Gurcharanji: exactly... I totally and heartily agree...
USha di ============== On Nov 25, 2:09 pm, "J.M. Garg" <[email protected]> wrote: > Well said, Singh ji. > > On 25 November 2011 11:15, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > Dear members > > I have repeatedly been requesting to include the name of place in both > > subject line and in body text. This is essential for a country like India > > where you may be photographing a plant at sea level or 6000 m asl. The > > distribution of plants is intricately linked with climatic and attitudinal > > zonation, and as such it is a great help for both identification and > > confirmation of identification. For plants meant for ID a few important > > things are to be kept in mind and written as information. > > > 1. Place, date (at least month) are essential. I think approximate > > altitude is very useful for diverse climatic conditions in India. > > 2. Habit and Habitat. cultivated/roadsides/wetplaces/dry slopes/forest, > > etc. Habit yes slightly difficult but with some effort it can be done. One > > can easily > > write whether plant is soft (herbaceous) or woody. Woody plants with > > trunk are trees and those without trunk are shrubs. Climbers > > (vines) can be known by every one. We have only to stress it to the > > members. > > 3. Plant height, length of basal and middle leaves, diameter of flower > > and size of fruit. These are essential because this can't be judged from > > photograph, > > but is very essential for identification. Additionally members can > > always focus some scale indicator in the photograph itself to help > > identification. > > 4. I think we have to develop the habit of including minimum 3-4 > > photographs in uploads and not just flower for proper representation and > > identification. As I have been writing repeatedly if members take > > following photographs, the job of identification would be much easier: > > a) photograph showing a twig with leaves and flowers/fruits; b) close > > up of flower side view; c) close up of flower top view; and if > > possible d) photograph of fruit. > > 5. With above minimum information and these 3 to 4 photographs, I think > > identification should be more convenient. > > > Many members often cite the time constraint in not taking and uploading > > sufficient photographs. I assure you it is only a question of realizing the > > importance and developing the habit of taking multiple photographs. No one > > can perhaps know more than when we went on Chakrata trip. We managed more > > than 6000 photographs each within a span of 4 days, fighting tight > > schedule, rains, bad roads and all. With tight schedule we would often > > pluck one twig (for plants common in the area so as not to disturb the > > ecosystem) and take turns to photograph in the car. One has only to see the > > display of photographs by Balkar ji to realize the importance of multiple > > photographs. > > > LET US ALL CONTRIBUTE TO ENRICH OUR DATABASE AND MAKE THE JOB OF OUR > > EXPERTS EASIER BY PROVIDING ESSENTIAL INFORMATION AND UPLOADING MULTIPLE > > PHOTOGRAPHS AS SUGGESTED ABOVE. > > > -- > > Dr. Gurcharan Singh > > Retired Associate Professor > > SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007 > > Res: 932 Anand Kunj, Vikas Puri, New Delhi-110018. > > Phone: 011-25518297 Mob: 9810359089 > >http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ > > -- > 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 Creative Commons license attached with each image. > For identification, learning, discussion & documentation of Indian Flora, > please visit/ join our Efloraofindia Google > e-group:http://groups.google.co.in/group/indiantreepix(more than 1740 members > & > 90,000 messages on 31/10/11) or Efloraofindia > website:https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/(with a species database > of more than 6000 species). > Also author of 'A Photoguide to the Birds of Kolkata & Common Birds of > India'.
