Chain Bridge Buda Side - a photo on Flickriver

Széchenyi Chain Bridge
(Széchenyi Lánchíd)
Budapest, Hungary
09-11-24

Sometimes as I'm processing an image, and I know I've written this before, everything seems to coalesce into something approaching perfection. Composition, lighting, certain cloudforms in the sky, detail, deep focus, etc. This is one of those images.

It was taken with the telephoto set to 83mm. I'm standing in the center of the traffic circle. (Not supposed to be there, I know) I wanted the flowers lined up at the bottom of the shot. I waited patiently for dozens of cars to circle around out of frame, and also didn't want too many on the bridge. I'm very pleased with this shot. As one of my favorite Instagram followers, a former professional photographer is always commenting (and which I never get tired of hearing) "You don't take photos. You're an artist with a camera."

Here's the Wikipedia history section:
Designed by English engineer William Tierney Clark and built by Scottish engineer Adam Clark, it was the first permanent bridge across the Danube in Hungary. It was opened in 1849. It is anchored on the Pest side of the river to Széchenyi Square (formerly Roosevelt Square), adjacent to the Gresham Palace and the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, and on the Buda side to Adam Clark Square, near the Zero Kilometre Stone and the lower end of the Castle Hill Funicular, leading to Buda Castle.
The bridge bears the name of István Széchenyi, a major supporter of its construction, but is most commonly known as the "Chain Bridge". At the time of its construction, it was regarded as a marvel of modern engineering.

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Taken in: Hungary / Budapest / Budapest (show map)

Taken on: September 11, 2024

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Camera: Canon EOS R, f/5.7, 1/513 sec, 83mm, ISO 100 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Canon EOS R
Aperture:	f/5.7
Exposure Time:	0.002 sec (1/513)
Focal Length:	83mm
ISO:	100
Color Space:	Uncalibrated
Software:	Adobe Photoshop 25.13 (20240911.m.2768 2674484) (Windows)
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