SGTrekker's Photos from 6D5N Central Vietnam Photography Tour (10-15 Feb 2012)

[limwhow]

Lovely series of photos the last shot with the trishaw girl was especially nice :thumbsup: !!

Thank you so much, Justintime!

Beautiful B&Ws! Thanks for sharing. Please keep them coming. Make me want to consider film (as well). Kena poisoned deep deep this trip.

Chucky yah Chucky... I am sure it takes no time for you to go into film.
If you would like to, I have some film bodies that I am more than happy to let you have a go at...

nice one lim dai sor!!!...

Thank you, ClemC! I think she must have seen my Dai Sor that kind of gong gong look that was why she took pity on me and offered me her food! LOL!

limwhow, nice b&w series. So feelingful. The one with the little girl "You wanna ride my trishaw?" :thumbsup:

Thank you AlexK! You say feelingful it must be feelingful!

 

[Daoyin]

Lay Dai Sor cannot any_how shot now as he is using film. haha.

 

[limwhow]

Lay Dai Sor cannot any_how shot now as he is using film. haha.

Haha... I remember our good friend ageless who said "Limwhow, you must not be stingy on film. Just shoot!"
And I remember our even gooder friend Henri-Cartier-Bresson who said something to the effect like 'the first 100,000 shots on film are test shots'.. LOL.
So I just heck care and shot lor.
Now I am suffering from the aftermath of that... got to develop and scan them. They are all looking at me on the table, the negatives, while I cry my eyes out... LOL!!!

 

[limwhow]

... Still at Dong Ba Market...

Erm... take a leak, anyone?
Vngks and I walked past this interesting setup... outdoor, (almost) open-air male toilet...

[Leica M6TTL with Summilux 35mm V1 on Kodak TriX 400 film]

Support the Local Industry!
SgTrekker's mantra is always 'Support the local industry. If it is good and cheap, just buy it.'
So being very guai and loyal SgTrekker customers, we followed their instruction to the dot.
Here SereneXMM and Mrs AlexK looked intensely at the conical hats, while vngks did some calculation for them.

"This hat is good," explained the stall owner. "It glows when you hold it up against the sun like this."
And that two silly lady REALLY tried with the hat over their face, looking into the sun!!! Wahahaha...

 

[divinemoment]

Actually there are so many things to shoot and we have a lot of time. So we went out to the main road to shoot panning shots.

Wa lau, the first time I see trishaw with this big cabinet like this. This man is really good.

It was getting dark already.

Aiya, I think I shake a bit.

I saw this three student cycling...

All your panning shots are see bei swee and chun

 

[divinemoment]

Haha... I remember our good friend ageless who said "Limwhow, you must not be stingy on film. Just shoot!"
And I remember our even gooder friend Henri-Cartier-Bresson who said something to the effect like 'the first 100,000 shots on film are test shots'.. LOL.
So I just heck care and shot lor.
Now I am suffering from the aftermath of that... got to develop and scan them. They are all looking at me on the table, the negatives, while I cry my eyes out... LOL!!!

First 10,000, not 100,000. haha

 

[hahatan]

wah... 10,000 or 100,000.... im still at my 6th roll only of 10 exposures only!

im so behind!

First 10,000, not 100,000. haha

 

[limwhow]

It's turning dark in Hue already...

Yupe. The day just past like that. We hadn't got enough time to cheong Thien Mu Pagoda.
But certainly we still had time to enjoy a nice dinner.
Where did we have dinner?
A quaint little restaurant called An Phuoc about 5 minutes walk from our hotel.

.........................................................................................................Upstairs third floor we went...

"Gentlemen, come! I've brought a bottle of reds.
Let's cheer to some new camera gear when I return home!" chuckled Chuck...

.........................................................................................................................................Walking back to the hotel...

 

[limwhow]

... One for the bed!

We would have thought that dinner marked the end of the day.
But no! These guys are very enthusiastic! All went cheong-ing to the next door Vietnamese coffee joint for a late night coffee... a sure recipe for a sleepless night! :bsmilie:

Yupe... finally, we could all have a nice night of sleep.

 

[chucky1]

Chucky yah Chucky... I am sure it takes no time for you to go into film.
If you would like to, I have some film bodies that I am more than happy to let you have a go at...

Thanks whow, I was already poisoned bad. Now I need to recuperate from this before I go poisoning myself again!

 

[chucky1]

"Gentlemen, come! I've brought a bottle of reds.
Let's cheer to some new camera gear when I return home!"[/COLOR] chuckled Chuck...

Chucky was just rehearsing to steady his hands before pulling the L trigger. (may be the wine is poisoned)

 

[james]

... One for the bed!

We would have thought that dinner marked the end of the day.
But no! These guys are very enthusiastic! All went cheong-ing to the next door Vietnamese coffee joint for a late night coffee... a sure recipe for a sleepless night! :bsmilie:

Yupe... finally, we could all have a nice night of sleep.

something wrong with the picture. it should be huda or hue beer in the glass instead of coffee. jio!

The place we have the coffee. Quite romantic huh?!

Actually they didn't expect our coming, I remember I was using a fork as a teaspoon as they ran out quite a lot of things.

 

[chucky1]

String Instrument: "Feeling-ful"

The Vietnamese Jimi Hendrix!!

 

[SereneXMM]

The Onion Lady

Nice shot. Frozen onions. Bouncing onions

Nicely captured, SG Trekker!

 

[limwhow]

something wrong with the picture. it should be huda or hue beer in the glass instead of coffee. jio!

The place we have the coffee. Quite romantic huh?!

Actually they didn't expect our coming, I remember I was using a fork as a teaspoon as they ran out quite a lot of things.

Haha.. james, it WAS coffee. Just that they were not prepared, so they used the beer mug to hold the coffee.
It was Saigon coffee ordered for me by Francis Chia.

 

[james]

Some of the scenes in Dong Ba market

 

[SereneXMM]

All your panning shots are see bei swee and chun

Thank you, thank you so much bro dividemoment for your kind words. I'm newbie in panning...:sweat:

 

[james]

While taking care of her stall, this old lady was having meal at the same time. Hard life.

An old lady selling pig trotters at one corner of Dong Ba market

This trishaw ah pek was wondering why so many people were taking his photos.

Another view of the traffic. Hope they travel safe.

 

[SereneXMM]

Beautiful B&Ws! Thanks for sharing. Please keep them coming. Make me want to consider film (as well). Kena poisoned deep deep this trip.

Welcome to the "L" world, chucky1!:bsmilie:

 

[james]

Haha.. james, it WAS coffee. Just that they were not prepared, so they used the beer mug to hold the coffee.
It was Saigon coffee ordered for me by Francis Chia.

It is a memorable night, 1st day in Hue.