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In the evening we landed in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. I knew what to expect and didn’t really know at the same time. I know that HCMC has 8 million citizens (almost as much as Austria) and that the city is also the famous for its\u00a02 million motorcycles. But those are just figures. You need to experience it!<\/p>\n

8 million people, 2 million motorcycles, no subway or effective train system. Not much of a public transport at all. Imagine Moscow without it’s subway system to get an idea.<\/p>\n

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Before breakfast I went out of the hotel and start shooting the endless stream of people on motorbikes passing by. I always wanted to take these pictures. To give them a more dynamic look I decided to use a longer shutter speed of 1\/60s (I changed to 1\/125s later). To avoid AF I shot in M-Mode, chose a aperture of f8 and set focus manually.<\/p>\n

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I like the results. OK. There could be better sharpness on the main subject but to pan a motorbike that is passing by extremely close it tricky. And they all ride at different speeds. It’s not easy to get a sharp shot but the good thing is that you can try again and again and again. I think I stood there for about half an hour taking hundreds of shots. When I left I had to cough. There is a reason why most of the people wear masks.<\/p>\n

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Sometimes I could not believe my eyes. I saw families on one bike. 2 adults plus 2 kids. I saw people eating their breakfast or kids sleeping in between their father and mother. Everybody seems totally relaxed.<\/p>\n

But what amazed my most was how friendly the people are. Some were smiling at me or were waving their hand. I can’t images to take this kind of images somewhere else in the world and get the same reactions. On my very first morning I started to love Vietnam.<\/p>\n

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