Kaas plaute also known as the "Valley of Flowers in Maharashtra" is located around 15 KMs from Satara district. Click here for the wikimapia link. This place is famous for the small flowers which are grown on top of stones. The best time to visit this place is around last week of October and the first week of November. You should be lucky to visit this place at the peak of flower blossoms. There are huge patches of white, yellow, blue and lavendour colored flowers around you.
You might fall prey to the beauty of this place and at once take out your camera and start taking clicks. I would suggest not to make hurry, instead first be patient and take a nice look at the surrounding, look for different locations and angles that you might like and then start taking the clicks. I being the first timer did the mistake of taking the clicks in hurry and took some time to adjust to the surroundings....:-)
Apart from the flower I was very facinated with the different types of grass shoots that are found on this plaute. I stuggled a lot to get a better angle to take these clicks. The patience factor really pays at this point.
In the dense layer of flowers I found this struggling plant on top of a black rock. I found the maroon, yellow and black combination really stricking. This clicks indicates the intensity of struggle against all odd, life amidts lifeless situation.
This tall standing group of seeds from all the other grass and low lying flowers presented a good perspective to shoot. It is really very interesting to know the different kind of view that you get when you lay low on the ground and get to the horizontal level of flower to look though the view finder.
To view the complete collection of clicks that I took on this visit check out this Picassa link.
Like any other kind of outdoor photography you should have the correct sunlight to get best clicks of flowers. I would recommend to reach the platue before 8 AM and leave by 11:00 AM. If you wait beyond 11:00 AM the sun becomes pretty harsh and unbeariable. It becomes very difficult to take any clicks in such case unless you are okay to bear some real dark tan on your body....:-)
Apart from the flower I was very facinated with the different types of grass shoots that are found on this plaute. I stuggled a lot to get a better angle to take these clicks. The patience factor really pays at this point.
In the dense layer of flowers I found this struggling plant on top of a black rock. I found the maroon, yellow and black combination really stricking. This clicks indicates the intensity of struggle against all odd, life amidts lifeless situation.
This tall standing group of seeds from all the other grass and low lying flowers presented a good perspective to shoot. It is really very interesting to know the different kind of view that you get when you lay low on the ground and get to the horizontal level of flower to look though the view finder.
To view the complete collection of clicks that I took on this visit check out this Picassa link.
awesome photography Shekhar..
ReplyDeleteHey, Shekhar these are awesome clicks.
ReplyDeleteTo learn more from you, it would be great if you could also mention the camera lens details and at what exposure did u click them :)
Really awesome pics
-Amol
Amol, thank you very much for your comment.
ReplyDeleteThe camera that I have used for these clicks is Nikon D40 SLR. The lens used was 55 - 200mm nikkor lens. Depending on the background and various other factors I have changed the exposure for each click. Hope this helps.
-ShekharL
Amazing dude...way to go! Looking for some more :)
ReplyDeleteVery attractive. Nicely clicked.....
ReplyDeleteNice pics sir.. liked all of them.. keep sharing :)
ReplyDeleteSuperb clicks....!!!! __/\__
ReplyDeleteI would like to have a photo-session with you.... :P :P :D