Cityscapes: The landscape of the city

[Yokosuka Mike]

Sony A7III
Sigma 35mm f2 DG DN "Contemporary" lens
Yokohama, Japan - February 2021

 

[Out to Lunch]

Over the years, Ben Thanh Market in downtown Saigon developed into a tourist venue. Today, Covid-19 shut it down. February 2021. Fuji X-H1 - XF 2.8/16-55 @ 16 mm.

 

[Out to Lunch]

Burning off the weeds. Thu Thiem, District 2, Ho Chi Minh City. February 2021. Fuji X-H1 - XF 2.8/14.

 

[Out to Lunch]

Thu Thiem, District 2, Ho Chi Minh City. This neighborhood is very pleasant, quiet, and serene. It's also very expensive.

 

[Ambro51]

Very Nice!

 

[Out to Lunch]

Thanks, Ambro51!

 

[Out to Lunch]

Covid-19 seems to have a minimal impact on the construction boom in Ho Chi Minh City. Entire neighborhoods are popping up everywhere. January 2021.
Fuji X-H1 - XF 2.8/16-55 @ 43mm

 

[Out to Lunch]

Flashback to 2006. District 1, Saigon. So few cars on the road. Today, it's a very different picture. This said I am happy to confirm that both colonial-style buildings on
the left and the right are still standing today. Cheers, OtL

 

[Shab]

Covid-19 seems to have a minimal impact on the construction boom in Ho Chi Minh City. Entire neighborhoods are popping up everywhere. January 2021.
Fuji X-H1 - XF 2.8/16-55 @ 43mm

Are the prices also going up like when here was the construction boom? Good pìcture!

 

[Shab]

Flying with thse surf-skate

At left, Irun (Spain) and at right Hendaia (France). Both are cities of the Basque Country. In the middle the river Bidasoa.

Fujifilm X-T3 + XF23mm 1.4 [6400ISO] at F2.0 and 1/60

 

[farlymac]

Bet your city doesn't have a ballistic missile parked downtown.



Not Ready To Launch by P F McFarland, on Flickr


The Jupiter series of rockets were used in the early days of the US space program to launch monkeys into space.


PF

 

[Out to Lunch]

In my city, the aliens have landed.

 

[peterm1]

Hong Kong China and Melbourne Australia

Victoria Harbour 3 by Life in Shadows, on Flickr

Victoria Harbour 4 by Life in Shadows, on Flickr

Cranes on the skyline by Life in Shadows, on Flickr

Melbourne at night by Life in Shadows, on Flickr

Melbourne Skyline 2 by Life in Shadows, on Flickr

Gloomy Sunday by Life in Shadows, on Flickr

 

[Out to Lunch]

Thu Thiem, District 2, the new Saigon. Fuji X-T1 - XF 2.8/14 R.

 

[Out to Lunch]

Out to Lunch, on Flickr. Golden River estate, Binh Thanh District, Saigon. November 2017. Epson R-D1x - Zeiss Biogon 2/35.

 

[Out to Lunch]

Thu Thiem, District 2, the new Saigon. December 2017. Fuji X-T1 - Zeiss Sonnar 1.5/50.

 

[Out to Lunch]

Out to Lunch, on Flickr. Thu Thiem, District 2, the new Saigon. December 2017. Fuji X-T1 - Zeiss Sonnar 1.5/50.

 

[Out to Lunch]

China Town, Singapore. October 2017. Canon PowerShot S120.

 

[peterm1]

Out to Lunch, on Flickr. Singapore, October 2017. Canon PowerShot S120.

I love Singapore but find it's a little too pristine and ordered to be really exciting in the way that say, Hong Kong is. Was? (Not sure anymore). But I have very fond memories of Singapore.
When I last went we really "pushed the boats out" and stayed at the Ritz Carlton. Expensive, but for 5 nights it was do-able. But the things I really enjoyed were things like being seated on plastic chairs at formica tables while having meals at hawkers markets and places like Zam Zam Singapore opposite the Sultan Mosque where they sell wonderful Indian-Muslim food delicacies like murtabak and roti prata. In fact come to think of it Singapore is a gourmand's heaven. I missed out on the Chilli Crabs. Oh well, there is next time.

BTW the old buildings in your photo's foreground look quite like the buildings in this part of Singapore around Arab Street.

I did not make many photos on this particular trip but did manage this one from the hotel. It is actually comprised of three images (maybe 4 shot in portrait format I cannot recall) stitched into a panorama format using Microsoft's Image Composite Editor (I.C.E.) app.

Singapore panorama by Life in Shadows, on Flickr

 

[Out to Lunch]

Housing estates, Singapore. October 2017. Canon PowerShot S120. This 2013 p&s is quite capable and fits in a shirt pocket. I prefer it to a phone. Cheers, OtL