than 10,000 species & 2,00,000 images). Winner of > Wipro-NFS Sparrow Awards 2014 for efloraofindia > <https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/award-for-efloraofindia>. > > Also author of 'A Photoguide to the Birds of Kolkata & Common Birds of > India'. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "efloraofindia" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
