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THE HANOI RAILWAY

HANOI, VIETNAM

Image number 859

There’s a residential street in Hanoi that a speeding train passes straight through twice a day. The street is so narrow that all residents must ensure their bikes and precious personal belongings, as well as their roaming children, are all safely inside the house before the train passes. The Hanoi railway runs through the city on a single track - a remnant of colonial times - close by the houses.  Immensely crowded.

TECHNICAL NOTES

The image was taken with a tripod-mounted Phase One 645 Camera at ISO 35. Exposure of 1/15th of a second and aperture F10.  80 mm Schneider Kreuznach lens with a leaf shutter. The image was captured on a Phase One IQ180 80 megapixel digital back.