Agreeing to all the comments posted earlier. Very nice Landscape picture. Dr Satish Phadke
On 31 December 2014 at 13:08, Anurag Sharma <[email protected]> wrote: > Thank you Dr. Gurcharan and Garg sir. > > On Wed, Dec 31, 2014 at 10:35 AM, J.M. Garg <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Thanks, Anurag ji. >> Brought back beautiful memories of my last year trip to these mountains. >> Alas! I had enough time to process & post my photographs. >> At efloraofindia, you are a star now with your beautiful photography & >> wonderful posts of these enchanting journeys. >> >> On 31 December 2014 at 00:22, Anurag Sharma <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >>> >>> <https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-8QjGrPm6Q_Q/VKLzqHyCDPI/AAAAAAAAAqI/MGn50y9WWDc/s1600/Sholas.jpg> >>> >>> I had restricted to myself to clicking photographs of ornamental plants >>> and botanical garden trees etc. until June this year when one of my good >>> friends suggested that I start visiting the forests nearby Bangalore. Soon >>> after this came a visit to Coorg where unfortunately I did not get to see >>> much due to heavy rains in the area. However, a month later, while talking >>> to a fellow member on India Flora (Facebook) I discovered that he was the >>> deputy conservator of forests in the Chikamagalur area of Western Ghats. He >>> cordially invited me to Chikamagalur and even offered to let my friends and >>> me use his car to travel around. >>> >>> On the first day, while exploring the beautiful and scenic ghat section, >>> a car pulled up and a man stepped out and asked us what we were doing. We >>> told him that we were looking for plants, butterflies, amphibians and >>> odonates to which he replied that he owned land in the mountains and gave >>> us permission to enter the area. We visited his estate and discovered to >>> our joy that his 'estate' actually consisted of grasslands and forests! We >>> climbed into the mountains and found a nice spot to relax and enjoy the >>> serenity of nature. It was here that the attached photo was taken, which >>> perfectly describes the setting of the place where we spent the next hour >>> at. Endless grasslands, slowly descending clouds and tens of thousands of >>> *Strobilanthes* sp. forming the bulk of the mountain slopes, this >>> overwhelming feeling that nature's beauty gave us caused such a longing to >>> revisit the Western Ghats that two days later while sitting in a Chemistry >>> class in college, my friend and I decided that come what may, we would >>> attempt to visit some part of the Western Ghats each and every month! >>> >>> This place and the memory that this photo evokes is definitely one of >>> the reasons that drives me to continue exploring forests as much as I can. >>> I have only just started out, but hopefully will discover many other places >>> that will only serve to increase my love for nature and plants! >>> >>> -- >>> 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. >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> 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). 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