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Paul Dudley | profile | all galleries >> 22 Overseas Trips >> Vietnam 2007 >> 5: On the way to somewhere else tree view | thumbnails | slideshow

1: Hanoi | 2: Around Sa Pa | 3: Bac Ha Market | 4: Halong Bay | 5: On the way to somewhere else | 6: Villages for Ceramics, Silk or Furniture | 8: Tam Coc: A rowboat through caves | 7: Phat Diem, a very Vietnamese Cathedral | 9: Hué – Kings, Wars and Recovery | 10: South from Hué | 11: Bach Ma National Park | 12: Hoi An | 13: Nha Trang | 14: Buon Ma Thuot, an elephant, and a waterfall | 15: Saigon | 16: The Cao Dai Great Temple | 17: The Mekong Delta | 18: Saigon Water Gardens

5: On the way to somewhere else

Pictures taken through the window of a bus or taxi or aeroplane, or when briefly stopped on our way somewhere, at a place not significant enough for me to devote a whole gallery to.

There could be a book written about taking photographs from a moving vehicle. Luck is a big factor. Wind the window down if you can but this is often impossible, especially if you are travelling by air in economy class. On the train, I found I could get the occasional picture by holding my point-and-shoot camera against the glass (dirty on the outside) and pressing the shutter button when something interesting flashed past, hoping to doctor the result later. With the pig picture, I was just lucky: the glass was clean and the motorcyclist went past quite slowly.
From a bus window 1
From a bus window 1		 From a bus window 2
From a bus window 2		 From a bus window 3
From a bus window 3		 From a bus window 4
From a bus window 4		 From a bus window 5
From a bus window 5
From a bus window 6
From a bus window 6		 From a bus window 7
From a bus window 7		 Reclining Buddha (for sale)
Reclining Buddha (for sale)		 Workshop for disadvantaged young people 1
Workshop for disadvantaged young people 1		 Workshop for disadvantaged young people 2
Workshop for disadvantaged young people 2
Housing to be completed 1
Housing to be completed 1		 Housing to be completed 2
Housing to be completed 2		 Landscape with bicycle
Landscape with bicycle		 Agricultural landscape
Agricultural landscape		 English Language Institute, Danang
English Language Institute, Danang
From the train to Hué 1
From the train to Hué 1		 From the train to Hué 2
From the train to Hué 2		 From the train to Hué 3
From the train to Hué 3		 From the train to Hué 4
From the train to Hué 4		 From the train to Hué 5
From the train to Hué 5
From the plane approaching Saigon
From the plane approaching Saigon

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