This is helpful, Dr Singh but of course, unless one has a good quality pressed specimen to examine closely, most of these characteristics do not help us with only general photos, not in close-up.
May I request that during future travels, those taking a serious interest, take a ruler with them and for at least some shots, lay this down beside the specimen to aid a sense of scale and dimensions. This one can easily do with low-growing plants especially those in Ladakh, which often grown as isolated individual clumps. It is harder amongst thick vegetation and for taller subjects. High quality close-ups of the flower-heads would also be useful. Once one gets into the routine of doing this, it does not take up much time and with today's digital cameras it costs nothing - though one must crawl around on the ground to achieve this. Also, today's digital cameras often mean that a tripod is often no longer essential for macro close-ups. Mind you, for Waldheimias, which mostly grow at high altitude, it can be exhausting physically and mentally to work methodically. I recollect some 25 years ago on Baralacha La (between Lahoul & Rupshu district of Ladakh) having reached 4800m with the aid of a jeep, I started photographing plants with my camera using slide film. The light conditions were so bright, I knew that this would confuse the in-camera light metering system leading to badly exposed slides, so I needed to "bracket" the exposure (i.e. adjust to allow for this) yet I could not make myself do it! I am dedicated but my head was 'light'. Mountaineers, faced with much higher altitudes (albeit, they ascend more steadily, on foot, so can adjust better) can easily make mistakes due to lack of oxygen. *But I hope those able to access these high passes and photograph with wonderful species found amongst them, can see the value of trying to secure additional, close-up images for us to both admire (and wish we could have been there ourselves) and to aid the studying of India's high Himalaya and borderlands of Tibet.* On Wednesday, 28 September 2016 15:33:01 UTC+1, Saroj Kumar Kasaju wrote: > Dear Members, > > Sharing some pictures I guess is *Waldheimia vestita* (Hook. f. et Thoms. > ex C. B. Clarke) Pamp. shot pn the way to Khardung La Leh on 22 August > 2014 at around 14000 ft. > > Or could it be *Waldheimia nivea* (Hook.f. & Thomson ex C.B.Clarke) Regel > <http://www.catalogueoflife.org/col/details/species/id/907a3b16aa05afed8b5adaefa7d80c11> > > Thank you. > > Saroj Kasaju > -- 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 an email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
