First constructed in the 12th century during the Southern Song Dynasty, the Xiang Zi Bridge (also known as the Guang Ji Bridge) spans the Han River (518m across) in Chaozhou, southeastern Guangdong province.
The bridge has been rebuilt several times, and is currently a combination of 24 piers and a pontoon section near the centre that opens for river traffic to pass through. This particular photo shows four of the piers. Today, the only traffic the bridge sees are pedestrians, mostly tourists (I don't think anyone uses the bridge simply to cross the river, as you need to pay to get onto it).
The bridge was recently reconstructed and opened again in early 2008. Despite it being the most popular attraction in the city, it's still easy to get on the bridge and be alone, as Chaozhou is relatively remote and doesn't get a lot of visitors on most days.
Amazing shot, great buildings for sure! and ...yeap... thanks God very good exposure so the sky AND the details of the walls looks very nice, excellent subject in an excellent photo, is anybody that needs more from a photo? Not me. be well James!
Second, not sure if you've ever been to China, but the conditions you describe in your comment really don't exist here. I don't think I've seen a purple sky in more than four year in China... I've seen grey, brown, hazy, smoky, black, and on some occasions even a blue one. But no purple ones. I think the reasons for that are fairly obvious.
Further, the bridge only reopened early this year, so any photos taken before that time wouldn't have been much good as it was under scaffolding and other assorted construction materials.
The bridge is actually only about two hundred metres from my doorstep, so getting out there to take photos is no problem. But the conditions are usually the same from day to day.
I can only imagine an early evening with purple sky and when those lanterns light up. Your image looks a bit flat. It is a bridge after all and it is not going anywhere. You could make an effort at shooting it a bit latter. Trust me, in photography the harder You try the better it looks.
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