I have been travelling a lot in the last fifteen days, which explains the absence of posts in the last few days. Before I head out again to Bharatpur tomorrow, some images from Sikkim.
On the first morning at Gangtok during my recent trip to Sikkim, I saw the view from my balcony and immediately went back to fetch the camera. I tweeted later in the day saying “Seen outside the window of Club Mahindra Royal Demazong is a landscape photographer’s dream come true.” The play of sun and clouds offered completely different perspectives from the same balcony during the three days of my stay. I wish I could post bigger images, but my blog template is limiting me doing so. You can see larger version of some of the images on paintedstork facebook page.
On the first day, I woke up later than I would like to, thanks to the tiring day-long journey that took most of the previous day. It was about 7.30am, but being the eastern part of the country, sunrise happens early and the light was already harsh. Sun rays were strong, but were just touching the tall trees on the ridges.
It was more cloudy on the second day when sun rays filtered through the clouds and fell on the slopes. Picture below is courtesy of Arun Nair.
On the third day, clouds had settled down on the hills and had brought a completely different character to the slopes. The scattering of fog along the slopes made the whole place appear mysteriously beautiful.
And finally, here is an image of a stupa, again shot from the balcony.
Prints of all the images available. Request for prints. Some images can be seen at a higher resolution onpaintedstork facebook page.
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Beautiful Pictures!
guess i was in gangtok at a similar time… amazing place!
Thank you Meena
@Priyanka, amazing place indeed. Would have loved to connect, but we had a really rushed and short trip. Never had enough of the place.
Gangtok is such a nice place that one can never forget that experience. Nice pics clicked by you, especially the image of Stupa.
stunning views! some are worth dying for…
Thank you Siddhartha.
luvly pictures, arun
Lovely pictures! We’ll actually be visiting here next fall!
Hi Arun, I’m a regular reader of your blog. If you remember I had once suggested you to go on a trip to Bhitarkanika wildlife sanctuary(Best for watching crocs).
Currently I’m planning to buy a pair of binoculars within a range of INR5000, which will be mainly used for wildlife watching. I reside in Bangalore.
Can you suggest any specification and brand within my budget. Would appreciate if you can give me some insight, as I don’t really find much info. on them over internet I also din’t find a better guide than you to ask.
Thanks
Prasan
Prasan, I remember about Bhitarkanika, though haven’t managed to go there yet.
I don’t know a lot about binocs, but a good starting point is to look for ones manufactured by Bushnell or Nikon. The former, you will have to get from the US but Nikons are available in India. Rs.5,000 will fetch you something of pretty good quality.
Thank you Tawny. Wishing you a great trip!
Hi Arun,Thanks for the suggestion.
Hi Arun thanks for the situation.