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

[james]

After we left Dong Ba market, all of us went to a restaurant which is 5 mins walk from our hotel.

The dinner were accompanied by an imperial court music, named Nhã nhạc (in vietnamese).

String Instrument: "Feeling-ful"

Now i understand why some photog went so near to take the shots. The dinner was so nice that actually I missed quite a lot of great shots.

 

[chucky1]

Mass Poisoning by fotovu, on Flickr

 

[chucky1]

Fisherwoman by fotovu, on Flickr


The Pied Piper by fotovu, on Flickr
or is it the Leica Piper?


Banana women by fotovu, on Flickr
Whilst having Saigon coffee, we were approached by these 2 ladies who posed nicely for us. In return, we had to buy the bunch of bananas (Danny, Derek & I ended up eating 4 bananas each & was too stuffed for dinner after that)

 

[Nihao11]

Eating stall at Dong Ba Market by Nihao11, on Flickr


Food stall at Dong Ba Market by Nihao11, on Flickr

 

[Canto]

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...

excellent shot!!
you pann using a rangefinder??!!!

 

[Canto]

excellent coverage again limwhow!!! :thumbsup:

you never brought ur dslr along for this trip?!

 

[limwhow]

Day 2: Hue - The Citadel

Allow me to move slightly forward to Day 2 while the rest of our members get ready their photos for Day 1 and Day 2.
We woke up after a good night's rest to a wonderful sight at our hotel...

The Citadel and The Purple Forbidden City

Hue is the ancient capital of Vietnam from 1802 to 1945, and it is here where the old Emperors of Vietnam built their fortress and the Purple Forbidden City.
Modelled after the Forbidden City in Beijing, the strong Chinese influence was unmistakable.
And in every similar aspect, the Purple Forbidden City of the Citadel held the Harem of the Emperor and only the Eunuchs were allowed entrance.

Here, our good LowLights was monitoring the traffic going into the huge doorway of the Citadel, ensuring that the rest of the team members had a safe walk into the fortress.

So while he watched over, the young ladies of the group were able to enjoy their shooting outside the Citadel...

... and other not so young lady and man went shooting near the entrance...

. and beside the big longkang (moat)...

 

[limwhow]

excellent coverage again limwhow!!! :thumbsup:

you never brought ur dslr along for this trip?!

Haha.. thanks for your kind words, Canto!
Like you on your CNY trip to HK, both SereneXMM and I brought only Rangefinders for this trip.
Crazy. Sheer craziness! LOL!

 

[SereneXMM]

excellent shot!!
you pann using a rangefinder??!!!

Haha. Yes Canto, I panned using a rangfinder!:bsmilie:

 

[limwhow]

Walking in the Citadel...

Wah... the place is also quite big yah.....
Walking around searching for angle with the Noctilux in hand, was none other than our Marble-head.

 

[Canto]

Haha.. thanks for your kind words, Canto!
Like you on your CNY trip to HK, both SereneXMM and I brought only Rangefinders for this trip.
Crazy. Sheer craziness! LOL!

haha..my dslr oso in semi-retirement in my dry box.
look forward to the rest of ur trip pic!

Haha. Yes Canto, I panned using a rangfinder!:bsmilie:

skill full!!! :sweat:

 

[Nihao11]

Wow! Have U seen 4 person riding on a scooter ! by Nihao11, on Flickr


Two women chatting at the middle of the road by Nihao11, on Flickr

 

[limwhow]

... A Vintage Fortress, shot by a Vintage camera, on Vintage film...

Even before arriving in the ancient capital of Hue, I have envisioned myself shooting the old, nostalgic building of Hue on an old 1946 camera, with old colour film.
In disregard to the colour shift, the loss of speed on the film, I thought it would have been quite fun.
Well.... for what it's worth..

.. AlexK the portrait master giving me the thumbsup...

[Shot by Leica IIIf with Elmar 3.5cm on Kodak UltraMax 400 film]

Hazy, misty morning sky...

[Shot by Leica IIIf with Elmar 3.5cm on Kodak UltraMax 400 film]

[Shot by Leica IIIf with Elmar 3.5cm on Kodak UltraMax 400 film]

 

[limwhow]

The Citadel has fallen into disrepair after a great part of it was damaged during the war.
But a recent initiative saw reconstruction efforts being stepped up.
It was not big. And we found ourselves hitting the perimeter walls quickly.

Some of the old chambers...

[Shot by Leica IIIf with Elmar 3.5cm on Kodak UltraMax 400 film]

[Shot by Leica IIIf with Elmar 3.5cm on Kodak UltraMax 400 film]

[Shot by Leica IIIf with Elmar 3.5cm on Kodak UltraMax 400 film]

Hehe... the old rangefinder can still shoot running child in the old Citadel compound yo... LOL..

[Shot by Leica IIIf with Elmar 3.5cm on Kodak UltraMax 400 film]

 

[SereneXMM]

Some of my rangefinder shots using the Cosina Voigtlander 12mm lens.

Shooting from the stomach... using the 12mm lens on the rangefinder.

... wa, come come come... so many fishes!

Miss Kernik junior... in deep discusssion with Limwhow.

 

[SereneXMM]

Some more 12mm shots...

Standing with legs open..

Through the handles...

"Ok, one two three.. jump!" My Limwhow act cute.

Group 2 meeting up with Group 1 after they have finished the Khai Dinh tomb.

 

[limwhow]

... some more in the Citadel...

Adrian and Miss Han, our guide.

....................................................................................................... Our portrait master feeding the carps, and everyone went crazy shooting fishes!

This young Vietnam boy very kungfu! ..................................... ... and what was LowLights saying to me? I can't hear him, he's too far from me.. something about Welcoming me To Facebook...
...............................................................................................Kernik was laughing his head off.

 

[limwhow]

Khai Dinh Tomb

"Actually, Khai Dinh Tomb is pretty small. But it's just a place that you guys have to visit since you're here in Hue.
So we will take a trip there to shoot some shots.. It's a little touristy, though..." said Adrian.

No problem, Adrian.
Knowing this group of jokers... give us a scene and we will make the most out of it to shoot something.
So while Group 2 arrived at the Citadel after their morning tour of Khai Dinh Tomb, Group 1 went over to Khai Dinh Tomb...

 

[SereneXMM]

Wa, steps to walk up lah!

 

[SereneXMM]

Francis Chia shouted from on top: "Hey guys, you all come up here and let's all pose here together!". Yes he really said that. So all the boys walked up the steps.
And they saw all the statues standing there. Some smart boy started slinging his rangefinder around one of the statues' neck and everyone followed!

and then they all pose beside their camera and statue.

Wow.. they created quite a scene. Even some China tourists also came and take photos of this rare sight.