The communist forces lost an estimated 2,400 to 8,000 killed, while Allied forces lost 668 dead and 3,707 wounded. According to Wikipedia: 5,000 civilians were killed (2,800 of them executed by the PAVN and Viet Cong, according to the South Vietnamese government). When I told my dad I was going to Hue, he said, “A lot of guys my age got killed there in 68′.” Once inside the Imperial walls, I researched The Battle (Siege) of Hue, part of the Tet Offensive and one of the bloodiest of the Vietnam War. For this photo, I used the HDR mode in the Lightroom app (iPhone only) to keep the sun from blowing out and recover detail in the shadows. I arrived just in time to watch the sun set behind the Meridian Gate of the Imperial City. Storming The Citadel in Hue The next day I took off on my own for Hue, the former capital of Vietnam and current UNESCO World Heritage site. I think I used one of the Lightroom ‘film-look’ profiles when editing this shot. Many of the locals, like this fisherman, were surprisingly happy to see foreigners and open to having their picture taken. Kids on battery-powered bicycles said hello to us as they rode to school. But if you crop your image to a 16:9 ratio, like I did for this photo above, you can fake a wide angle or panoramic shot. The iPhone produces photos at a 4:3 ratio. We shot sunrise, explored alleyways, talked about finding the light over a bowl of noodles for breakfast, then ended up in this shipyard. He shot in hight contrast B&W, so I did the same! Fishing Village Photo WalkĪ few days later, Etienne (far right), Peter (second to left), and I drove up the coast to a small off-the-beaten-track coastal village. I took this while exploring the old town with fine art & travel photographer Peter Stewart who lives in Hoi An. The ubiquitous conical hat, essential head gear for any tourist exploring Hoi An’s old quarter. Shooting in RAW (DNG) with the Lightroom app allows you to recover much more detail in the shadows and highlights. Hoi An really lives up to its name, “peaceful meeting place”, at night. I used the long exposure function of the Lightroom app (iPhone only) to take this handheld faux 5-second exposure. I met Etienne Bossot to finalize the details of our Vietnam tour this April. Hoi An Street Photography After leading a weekend cityscape photography workshop in Ho Chi Minh, I took a short flight to Hoi An. The quality of the JPEG file is quite low at night but good enough when viewed small on a phone.
I shot this with the native iPhone camera app.
On Ho Chi Minh’s (in)famous Pham Ngu Lao Street, Saigonese revel in an oriental dolce vita, albeit with thumping music, neon lights, and plenty of bottles bia Saigon. Psychedelic Saigon This is not your father’s Nam. Here is a photo essay of my trip, along with a look at how I took the pictures.
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Rather than use the dedicated iPhone camera, I mostly shot with the free Adobe Lightroom CC app camera. What’s it like to take travel photos with a smartphone? I tested the iPhone X camera on a recent trip to Vietnam.
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