Rob > Locals row tourists (both local and foreign) up and down the lazy Ngo Dong river in little boats.

The river flows under and through the cave in the backgound.

Location: Tam Coc, Vietnam

Lens used: 24-105mm f4.0 IS
Rob > A cow grazes along the Bản Giốc river with the country's ubiquitous karst pinnacles behind.

Location: Bản Giốc region, Northeastern Vietnam

Lens used: 24-105mm f4.0 IS
Rob > I stopped this old woman along the side of the road and pantomimed my interest in taking a photograph of her.  She obliged and thus gave me my needed foreground element to what I thought was an attractive view out over the Bản Giốc river.

Note the working old-fashioned waterwheels on the river supplying water to the brilliant green rice paddies behind.

Location: Bản Giốc region, Northeastern Vietnam

Lens used: 24-105mm f4.0 IS
Rob > A Wauro Indian girl sells mangos from a makeshift dock along a side channel of the river.

Location: Orinoco River Delta, Venezuela

Lens used: 100-400mm f4.5-5.6 IS
Rob > Capybaras are the largest rodents in the world.  Yes, rodents.  Think cute guinea pig, rather than sewer rat or house mouse.  I recall having a guinea pig when I was quite young, named "Ralph".  He wasn't very cuddly.  Kinda like a wild capybara, I suppose...though I've read that it isn't unheard of for capybara to be domesticated and made into pets.  Now THAT could be interesting!

I don't know if this photo is of a male and female or simply of two same-gendered capybara of differing size.

I know I'm a little front-focused in this shot.  I'm hoping it doesn't distract too much.

Location: Los Llanos, Venezuela

Lens used: 100-400mm f4.5-5.6 IS
Rob > I think I used a 2 stop Grad ND filter with this shot, but don't fully recall anymore.

Location: Near Mosier, Oregon

Lens used: 10-22mm f3.5-4.5
Rob > Vietnam (in addition to much of SE Asia) is peppered with the ubiquitous yet quite remarkable karst pinnacles.  There are a number of places where rivers flow through and under these outcroppings.  While most of these waterways were shallow and the caves low, there are some with caves tall and rivers navigable.

Here, I got a shot of a local's boat motoring through one of these large caves.

Location: Ba Bể National Park, Vietnam

Lens used: 24-105mm f4.0 IS
Locals row tourists (both local and foreign) up and down the lazy Ngo Dong river in little boats.

The river flows under and through the cave in the backgound.

Location: Tam Coc, Vietnam

Lens used: 24-105mm f4.0 IS
Rob > Locals row tourists (both local and foreign) up and down the lazy Ngo Dong river in little boats.

The river flows under and through the cave in the backgound.

Location: Tam Coc, Vietnam

Lens used: 24-105mm f4.0 IS
Locals row tourists (both local and foreign) up and down the lazy Ngo Dong river in little boats.

The river flows under and through the cave in the backgound.

Location: Tam Coc, Vietnam

Lens used: 24-105mm f4.0 IS
See photo in original gallery.

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