Tag: <span>lal bagh</span>

Date: 23rd January, 2012

After how well-received my last flower show post was, I decided to cover this year’s Republic Day Flower show at Bangalore’s Lal Bagh Botanical Gardens.

I initially planned on waking up really early to avoid the crowds that would be thronging Lal Bagh in the days leading up to 26th January (India’s Republic Day), but given the cold weather, throwing aside my cozy blanket and getting out of bed early morning seemed near impossible.

So post lunch, I set off.

Lal Bagh towards glasshouse Bangalore India — I parked my bike inside, paid the Rs. 30 entry fee and walked towards the glasshouse

Lal Bagh glasshouse Republic Day flower show crowd Bangalore — It was 3pm -- and crowded!

Lal Bagh glasshouse Bangalore India — I walked around the glasshouse to get to the starting point

Buddhist temple stupa flower design Lal Bagh show Bengaluru — Every year the organizers have one major attraction that's the signature showpiece

Buddhist stupa design Lal Bagh flower show Bangalore — This flower show's main attraction was a Peace Pagoda, a Buddhist Stupa

Korean buddha stupa flower design Lal Bagh Republic day show Bangalore — This one was modelled on the Buddha Sharira Stupa in Jeju Island, South Korea

Group of annuals Lal Bagh glasshouse corner panorama — Group of Annuals at the corner

Geranium flowers Lal Bagh flower show Bangalore — Recognized some of the flowers from my last visit

Dahlia flowers Lal Bagh botanical gardens Bangalore India — Right next to the Geraniums were the Dahlias

Dahlia flower macro closeup Lal Bagh Bangalore India — They - were - pretty

Dahlia flower petals Lal Bagh Bangalore India — These flowers were quite the hit among the public

Dhalia Lal Bagh flower show Bangalore — Dhalias?

Orchids Art of Life exhibit Lal Bagh flower show Bangalore — They had a section for orchids

Needless to say the orchids on display were nowhere near the orchid collection I saw in Singapore’s Orchid Garden.

Pot flowing flowers display Lal Bagh Republic Day show Bangalore — This was the other part of the main attraction

Flower wave out of pot Lal Bagh Bangalore floral show — I don't know what the inspiration behind this piece of work was

Swan made of flowers Lal Bagh show Republic Day Bangalore — Look, a flower swan too

Flowers flowing design Lal Bagh Republic day show panorama — Wonder what flowers they used

Lal Bagh glasshouse Republic day flower show main attraction Bangalore — I would say the big attraction was quite impressive his year

Mandhara school of floral arts section Lal Bagh flower show Bangalore — This section was being arranged by a floral arts school

Fruits design display Lal Bagh flower show Bangalore — It wasn't just flowers they were using

Kamsale flower arrangement Lal Bagh show Republic day — They had floral arrangements inspired by select Indian states and their respective cultural contributions

Kuchipudi flower arrangement Lal Bagh show Bangalore — This arrangement inspired by Indian classical dance

Kathakali inspired floral arrangement Bangalore — Inspired by Kerala's symbolic kathakali dance

Brassica flower Fern Hill garden Lal Bagh show — These rose-like flowers looked really nice

Brassica flower Lal Bagh Bangalore — What the flower is actually called

Cockscomb plant Lal Bagh glasshouse Bangalore — The ever so interesting cockscomb plant

Indian flag national anthem rice mustard Lal Bagh display — The Indian flag made using coloured rice grains and our national anthem written using mustard seeds

Taj Mahal made using rice grains Lal Bagh display — A portrait of the Taj Mahal made using rice grains

Buddhist stupa made of flowers Lal Bagh Bangalore — It was time to leave

I actually did two rounds — first with my wide angle lens mounted on the camera, and then a second round with my Tamron 28-75mm macro lens.

Honeybee flying around flower Lal Bagh Bangalore — This is why I need the Tamron lens for such occasions

Bee flower macro photography Lal Bagh Bangalore India — I love taking such shots

Buddhist stupa floral temple Lal Bagh Republic day show panorama — Took the final few shots of the main attraction at this year's flower show

Lal Bagh glasshouse roof buddha stupa floral design — I had spent well over an hour inside the glasshouse

There weren’t many new flower varieties on display inside, many of which I had seen in the last flower show I attended. Still, I got my money’s worth of photographs.

Soap bubble floating Lal Bagh Bangalore — Saw a kid outside blowing soap bubbles and I had the spontaneous instinct to just click this bubble

Lal Bagh reflection in bubble Bangalore — I'm glad I did -- check out that reflection!

Bubble floating in the sky Bangalore India — Followed the bubble as the wind lifted it up in the sky -- until it burst

Lal Bagh glasshouse crystal palace history Bangalore India — History of the glasshouse at Lal Bagh

Lal Bagh fountain Bengaluru — Went up to the fountain

Fountain water droplets fast shutter speed — Played around with shutter speeds

Lal Bagh fountain slow shutter speed Bangalore — Slow shutter speed

Lal Bagh fountain fast shutter speed Bangalore — Fast shutter speed

Fountain figure slow shutter water effect Bangalore India — I was quite enjoying this

Lal Bagh fountain figure water droplets slow shutter effect — Okay fine, I'll stop

Lal Bagh fountain glasshouse Bangalore India — I stepped away from the fountain

Lal Bagh glasshouse structure sunlight shadow — It was nearing 5pm

Lal Bagh botanical gardens tall trees Bangalore — I walked back

Japanese garden entrance Lal Bagh Bangalore — Made a quick visit in here before leaving

Monkey Lal Bagh gardens Bangalore India — What's a visit to an attraction in India without the presence of these guys

Peacock flower creation Lal Bagh show Bangalore — Inside here, this was drawing a lot near

Mahabharath sand artwork creation Lal Bagh Bangalore — So was this sand sculpture paying homage to one of India's greatest epics

Tree branches white flower Lal Bagh — The branches look like reindeer antlers

Kempegowda tower temple rock Lal Bagh garden Bangalore India — All in all, a good photo session

I wonder what the organizers have in store for this year’s Independence Day Flower Show.

If you liked this post, and would like to see more flower photography, also check out:

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Date: August 08, 2010

In the 7 1/2 years I have been in Bangalore, I’ve never seen the annual flower show held at Lal Bagh Botanical Gardens leading up to August 15th (India’s Independence Day). So this time, I told myself I wasn’t going to miss it.

Also, I haven’t clicked in a while.

So on a bright Sunday morning, I actually forced myself to get up at 7:30am and made my way to Lal Bagh with my Canon 7D and Tamron 28-75 f2.8 lens in tow.

Lal Bagh had it’s usual early morning joggers but I wanted to make it here early before it got too crowded.

Lal Bagh Botanical gardens entrance — Lal Bagh on a rather calm Sunday morning

I paid the entrance fee of Rs. 40 (it’s Rs. 30 on weekdays and I didn’t qualify for the Rs. 10 ticket for children either). As I made my way in, first up was a vegetables.

Boring. Then I realized the main flower show was inside the glasshouse.

Lal Bagh glasshouse from steps — The Lal Bagh glasshouse

Every year, the organizers put up one big show piece all done up using flowers. Last year’s big attraction was a dinosaur but this year, the organizers paid tribute to our soldiers.

Lal Bagh flower show India Gate vertical — India Gate

And with that, I began clicking…

Bangalore Lal Bagh flower show HAL first prize — There were a lot of 1st prize signs, so I'm not sure who the clear winner was

Bangalore Lal Bagh flower show Petunias — From a distance, these looked like sushi rolls to me

Lal Bagh flower show India Gate water sprinkling — India Gate was sprinkled with water internally from time to time

Lal Bagh flower show India Gate panorama — This is a panorama comprised of 7 shots

Bangalore Lal Bagh flower show salvia — With the dripping paint, more like 'Saliva'

Bangalore Lal Bagh flower show plastic — I don't think this was real

Bangalore Lal Bagh flower china astor — If only sharpening pencils produced such beauty

Bangalore Lal Bagh flower show BDA linaria — Not to be confused with Bangalore Muncipality's 'malaria'

Bangalore Lal Bagh flower show cockscomb red — This was the most interesting looking flower they had at the show -- called the Cockscomb

Bangalore Lal Bagh flower show cockscomb pink — Everybody wanted to touch it

Bangalore Lal Bagh flower show cockscomb flower — From a distance, this looked like cauliflower flower(?)*

Bangalore Lal Bagh flower show pink rose dew — The good old fashioned rose

Bangalore Lal Bagh flower honeybee flying away — Spent a long time shooting this bee

Lal Bagh flower show India Gate side — There were a LOT of photographers...

Bangalore Lal Bagh flower show macro photographer — ... and I wasn't the only one enjoying macro photography 🙂

Lal Bagh glasshouse panorama — If I had my Canon 10-22, I could have got this photo in just one frame -- but this is comprised of 8 shots

All in all, I was very happy with the photos I took. I don’t usually shoot macro, simply because before I bought the Tamron 28-75mm, I couldn’t have been bothered. But now, I’m hooked!

Bangalore Lal Bagh flower show sleeping dog — Man's best friend couldn't be bothered. Sunday after all...

*if you are wondering whether I often have food on my mind, the answer is ‘yes’