Tim Zhou
Established
Trung,
Great to see your photos, I only realised after I got home that I also ended up in Cao Bang in the end. The border was a river called Nho Quế River.
_R010564-Edit by T Zhou, on Flickr
Great to see your photos, I only realised after I got home that I also ended up in Cao Bang in the end. The border was a river called Nho Quế River.
_R010564-Edit by T Zhou, on Flickr
kiemchacsu
Well-known
Tim,
interesting scene, what were they doing by the way?
One more from Hagiang, the "Vuong" palace, built under Vuong Chin Duc regime , the King of H'Mong community in Hagiang
1804_fomapan_M2-35f2_29_p1 by Trung Nguyen, on Flickr
interesting scene, what were they doing by the way?
One more from Hagiang, the "Vuong" palace, built under Vuong Chin Duc regime , the King of H'Mong community in Hagiang
1804_fomapan_M2-35f2_29_p1 by Trung Nguyen, on Flickr
Tim Zhou
Established
Trung,
It is a raft used by local people to cross the river, the family who runs this ferry service lives on the river bank in Cao Bang (see the pic below). We waited on the Ha Giang side, then the couple who were working nearby shouted for us, the boy and his cousin (who was just having some fun on the raft) came to fetch us. 30K vnd for a motorbike to cross if I remember correctly.
_R010556-Edit by T Zhou, on Flickr
It is a raft used by local people to cross the river, the family who runs this ferry service lives on the river bank in Cao Bang (see the pic below). We waited on the Ha Giang side, then the couple who were working nearby shouted for us, the boy and his cousin (who was just having some fun on the raft) came to fetch us. 30K vnd for a motorbike to cross if I remember correctly.
_R010556-Edit by T Zhou, on Flickr
Moto-Uno
Moto-Uno
^ For those unaccustomed to the vnd , that equals around $2 Canadian
Peter
Peter
kiemchacsu
Well-known
Sadly that Ha Giang and other surrounded province has experienced historic flood.
details in link below. People talked about the causes of unprecedented issue, which are: forest demolished, many hydraulic power plants are constructed without deeply concern of environment impacts
http://english.vietnamnet.vn/fms/vi...ha-giang-devastated-by-historic-flooding.html
details in link below. People talked about the causes of unprecedented issue, which are: forest demolished, many hydraulic power plants are constructed without deeply concern of environment impacts
http://english.vietnamnet.vn/fms/vi...ha-giang-devastated-by-historic-flooding.html
Tim Zhou
Established
This is very sad news. The water marks in the city showed the severity of the flooding.
I did notice many small hydraulic plants were being built in the region. More worrying to me was the practice in spring to clear the vegetations on mountain slopes to grow maize. But it would be too easy to criticise as people who live on the top of mountain have hardly anything to live on. Hopefully, the region will have some rethinking to develop its economy in a more sustainable way.
I did notice many small hydraulic plants were being built in the region. More worrying to me was the practice in spring to clear the vegetations on mountain slopes to grow maize. But it would be too easy to criticise as people who live on the top of mountain have hardly anything to live on. Hopefully, the region will have some rethinking to develop its economy in a more sustainable way.
Tim Zhou
Established
I went back to Ha Giang second time in a year. I guess I enjoyed it the first time. It was still easy to see the devastations caused by the flooding 3 months ago. I will try to add few more photos once I get time. Thanks.
_DSC5509-Edit by T Zhou, on Flickr
_DSC5509-Edit by T Zhou, on Flickr
Tim Zhou
Established
jbielikowski
Jan Bielikowski
let me bring back to life this thread, as this was the main reason I wanted to visit Northern Vietnam last year, and for anybody who missed this just look at the OP, killer pictures.
more than ten years than original pictures made by kiemchacsu, it's still a different world, even with scooters and large LCD TVs everywhere.
small difference, I wasn't as close to the border with China, with just couple days available we decided to stick to Bắc Hà region, with Hà Giang and Đồng Văn left "for next time".
BW: Konica Off-Road 35, Trix
Color: Pentax Espio Mini, Ektachrome
I already posted couple of them before so please forgive me if you see them second time.
more than ten years than original pictures made by kiemchacsu, it's still a different world, even with scooters and large LCD TVs everywhere.
small difference, I wasn't as close to the border with China, with just couple days available we decided to stick to Bắc Hà region, with Hà Giang and Đồng Văn left "for next time".
BW: Konica Off-Road 35, Trix
Color: Pentax Espio Mini, Ektachrome
I already posted couple of them before so please forgive me if you see them second time.
jbielikowski
Jan Bielikowski
raydm6
Yay! Cameras! 🙈🙉🙊┌( ಠ_ಠ)┘ [◉"]
What an utterly enjoyable thread with some amazing imagery and socio-cultural commentary.
Stunning color and B&W work. Beautiful!
Thanks for resurrecting it @jbielikowski!
Stunning color and B&W work. Beautiful!
Thanks for resurrecting it @jbielikowski!
Freakscene
Obscure member
These are just amazingly excellent. The tones you get from Tri-X are really great. Do you use filters? The skies look amazing.
agentlossing
Well-known
Excellent thread, to all involved! Thanks for bringing it back, @jbielikowski
kiemchacsu
Well-known
THanks for revisting the thread; For quite a long time I haven't managed to back to Hagiang.let me bring back to life this thread, as this was the main reason I wanted to visit Northern Vietnam last year, and for anybody who missed this just look at the OP, killer pictures.
more than ten years than original pictures made by kiemchacsu, it's still a different world, even with scooters and large LCD TVs everywhere.
small difference, I wasn't as close to the border with China, with just couple days available we decided to stick to Bắc Hà region, with Hà Giang and Đồng Văn left "for next time".
BW: Konica Off-Road 35, Trix
Color: Pentax Espio Mini, Ektachrome
I already posted couple of them before so please forgive me if you see them second time.
And it's just in time that I will be back there this July, hopefully can capture some new interesting photos.
Great shots. @jbielikowski and keep posting. Cheers;
jbielikowski
Jan Bielikowski
I'm happy this thread got some more attention it well deserved.
in darkroom terms sky need like 60 sec of exposure, while moutains are around 8 sec IIRC, I made some prints of them and got similar results to what I've done in Photoshop.
thank you! I used a simple P&S so what I've done is develop the film in DD-X for maximum latitude and adjusted to taste with heavily-handed dodge&burn.These are just amazingly excellent. The tones you get from Tri-X are really great. Do you use filters? The skies look amazing.
in darkroom terms sky need like 60 sec of exposure, while moutains are around 8 sec IIRC, I made some prints of them and got similar results to what I've done in Photoshop.
jbielikowski
Jan Bielikowski
market in Bắc Hà.
Tim Zhou
Established
My latest trip to Ha Giang after a long pause of 3.5 years. Noticed some changes, like new border walls between China and Ha Giang, apparently, they were built by the Chinese during the pandemic. Also mobile phone signal coverage was impressive. Smartphones were getting popular.
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kiemchacsu
Well-known
Tim Zhou
Established
@kiemchacsu
Hi Trung, hope you and your family are keeping well. Long time no see! The pandemic stopped me travelling for 3 years! I guess you also travelled less? Yes, you must go back and take more photos 😀
I regretted that I didn't ask this girl's mother about their ethnic background. Her mother ran this restaurant somewhere in Hoang Su Phi, a predominantly black Dao area. It was a market day when everyone dressed better than usual.
Hi Trung, hope you and your family are keeping well. Long time no see! The pandemic stopped me travelling for 3 years! I guess you also travelled less? Yes, you must go back and take more photos 😀
I regretted that I didn't ask this girl's mother about their ethnic background. Her mother ran this restaurant somewhere in Hoang Su Phi, a predominantly black Dao area. It was a market day when everyone dressed better than usual.
jbielikowski
Jan Bielikowski
Tim, the first one feels almost lifelike, great picture!
Bắc Hà
Bắc Hà
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