But where is my orchid pic??? :( Pankaj
On Sat, Oct 23, 2010 at 9:38 PM, Balkar Arya <[email protected]> wrote: > For a Botanists also every time it is not possible to have multiple pics. > Some time before in the begining of oct, during our flower hunting tour to > Morni Hills (Haryana) we just stopped at one place to have some water. We > went on climbing the hill to get water. As we went to some hight we got a > peculiar plant but without flowers. After discussion we conclude that this > may be an orchid or a member of Zinziberaceae. We went further to search > that plant with flowers and got many more other flowers and we shot many > pics. After going to a distance of allmost 2-3 KMs we realize that we are > short of memory cards and batteries. It was decided that now we will not > take more than 3 photographs of a single plant. So we missed many important > characters of the plants captured. As we were on return journey and it was > necessary to go back on the same day. We missed that opprtunity for atleast > one year. So we should keep in mind the following things during field visit > 1. Atleast two or more set of additional camera batteries be there with us. > > 2. Many memory cards of low capacity ( 1 or 2 GB). as high memory capacity > cards gets corrupted many times. If a card with 1 GB corrupts, we will lost > onle some images, with 4GB or higher we may lost much more number of pics > > 3. A handheld power source to charges batteries ( Many hand driven chargers > made in Taiwan or China are available in market now) > > 4. One stand by camera (atleast simple digicam) as in humid area or in fog > cameras may get jam or their display may get damaged. > > 5 If travelling by a car or jeep we may keep a car invertor with us for > power source. During our visit to chakrata, morni hills and yamunotri, we > faced the problem of electricity supply. This problem gets worsned during > rainy season > > By observing these facts and some others We will be able to get > > "Multiple Pics from Many angles" > -- > Regards > > Dr Balkar Singh > Head, Deptt. of Botany and Biotechnology > Arya P G College, Panipat > Haryana-132103 > 09416262964 > -- *********************************************** "TAXONOMISTS GETTING EXTINCT AND SPECIES DATA DEFICIENT !!" Pankaj Kumar Ph.D. (Orchidaceae) Research Associate Greater Kailash Sacred Landscape Project Department of Habitat Ecology Wildlife Institute of India Post Box # 18 Dehradun - 248001, India
