Some photos of Hue, Vietnam (NX20 and 12-24mm)

Work pressures have meant I've not had much time so far this year to take many photos, but I did finally get around to organising and pp'ing some from last year. Here's a few from Hue in central Vietnam, where I went last August. I've said it before on this forum, but I really like the 12-24mm as a general walkaround lens when travelling, small, light, sharp, and goes to a 35mm equivalent ("normal" for me) rather than being a purely wide angle lens.

I currently pair this with a Nikon V1 and 10-100mm, so I'm interested to see how Samsung develop the mini NX line, as a smaller sensor camera that could also take the same NX lenses would be perfect for me. The only thing is that I want a built in EVF, so the current NX mini isn't for me, but based on my experience withe the Nikon 1, a "1 inch" sensor with a longer zoom seems a good complement to an APS-C with wider angle lenses and primes.

Most of these are of the imperial tombs around the city, on a  day when I was expecting rain. Fortunately the rain held off, and the cloudy skies made for quite dramatic settings.

Outside the Citadel, central Hue

A street in the old part of town

In the tomb complex of the emperor Tu Duc

Tomb of Thieu Tri

Tomb of Thieu Tri

Tomb of Kai Dinh

Tomb of Kai Dinh

Tomb of Gia Long

Tomb of Gia Long

Thien Mu Temple

C&C always welcome, particularly any post processing tips - I'm not convinced I've managed to do some of these justice...

More over on google plus  too.

jonathanj wrote:

Work pressures have meant I've not had much time so far this year to take many photos, but I did finally get around to organising and pp'ing some from last year. Here's a few from Hue in central Vietnam, where I went last August. I've said it before on this forum, but I really like the 12-24mm as a general walkaround lens when travelling, small, light, sharp, and goes to a 35mm equivalent ("normal" for me) rather than being a purely wide angle lens.

I currently pair this with a Nikon V1 and 10-100mm, so I'm interested to see how Samsung develop the mini NX line, as a smaller sensor camera that could also take the same NX lenses would be perfect for me. The only thing is that I want a built in EVF, so the current NX mini isn't for me, but based on my experience withe the Nikon 1, a "1 inch" sensor with a longer zoom seems a good complement to an APS-C with wider angle lenses and primes.

Most of these are of the imperial tombs around the city, on a day when I was expecting rain. Fortunately the rain held off, and the cloudy skies made for quite dramatic settings.

Outside the Citadel, central Hue

A street in the old part of town

In the tomb complex of the emperor Tu Duc

Tomb of Thieu Tri

Tomb of Thieu Tri

Tomb of Kai Dinh

Tomb of Kai Dinh

Tomb of Gia Long

Tomb of Gia Long

Thien Mu Temple

C&C always welcome, particularly any post processing tips - I'm not convinced I've managed to do some of these justice...

More over on google plus too.

Wow, you've done well.  I especially like the tomb of Kai Dinh (very atmospheric).

Also Thien Mu temple is well composed.  Thanks for sharing!

Wow, you've done well. I especially like the tomb of Kai Dinh (very atmospheric).

Also Thien Mu temple is well composed. Thanks for sharing!

Thanks!

Thanks for taking the time to share your photos.

Very nice photos, but this is a country I do not ever wish to revisit.