Cities: Ho-Chi-Minh-City, Vietnam

MichelvA wrote: Great to see life in this place Andreas, it is quite different from what we see here - especially those men behind the lathes with just open shoes standing in the chips (hope that is the right word ..). Would like to see more

thank you Michael, so I add some more. Not yet from this year, I just arrived, but some earlier

Dr. Harout wrote: Superb set of street life.

oh, thank you very much for your compliment!

random selection, all again on NEX5N ( lately have been using my Ricoh GXR M more though. and sorry hardly EXIF given, but I haven't recorded f stops used for the shots taken with manual lenses )

'Bánh căn', traditional 'pancakes' with Pentax K f2.8/24mm:


Pentax K f2.8/30mm


'night snack', Pentax k f2.8/24mm + lens turbo:


night time shopping of HP covers, Pen-F Zuiko f1.5/60mm


Voigtlaender Color-Heliar SL f2.5/75mm


Sigma f2.8/19mm

f6.3, 1/60 sec., ISO 160


f5, 1/60sec. ISO 500

not sure which lens I used, street lens repair of an Nikkor AF zoom:


cheers, andreas

WestCoastCannuck wrote: These are really great! I will be following this thread from now on. Your images are packed with character and skill. As a side note... YES, Michel, those are "chips". As a machinist my steel toed booties were cringing at the sight of the open toed sandals. Also the lack of safety glasses!! Really liked the "metal supermarket" too.

thank's a lot, glad that you like them. and thank you for answering Michael's question, yes it's chips from rough work with the turning lathes

here some very new ones from these last days, taken during Tet, the Vietnamese New Year


altars, offerings are place in front of house entrances at midnight of the New Year to invite the new, good spirits into the house

Vivitar MC Close Focus f2.8/28mm and lens turbo, ISO 2000, 1/30 sec.


Vivitar MC Close Focus f2.8/28mm and lens turbo, ISO 2000, 1/60 sec.

Saigon City Center celebrations

Color-Heliar f4.5/15mm, ISO3600, 1/50 sec.

kids posing in traditional dress áo dai

Saigon during Tet, Vietnamese New Year by andreas, on Flickr]
preset Takumar f2.8/105mm, f2.8 or f4 (?) ISO 640, 1/100 sec.

decorations on the street

Canon LTM f1.8/50mm, f1.8, ISO 640, 1/60 sec.

selling food on busy street during festivities

Pen-F Zuiko f1.8/38mm, f1.8, ISO 3200, 1/50 sec.

candles in Van Tho pagoda

Canon LTM f1.8/50mm, ISO 250, f1.8, 1/50 sec.

offering incense at Vĩnh Nghiem Pagoda

Olympus OM Zuiko f2/85mm, ISO 2500, f2, 1/100 sec.

New Years night at Vĩnh Nghiem Pagoda

Vivitar MC Close Focus f2.8/28mm and lens turbo, ISO 1000, 1/40 sec.

Chúc Mừng Nǎm Mới,
kuuan

edit 20/07/2017: the pjoto of the kids had not shown any more, corrected that

Edited by kuuan - 20 July 2017 at 17:16

crlowryjr wrote: wow Andreas! Vietnam has been on my list of places to visit for quite some time, and your photos make me want to get on a plane ASAP. ---Rob

Rob have you made it there yet? it has been over 3 years!
- sorry guys for having abandoned this thread, I had not been active in this forum and just now, by chance,arrived here again.

still going to Ho Chi Minh City, quite a few photos taken since then. A few samples more from 2014 ( a few might not be taken with a Sony camera, I hope that's ok, for ballancing I shall later add pics taken with my, since then acquired, Sony A7 ;) )


chicken by andreas, on Flickr, CV Heliar f4.5/15mm, Ricoh GXR M


neigborhood pedicure by andreas, on Flickr, Canon LTM f1.8/35mm, Sony NEX5n


saigon evening by andreas, on Flickr, "Pen-F" Zuiko f1.8/38mm, Ricoh GXR M


Untitled by andreas, on Flickr, "Pen-F" Zuiko f3.5/20mm, Sony NEX5n


Untitled by andreas, on Flickr, "Pen-F" Zuiko f1.8/38mm, Sony NEX5n


selling lottery ticket by andreas, on Flickr, Canon LTM f1.4/50mm, Sony NEX5n


friends by andreas, on Flickr, Canon LTM f1.4/50mm, Sony NEX5n


Untitled by andreas, on Flickr, Canon LTM f1.8/50mm, Sony NEX5n


Untitled by andreas, on Flickr, M-Rokkor f2/40mm, Ricoh GXR M

all my photos taken in Ho Chi Minh City, or Saigon as residents say, during 2014
plan to show more from 2015, 2016 and 2017
cheers, andreas

Edited by kuuan - 20 July 2017 at 18:07

    this Vietnam thread from image 1 till now is awesome. Thanks for sharing

thank you very much for your kind comments, Red-Again and Aavo

2nd color patch of 2015 takes:

ambulant bread seller by andreas, on Flickr, C.V. Skopar f4/25mm, Sony A7


an instrument maker's workshop by andreas, on Flickr, C.V. Skopar f4/25mm, Sony A7


Untitled by andreas, on Flickr, C.V. Skopar f4/25mm, Sony A7


wedding party by andreas, on Flickr, C.V. Skopar f4/21mm, Sony A7


drinking water home delivery by andreas, on Flickr, Canon LTM f2/35mm, Sony A7


Bo Tree by andreas, on Flickr, C.V. Skopar f4/25mm, Sony A7


Saloon by andreas, on Flickr, C.V. Skopar f4/25mm, Sony A7


halloou :) by andreas, on Flickr, S-M-C Takumar f1.4/50mm, SOny A7


Untitled by andreas, on Flickr, Canon LTM f2/35mm, Sony A7


New Year Eve Dinner by andreas, on Flickr, Canon LTM f1.8/35mm, Sony A7

beautiophile wrote: Glad to know that some dyxumers visited my home town. I wish I found this thread before. By the way, here are my pics from last 2 years. They were shot by digital and film A-mount cameras. Hope you enjoy them.

very nice! this thread needed some good photos of architecture, specially of the city centre, thank's a lot!
Obviously mine are of people, people, people on the street, people on motorbikes, motorbikes and then comes architecture..

a few from 2015 in B&W

Untitled by andreas, on Flickr, Canon LTM f2/35mm, Sony NEX5n


Untitled by andreas, on Flickr, S-M-C Takumar f1.4/50mm, Sony A7


Untitled by andreas, on Flickr, C.V. Heliar f4.5/15mm, Sony NEX5n


Untitled by andreas, on Flickr, C.V. Heliar f4.5/15mm, Sony NEX5n


Untitled by andreas, on FlickrC.V. Heliar f4.5/15mm, Sony NEX5n


Untitled by andreas, on Flickr, Canon LTM f2/35mm, Sony NEX5n


Untitled by andreas, on Flickr, Canon LTM f1.5/50mm, Sony NEX5n