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

[SereneXMM]

What master pieces? All my aces already thrown out in the photo sharing. Kosong already. Must pp and flip other way round liao.

Hey bro divinemoment, I've been waiting high and low for your photos :bigeyes:. Quick, post your pictures leh....

 

[SereneXMM]

Limwhow:

Your next threshold will be this. ha ha ha ha

Hahahahahah.... scary siah!

 

[stevepow]

Stevepow.... sweet ah!
The next time we go SgTrekker trip to Vietnam, I would specially ask Adrian to indent her as our local tour guide.
Then Adrian will have much less work to do liao. :bsmilie:

Awaiting alot of the 'sweet sweet' pix from the others, please

Also more 'tok kong' photos to come as well

We're still in Hanoi...need to move over to Nim Binh on the river cruise, or are there still more pix to come on Hanoi

 

[limwhow]

Awaiting alot of the 'sweet sweet' pix from the others, please

Also more 'tok kong' photos to come as well

We're still in Hanoi...need to move over to Nim Binh on the river cruise, or are there still more pix to come on Hanoi

Hah! Is it?!
Moving to Nim Binh now?
OK OK OK... Your wish is my command. Ready? Let's go.

 

[SereneXMM]

Before we set off for Nim Binh, Adrian brought us along to roam the streets of the Old Quarter of Hanoi.

SereneXMM #14
We toured the Traditional House of Ancient Quarter of Hanoi.

SereneXMM #15
We kept shooting at the people on the street.
They must be thinking we all siow one leh... keke...

SereneXMM #16
Stevepow, you got one shot exactly here like this.
But you were lucky because after you shot her, when I shot her, she scolded me. Kekeke...

SereneXMM #17
This lady selling sticky rice.
So cute, she her mouth slanted one side, and our good friend's mouth slanted the other side.

Moving on to Nim Binh liao...

 

[limwhow]

T R A V E L O G U E - Day 2 Hanoi ~ Ninh Binh continued...

limwhow #29
Eh... before we go to Ninh Binh, here are some more of the Old Quarter photos.
This cute gentleman on the bike carrying a big big bag of don't know what.

limwhow #30
As we were walking back to the hotel getting ready to leave for Ninh Binh, I caught sight of this gentleman on my right side smoking a long Vietnamese pipe.
I grabbed my tua leng kong and gave him a shot.

limwhow #31

This is the sign just inside the courtyard of the Traditional Ancient House of Hanoi Old Quarter.

limwhow #32

On our way to Ninh Binh, we past a small little lane by the road side with a few small houses.
Adrian again instructed us to all De-bus because the photographic opportunity has arisen.
We all guai guai walked down.
Little did we know we would be met with wonderful display of affection from the Vietnamese children.

limwhow #33

The hazy mountains in the distance, a dirt road to no where, river by the side of the house.... wah, dream place to retire man...
Here is chubbykei, Jim and our ever-trusty Vietnamese guide Tommy... taking a shot of the scene.

 

[limwhow]

limwhow #34

Who else but our Master Photographer...

limwhow #35
We have Visitors! - The Vietnamese children excitedly running towards their unexpected guests...

limwhow #36

And which one of us can forget this very friendly girl cycling to and fro, to and fro and waving to us... just so that we can catch a nice shot of her?
Such spontaneity!

limwhow #36B

This is one very important shots of our vehicle together with its license plate number.
It was taken on our way to Nim Binh.
This shot's main purpose was for the benefits of some of the good brothers and sisters in our team
who have a knack for numerical figures and are very good in making the most of these numbers.

Together with these pictures SereneXMM #15 and limwhow #29, I am sure this photo would certainly give us some inspiration for this coming Saturday and Sunday.

 

[divinemoment]

Here's my contribution:

 

[vngks]

Wah so much fun and got model shoot somemore :thumbsup:

Bro AlexK, our next trip u need to lug along your reflectors+stand liao then I got to bug Adrian to borrow a portable fan from the locals for "wind" effect ROFL :bsmilie:

 

[limwhow]

Wah so much fun and got model shoot somemore :thumbsup:

Bro AlexK, our next trip u need to lug along your reflectors+stand liao then I got to bug Adrian to borrow a portable fan from the locals for "wind" effect ROFL :bsmilie:

Haha... I heard our coming trip to Jiuzhai gou w Sgtrekker got professional Chinese and professional Tibetan model shoot too!

Anyway, here is a record shot of the two beautiful models on the trip.

 

[divinemoment]

Hahahahahah.... scary siah!

If he slip, no help this time

 

[divinemoment]

T R A V E L O G U E

Perfect timing and his expression a great sign of satisfaction

 

[divinemoment]

limwhow #34

The Tua Ling Kong lens really has its value added. Very nice bokeh and nicely composed.

 

[divinemoment]

The Vietnamese model always not looking at me. So sad. So try my luck on buffalo portraiture. I think at least it response.

 

[SereneXMM]

SereneXMM #18
This is an IR shot of that cute little girl.

SereneXMM #19
This is another IR shot of the slow moving river at the small dirt road.

 

[samchong]

Haha... I heard our coming trip to Jiuzhai gou w Sgtrekker got professional Chinese and professional Tibetan model shoot too!

Hi limwhow , Love your photos ,very nice bokeh .Do you mind to share what cam and lens you are using

 

[limwhow]

Hi limwhow , Love your photos ,very nice bokeh .Do you mind to share what cam and lens you are using

Hello Samchong.
I use Canon cameras.
For this trip I brought:
* 1DsMkIII w 16-35mm f/2.8
* 1DMkIII w 70-200 mm f/2.8 + 1.4x Extender
* 20D w 10-17mm Fish eye

But honestly, many of the photographers in this very good team have 'been there and done that' already. So their gears have been streamlined over their years of experience.
And thus I was really a laughing stock.
The most newbie are usually the ones with the most camera gears.

And thank you for your praises.
The experienced photographers are miles ahead of me. Haha...!

 

[divinemoment]

Hey bro divinemoment, I've been waiting high and low for your photos :bigeyes:. Quick, post your pictures leh....

Can't catch up with you fellows. After walking 14km, still recuperating lah. Needed PP for these portriats to clamoflange my deficiency.

 

[limwhow]

Perfect timing and his expression a great sign of satisfaction

The Tua Ling Kong lens really has its value added. Very nice bokeh and nicely composed.

Divinemoment, many thanks again for appreciating my humble work.

The Vietnamese model always not looking at me. So sad. So try my luck on buffalo portraiture. I think at least it response.

Hmmm, you are good with the buffalos.
Must be your charm...
I have not much luck with neither Vietnamese model nor Vietnamese Buffalos... hahaha...!


limwhow #37

Here is my share of an IR shot of the small road side stop-over at Nim Binh.

 

[ahbian]

Er... my dream scene of a pretty Vietnamese girl in white Ao Dai riding a bicycle on the road and looking back sweetly at us never materialise.
This is the best I could do.
But I am happy enough.

I was told that there is a high chance of such shots if you were to station yourself outself a school during dismissal time.

I was in Hanoi from 1-4 June, not sure if I bumped into you guys. Nice reliving through this thread.