Monsoon in Black and White for #Monomad Challenge

It was raining all day and I was continuously sitting at the computer in the hostel. But, finally, hunger became annoying. I looked outside and gasped.

Having no umbrella, no raincoat, and wishing none of them, I headed to the nearest intersection to buy some bread.

After returning and changing clothes, I started this photo reportage hiding under sheds of shops and street restaurants - I only needed to avoid waterfall streams falling from gaps between those sheds.

At last, the rain started weakening, and people began to come out of hiding. A traveling fruit vendor with confused eyes appeared from the haze of rain, wheeling a bicycle - it was too deep for cycling. Water turned amazingly clear making the spectacle even more gorgeous.

Soon the newly formed sea began to recede, people came out from under the awnings and began to photograph this fleeting beauty.

More images and stories from Southeast Asia are ahead! Check out the previous ones on my personal Pinmapple map.

I took the images with a Nikkor 70-300mm and a Nikkor 50mm on a full frame Nikon D750 on October 13, 2023 in Da Nang, Vietnam.