Sikkim : Moods of Lava

Lava is a small sleepy hamlet in northern part of Bengal. Lava in bhutanese is broken into "La" meaning the lord and "va" meaning his presence. Like other places in north east time stands still in this place.

Fern Alignment
As part of the morning bird search in lava we came across these patch of ferns. I wanted to make some different images of them but by then our driver had sighted some bird activity and in trying to figure out what he had found I got distracted. Then coincidentally while coming back from Neora Valley we happened to pass through the same route which gave me another chance to make some images of them.




Nathula Peak in morning light
The peak looks barren. An image from the place where we stayed. I made this image in December. Think by now the peaks would be covered with snow.




Patterns of fern
Another fern image made while walking along Lava aligarh road.




Black Bulbul
On top of the canopy. An accidental shot. Only during the time off processing I noticed the second bulbul in the frame.



Changey Falls