Nice Scene Anurag Ji On Fri, Jan 2, 2015 at 9:41 PM, Anurag Sharma <anurag.op...@gmail.com> wrote:
> 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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