AUGUST 2003 – People cross the river Liffey on the historic Ha’penny bridge in Dublin, Ireland. © Mark Zanzig/zanzig.com
The story behind the image
Dublin in Ireland is full of history. And sometimes it can even be funny history. Take the Ha’penny Bridge. It’s got its name from the time when it was a toll bridge, connecting the Northern quarters of the city with the Temple Bar district. You could either take a (longish) walk across one of the other bridges or spend half a penny for the toll bridge. Fortunately, today it’s entirely free, and so it is used by thousands of people every day.
But it has become a historic icon of the city. I shot this image on a paricularly beautiful summer day in 2003. I deliberately avoided showing the river but aim for a different angle. The sun was illuminating the bridge more than any other object in the picture, and the tele lens captured the busy street in front of the bridge nicely.
Ah, I need to return to Dublin in the future.
The high resolution image
| Capture Date | August 2003 |
| Location | Dublin, Ireland |
| Camera | Canon AE-1 Program |
| Image Source | Fuji Slide Film |
| Digital Image Source | EPSON Perfection 4870 Photo |
| Digital Image Source Format | TIFF, 48 bits/pixel, sRGB |
| Edited Image Format | JPEG, 24 bits/pixel, sRGB |
| Edited Image Dimensions | 6400 x 4202 Pixels |
| Copyright | © by Mark Zanzig/zanzig.com |
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