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A cool perspective of a chain link fence shot with my 85mm L. It was shot at 3.2.
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This little goat was on a very short chain - I guess the family used her for milk but she was so sad - look at those eyes.
Chain Bridge is a suspension bridge that spans the River Danube between Buda and Pest, the western and eastern sides of Budapest, the capital of Hungary. Designed by the English engineer William Tierney Clark, it was the first permanent bridge across the Danube in Budapest, and was opened in 1849. It is also the oldest permanent bridge on the Danube (Wikipedia.com)
The Széchenyi Chain Bridge is a suspension bridge that spans the River Danube between Buda and Pest, the western and eastern sides of Budapest, the capital of Hungary. Designed by the English engineer William Tierney Clark and built by the Scottish engineer Adam Clark, it was the first permanent bridge across the Danube in Hungary. It was opened in 1849.
Wikipedia.
Széchenyi lánchíd or Széchenyi Chain Bridge is a suspension bridge that spans the River Danube between Buda and Pest, the western and eastern sides of Budapest, the capital of Hungary. It was the first permanent bridge across the Danube in Budapest, and was opened in 1849.
Its two ends are:
Roosevelt Square (with the Gresham Palace and the Hungarian Academy of Sciences), and
Adam Clark Square (the Zero Kilometer Stone and the lower end of the Castle Hill Funicular, leading to Buda Castle).
The bridge is named after István Széchenyi, a major supporter of its construction. At the time of its construction, it counted as a wonder of the world.[citation needed] It had an enormous significance in the country's economics and life. Its decorations made of cast iron, and its construction, radiating calm dignity and balance, raised it among the most beautiful industrial monuments in Europe. It became a symbol of advancement, national awakening, and the linkage between East and West.
History
The bridge was designed by the English engineer William Tierney Clark in 1839, after Count István Széchenyi's initiative in the same year, with construction supervised locally by Scottish engineer Adam Clark (no relation). It is a larger scale version of William Tierney Clark's earlier Marlow Bridge, across the River Thames in Marlow, England.
The bridge was opened in 1849, and thus became the first permanent bridge in the Hungarian capital. At the time, its center span of 202 m was one of the largest in the world. The pairs of lions at each of the abutments were added in 1852. The bridge was given its current name in 1898.
The bridge's cast iron structure was totally updated and strengthened in 1914. In World War II, the bridge was damaged and needed to be rebuilt. The rebuilding was completed in 1949.
Trivia
Lists of miscellaneous information should be avoided. Please relocate any relevant information into appropriate sections or articles. (July 2009)
Among the mythical anecdotes relating to the bridge, the most popular is that the lions were sculpted without tongues and the sculptor was mocked so much that he jumped into the Danube in shame. The lions do have tongues (although they are not visible from below, which is the usual point of view, as the lions are lying on a stone block some three meters high). The sculptor lived into the 1890s, and the only message he sent to mocking people was "Your wife should have a tongue just as my lions have, and woe will be unto you!" He jumped into the Danube when a little boy asked him about it.
In 2001, Hungarian stunt pilot Péter Besenyei flew upside down under the bridge, a maneuver that became a standard in Red Bull air races today.
The bridge is featured in the 2002 movie I Spy.
In 2008, British crime writer Mark Van Spall (author of Heirless Descent and Prisoners of Hate) proposed to his girlfriend at the centre of the bridge on the stroke of midnight.
"Széchenyi lánchíd or Széchenyi Chain Bridge is a suspension bridge that spans the River Danube between Buda and Pest, the western and eastern sides of Budapest, the capital of Hungary. It was the first permanent bridge across the Danube in Budapest, and was opened in 1849.
Its two ends are:
Roosevelt Square (with the Gresham Palace and the Hungarian Academy of Sciences), and
Adam Clark Square (the Zero Kilometer Stone and the lower end of the Castle Hill Funicular, leading to Buda Castle).
The bridge is named after István Széchenyi, a major supporter of its construction. At the time of its construction, it counted as a wonder of the world. It had an enormous significance in the country's economics and life. Its decorations made of cast iron, and its construction, radiating calm dignity and balance, raised it among the most beautiful industrial monuments in Europe. It became a symbol of advancement, national awakening, and the linkage between East and West."
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While walking back from my lunch break I noticed this blue gate which was chained shut. I really liked the flaking paint and rusted metal chain and thought it would look good in HDR.
Chain carousel - Kettenkarussell
Kram- und Viehmarkt in Bad Arolsen
(Nordhessen)
Camera:
Fuji
Finepix S100FS
© 01-2012 by
Richard von Lenzano
Here's a different (mono) view of that same chain link fence I posted last week
HMBT!
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taken about 15 meters to the right from Chained
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Support for Anna Hazare.
Human Chain at Marina beach, Chennai.
A very successful event.
Almost every one turned up on May 1st 2011 Sunday Morning.
This curious little fellow is wondering about whats happening in this earth!
Clicked with CWC during 89th CWC Photo Walk.
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Just a simple macro shot - I was bored and that's what happened... a paper clip chain.
Well, I wasn't bored actually, but in need of distraction ;)
And now back to work (a paper for university), yay!
taken about 15 meters to the left from Chained II
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old pilings in the hudson river, just across from west point. taken with a canon 60mm f/2.8 macro lens, through the viewfinder of a kodak duaflex IV. garrison, ny.
back in 1778, american soldiers put a giant iron chain across this area of the river, from west point to consitution island, to keep the british from reaching new york city.
[...] Man is born free and everywhere he is in chains [...]
-- Quote by Jean-Jacques Rousseau (French philosopher and writer whose novels inspired the leaders of the French Revolution, 1712-1778)
Nikon D70, Tokina 12-24 f/4, 13mm - f/11 - 1/20s, HDR 3xp +2,-2EV, ND8 filter + Cokin Gradual Dark Tobacco
Como, Italy (June, 2008)
The large mooring chains that connect the Hull to Rotterdam Ferry to the shore of the River Humber at Hull,
Today my cousin took a degree in Physiotherapy (I'm so proud of you, Steve!)
So I was just thinking about the fact that I have 2 more years to graduate in Architecture and actually I don't even know if I would like it to be my job. Actually my present dream is becoming a traveling photographer.
Maybe this will never come true, maybe it will remain a "chained dream". But I don't want it to be like this. I would like to have the courage to break this chain...
Happy Bokeh Wednesday, my Flickr Friends and.... view on Black!
The 100 Bicycles project: 100 different bicycles photographed in detail. This is bicycle number #20.
To learn more about this project see the 100bicycles group.