Flora picture of the Year 2010- J.M.Garg

[J.M. Garg]

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.
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[tanay bose]

Exceptional shot

tanay

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[Prashant awale]

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

[Pankaj Kumar]

isnt this one of the streams coming from the left hand side of trail
somewhere in the middle of Valley of Flowers?
Pankaj

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[Nidhan Singh]

Extremely beautiful site and great shot sir, lots of thanks for
increasing my eagerness to visit flower valley.
With Regards,
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Dr. Nidhan Singh
Department of Botany
I.B. (PG) College
Panipat-132103 Haryana
Ph.: 09416371227

[J.M. Garg]

Thanks, Pankaj ji, Tanay ji, Prashant ji & Nidhan ji.

Pankaj ji, I appreciate your keen eye for judging the place correctly.

[Pankaj Kumar]

Sir, I was saying because, it seems you missed Cypripedium himalaicum
there !!! Its just 20-30 m on the above, lot of it...
Pankaj

[J.M. Garg]

Thanks, Pankaj ji.

But there were so many lovely flowers (I was not looking for any particular one) & so little time.

[Pankaj Kumar]

Yes right, there are many indeed.....but it was one rare plant we
found in that particular area.
The worst thing about VoF (that may be good ecologically) that they
dont allow people to stay inside the park for night, and weather is
very unpredictable too, otherwise we could have made a huge collection
of photographs.
Pankaj

[Narendra Joshi]

A really wonderful catch ! I am eager to see the remaining species
from valley of flowers.

Narendra Joshi

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Narendra Joshi

[Rashida Atthar]

Great shot Garg ji. At one point in the centre one feels the clouds are in the river stream !. Cannot agree with you more regarding the beauty of VOF. What is missing is a comprehensive book on the flora of VOF. Perhaps with your collection you may think of writing one!!

 

regards,

Rashida.

 

 

On Sun, Jan 2, 2011 at 12:52 PM, J.M. Garg <jmg...@gmail.com> wrote:

[Pankaj Kumar]

A book on flora of VoF is already under process.
Pankaj

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[Inderjeet Sethi]

BEAUTIFUL SHOT, Garg ji.

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Dr.Inderjeet Kaur Sethi
Associate Professor
Department of Botany
SGTB Khalsa College
University of Delhi
Delhi-110007
M: 9818775237

[J.M. Garg]

Hi, Pankaj ji,

It's an excellent news.

Do you have any details?

[Satish Phadke]

Dear Garg ji
I take this opportunity to say that all the shots are wonderful
Thanks for sharing the landscape shot too.
Dr Phadke

On 2 January 2011 12:52, J.M. Garg <jmg...@gmail.com> wrote: