Canopie, blue, ... Photo

Photographer’s Note

The Damsang forest is a unique paradise. While one slope of the hills get more rain, it is covered with evergreen coniferous forest, with sunlight rarely peeping in, the other slope has a cover of deciduous vegetation, where leaf fall is common in autumn. This picture is taken on the mid-ridge, where the two distinct vegetations meet. Specifically these are types of nuts, deciduous trees, which grow less dense. Most of the large trees here are about 500-800 years old, and one can feel from the huge mossy trunks, that they have survived here the dent of time. One can look though the canopie to see the blue autumn sky.

Damsang forest comes in the writings of Joseph Dalton Hooker in his definitive, The Himalayan Journal (1855), due to its mistique beauty and wilderness. Unique species of flora and fauna fourish here still.

One can still see, not far away from here, the ruins of Damsang Gadi, the fort of the legendary Lepcha king of the region.

alainh, shutterbug, bantonbuju, papagolf21, oochappan, turaroy has marked this note useful

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alainh (35363) 2004-12-17 2:27

Hello Arnab.
Strange and beautiful shot.
hope we can preserve this forest for our children and the others one !!
i like your angle of shot.
a very good one and excelent note
regards
alain

shutterbug (531) 2004-12-17 2:52

Very nice POV here Arnab, your note really adds more...thanks for the information :)
Nice blue sky although around the branches...it seems to be a little oversharpened maybe? Not enought to bother, still very nice :)
~Stacey

clodreno (0) 2004-12-17 5:04

Interesting shot Arnab..
I like the angle you chose here.. Very nice image. ..

bantonbuju (48622) 2004-12-17 5:10

very nice compo; i ilke particularly the way the trees lead our attention; its not any easy job to have nice shot of the trees like this one; you did great

papagolf21 (56335) 2004-12-17 5:40

Cher Arnab,
Des arbres vieux de 500 à 800 ans, cela mérite le respect. Combien de tourmentes du ciel ont-ils connues ?
Je suis surpris par ces arbres à feuillage persistant, ils ne donnent pas l'impression de faire partie des conifères.
Très belle image : une photo qui donne l'impression d'avoir la tête dans le ciel et les pieds sur terre.
Très bon travail, cher Arnab.
Merci du partage et de la très bonne note d'accompagnement.
Bien amicalement.
Philippe

oochappan (22032) 2004-12-17 15:22

Very nicely spotted in the sky like pointiïsme, you finished that well with strong colors.

manny (21378) 2004-12-18 11:22

This is very nice. Good POV brought out a nice depth. Did you use NeatImage? It has such great effects. Great shot.

JPC (535) 2005-01-06 3:05

Excelent sharpness. Wel done photo. I always say that the most important is ability to look above one's head. It is unusual, but very necessery for photographers.

faubry (32281) 2005-01-09 9:44

i like this shot rectiligne trees, jagged foliage, interesting angle
thanks
francine

lara (915) 2005-09-22 19:39