Mallya's Photography

A Morning Walk in Lalbagh, Bangalore.

Lalbagh is a 240-acre garden located in south Bangalore. The garden has over 1,000 species of flora & fauna. It holds a large lake which is house for a variety of birds. The garden also has different varieties of trees some over 100 years old .

Many entuastic photographers vist this place in the morning hours to capture the beauty of the nature & the animals living in it. I also happen to visit this place over the weekend to get a break from daily routine & capture some of these in my camera.

Flowers in Lalbagh

Lalbagh this is the place where you get to see a most beautiful flowers in the busy city like Bangalore . Lalbagh hostess a 2-3 flower shows every year. never got a chance to be there at that time of the year.

Cassia javanica, also known as Java Cassia, Pink Shower, Apple Blossom TreeCassia javanica, also known as Java Cassia, Pink Shower, Apple Blossom Tree. This flower is blossom during the summer March to May.

White Balance: Auto

F: 5.6

Exp: 1/1600

Marigold this is a common found flower in Bangalore, grows in the weirdest of the places. Here i came across 2 silently standing marigold in the side-way of the jogging track.

White Balance: Auto

F: 5.6

Exp: 1/250

Guess this to be a species of the May flower. these bunch of flowers where on the tree & the early morning sunlight was giving a flower the pleasant glow.

I like taking snaps of the flowers. reason they will be there for a long time & i can try all the exposures & get the best of it :). where there are flowers bee's needs to be there. Bees on the flower make a beautiful combination how can i let go the these shots, guess i clicked 20-30 of these, but only the best one landed here on this blog.

Birds of Lalbagh

Mornings are the best time when you can see birds in lalbagh. God knows where they will go after 9-10. Guess they too have to go to workJ . Early morning one can see may different types of birds. The cranes,Ducks, the red headed hen, Hawks, parrots…..

Talking about Hawks, there are the Wight headed (Bald) & the brown headed species. Flight of these birds are beautiful. When you are with a camera u need to be fast, I found it very difficult to capture the right shots of them it takes lot of your time waiting for it to fly when its sitting on top of the tree. Best way to find these birds is these will be sitting on the top of the tree like the kings sitting on top of his thrown.

Parrots they are lot of these around here, you can got to the main entrance & one will find many of there. They will hide them self’s between the shades of the trees it very difficult to find it on the trees. Go by the sound you can find them. These are faster on flights than the hawks. I could not get a shot of them on flight (can be I am too slow for this).

Squirrels

These are shy by natures hence avoid peoples, as soon as they hear a noice ther are either on top of the tree or just run away from you. When they are eating some this its the best time for the shots. One needs to have a bit of patience with these animals. Ilike the way this animal moves around, I feel they do a lot of dancing J.