isnt this one of the streams coming from the left hand side of trail somewhere in the middle of Valley of Flowers? Pankaj
On Sun, Jan 2, 2011 at 1:25 PM, Prashant awale <[email protected]> wrote: > Well narrated your experience Garg ji. I was closely following your posts > from this region and was wondering which one you will chose among so many > beautiful photographs for the Flower pic of the year. Thanks for sharing > this totally new photograph from yr collection. > regards > Prashant > > On Sun, Jan 2, 2011 at 12:52 PM, J.M. Garg <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> 2010 had a new surprise in the form of Valley of Flowers. I was lucky to >> go with Eastern Railway Trek Team officially in August' 2010. Due >> to landslides we got stuck up at a number of points enroute to Govind Ghat >> on two days. But I took this as an opportunity to capture Wild Flora & Fauna >> enroute. From Govindghat to Ghangharia, Valley of Flowers & Hemkund Sahib, >> it was a four day trek. I enjoyed the journey like never before- capturing >> all the beauty on the way in the form of landscapes, butterflies, birds & >> Plants. Most of the time it was raining- but that in no way hampered my >> spirits. I was lucky to have a good supporting team (who always took >> inspirations from me & learnt to appreciate wild Flora & Fauna) & a porter >> with me, which enabled me click the beauties even in the rainy weather (I >> think it was the normal weather). I moved slowly with my tripods & one SLR >> body on the shoulder & another in my neck. We started early & reached every >> destination only by evening time doing a 10 to 12 hours trek. By the end of >> the trip I had clicked around 5000 pictures of around 400 species. These >> will take more than a year even to process & post/ identify/ upload >> somewhere like Wikimedia Commons. Everything else seem mundane if you >> compare this trip. This is evident that from the fact for a number of >> identified pictures, you even don't find a single picture on net for that >> species. Sheer beauty is so encompassing that I am unable to choose any >> single picture from so many beautiful ones. However, I had attached one from >> The Valley of Flowers which shows it's mountains, valleys, rivers, flora, >> weather conditions etc. >> Despite seeing so much of beauty everywhere, one awaits a great surprise >> on reaching the Vally of Flowers. >> It is a sight which can hardly be recreated anywhere else in India. Thus >> the choice for the Flora picture of the year 2010 from my side. >> -- >> With regards, >> J.M.Garg ([email protected]) >> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jmgarg1 >> 'Creating awareness of Indian Flora & Fauna' >> The whole world uses my Image Resource of more than a thousand species & >> eight thousand images of Birds, Butterflies, Plants etc. (arranged >> alphabetically & place-wise): >> http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:J.M.Garg. You can also use them >> for free as per liberal licensing conditions attached with each image. >> For identification, learning, discussion & documentation of Indian Flora, >> please visit/ join our Google e-group- >> Efloraofindia:http://groups.google.co.in/group/indiantreepix (more than 1475 >> members & 57,000 messages on 16/12/10 & with a database of around 4400 >> species on 30/11/10) >> > > -- *********************************************** "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
