Photos from 8D7N Hanoi Halong Bay & Sapa Valley Photography Trek

[SereneXMM]

At last...the mother of all pictures...of me of course

I no sherperd cannot guide lost souls....only a poor puppy staring at me and wondering what the h** I am doing out in this pouring rain

Love the perspective of me standing over the horizon/or the breakline, and
pix turned out quite well despite the gloomy weather and poor lighting that morning whereby every photograher will have difficulty in taking.

Thanks

Keke. Since you say this is the mother of all pictures, stevepow can you please show me the father of all pictures on this trip?!:bsmilie::bsmilie:

 

[SereneXMM]

Thanks! Always good to be home and sleep in one's own bed.
p/s : Will definitely try to post some pics. lwhow sent me a guide on "how-to-post-pics". Once I figure the steps out, I will try to post one pic. So look out!

Shoooooo.......waiting patiently.....:vhappy:

 

[zoossh]

Thanks Zoossh.

This image not meant for glamour magazine, so I'd leave whatever "defects" on her face to depict the reality of hardship she has been going thru'.

isn't that just a pimple?

 

[limwhow]

T R A V E L O G U E ~ Day 6 - Bac Ha Market, Sapa

A well-deserved sleep on our first night in Sapa rested our tired legs, energized our depleted staminae, and replenished some deprived sleep.
We woke up the next morning to another good, hearty breakfast.
Looking forward to this day's exciting program, we were all equipped and recharged for another day of exciting photographic opportunities.
We knew, as Adrian has hinted, that today we will be seeing many Flower Hmongs.
The Flower Hmongs defer from the Black Hmong in that, as their name implies, their traditional costumes are very colourful.

The morning brought us a very light drizzle, nothing like the day before.
It was nice and cool, a great day for photography.

I thought it would be good to just start off this day with three simple shots representing Bac Ha Market, the traditional trading place for several minority tribes:

• Flower Hmongs
• King
• Fula
• Dzay
• Dzao

These are merely record shots of the costumes and there is nothing spectacular about them.

But I felt that this would be a good juncture for those of my good team mates who are ready to go ahead to display their photos
of the Flower Hmongs, while those mates who want to share their Black Hmong photos of the day before can still easily do so
as we are at this junction between the Black and the Flower.


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[SereneXMM]

Good morning stevepow!:vhappy::bsmilie:

 

[stevepow]

isn't that just a pimple?

Our of curiosity, did a check of my shot of the girl
Ya..pimple:think:

 

[stevepow]

Ok my takes of the Hmongs starting off with the "Mother and Child Reunion" sung by Paul Simon and with part of the lyrics reproduce here :

"No I would not give you false hope
On this strange and mournful day
But the mother and child reunion
Is only a motion away, oh, little darling of mine"

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This is a 'Child Carrying a Child'

 

[acpical]

Our of curiosity, did a check of my shot of the girl
Ya..pimple:think:

I admit it! I cloned away the pimple in my shot!! :bsmilie:

 

[stevepow]

Working on the padi field

1)

Too many overhead cables to clone..so leave them as per se

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3)

4)

Did ask her permission for this shot

Oh yes we did cross the 10k mark :thumbsup:

 

[limwhow]

I admit it! I cloned away the pimple in my shot!! :bsmilie:

We also PP her face in both SereneXMM and my shots:
1. Spot healing on her pimples
2. Guassian Blur face and did selective masking
3. Clone lightening to lighten her eye bag

We admit to being guilty guilty and nothing but guilty...:cry: boo hoo hoo...

 

[stevepow]

contu.. of my Hmong series...

 

[LowLights]

contu.. of my Hmong series...

Hahaha.. this one brings back memories :bsmilie:

 

[divinemoment]

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Shots that I wish I could have taken. Seems like I have a penchant for hung clothings.

 

[divinemoment]

I'm still Hantar Kaki at Ha Long Bay leh.

My artistic presentation of the Bay. Either you like it or hate it.

I'm not sure sunset or sunrise ?

 

[limwhow]

Shots that I wish I could have taken. Seems like I have a penchant for hung clothings.

Haha... thanks divinemoment!
Seriously, you have an eye for subjects and composition as evident in your shots, made more so apparent during our photo-sharing sessions.
Both SereneXMM and myself we have always enjoyed your shots!

Ok my takes of the Hmongs starting off with the "Mother and Child Reunion" sung by Paul Simon and with part of the lyrics reproduce here :

"No I would not give you false hope
On this strange and mournful day
But the mother and child reunion
Is only a motion away, oh, little darling of mine"
This is a 'Child Carrying a Child'

Stevepow, you are in a romantically inclined mood here - some more quoted song lyrics!
But seriously, I like the way you presented all your baby-carrying shots.
It gives us a good prespective of the Mother-and-child relationship.
And not to mention that it brings back memories of all the scenes we see back at Sapa, to quote what LowLights said.

Don't need to rush...give chance mah...and let the others have the opportunity to upload their pix as well for sharing..cos I want to cross the 10k viewership mark to make it as a record for us Trekkers...:bsmilie:

Well, this pole-wielding-Master seems to have a soft spot not only for dogs, children and human, he also has this thing for the (ahem...) 10k hor... Hahaha...

 

[limwhow]

Hmong lady looking down at the fields - and the path through which other travelers walked, slipped and fell, but not us

A little girl. She was a pitiful sight - cold and shivering. We knew later that she was waiting for her sister who was tending the cow below. She didn't want to leave even though a tribeswoman encouraged her to. It was shutters clicking and it took some friendly prompting from Adrian before we stopped. Now I think to myself whether I had crossed over into insensitivity: the girl was clearly distressed and I was only focused on getting the shot. I don't feel very good. :embrass:

Hey, acpical. This very nice shot of yours I still remember.
Nice and sexy shot of the young Hmong lady unwrapping and wrapping her leg cloth.
First you and I saw the skin of a Hmong lady's leg.

And ditto to your point about that lost little girl.
I didn't realise what happened at all and was firing away at her, until Adrian said "Don't herd around, don't herd around..."
It was only later that i understood what happened.
Adrian is the SNAG - Sensitive New Age Gentleman -> always very aware of feelings & emotions. Good man. Hard to find nowadays.

 

[limwhow]

My artistic presentation of the Bay. Either you like it or hate it.

Hate? What hate?
Simply magical!

I'm not sure sunset or sunrise ?

.... er, I think it should be, er... mid-day? :bsmilie::bsmilie:
Anyway another good shot here, divinemoment!

 

[SgTrekker]

Holy Cow guys! i 'disappeared' for a few days and our thread has almost hit 11k?!

Really grateful to have such wonderful travelling companions, and excellant photos everyone! WHow, i'm thinking your travellogues has to be a compulsory thing next time after each tour with us! It's good info and insight for people wanting to travel to Vietnam

I've yet to see ChubbyKei, Helen's, Jims, George's works, hopefully we'll see something soon

Mr Pow, didn't take you for a romantic WHow, i think he's the real SNAG among us! haha! He may look like army encik, but he has a heart of gold (and a belly for beer!) haha...

 

[SgTrekker]

Our of curiosity, did a check of my shot of the girl
Ya..pimple:think:

Actually guys, for Ms Vin, the main attraction were her eyes... I noticed it when she was serving us dinner, but i felt that so far, the photos posted of her do not give her due credit. I apologise as it was a spur of the moment arrangement, but i was hoping someone could get a beautiful shot of her eyes, with catchlight She also looks better when she doesn't smile...;p

 

[SgTrekker]

These are great photos :thumbsup: