Thank you sir and yes, the place is indeed enchanting. On Fri, Jan 2, 2015 at 8:54 PM, Prashant Awale <pkaw...@gmail.com> wrote:
> 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 <drsmpha...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> Agreeing to all the comments posted earlier. >> Very nice Landscape picture. >> >> Dr Satish Phadke >> >> On 31 December 2014 at 13:08, Anurag Sharma <anurag.op...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> >>> Thank you Dr. Gurcharan and Garg sir. >>> >>> On Wed, Dec 31, 2014 at 10:35 AM, J.M. Garg <jmga...@gmail.com> 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 <anurag.op...@gmail.com> >>>> 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 indiantreepix+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>>>> To post to this group, send email to indiantreepix@googlegroups.com. >>>>> 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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