Beautiful Landscape. Nice composition. Last year i trekked in same region for a week and i feel like visiting this Chikmagalur region again and again. Thanks Anurag ji... Regards Prashant
On Thu, Jan 1, 2015 at 11:56 AM, Satish Phadke <[email protected]> wrote: > 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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