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Shaftesbury Avenue at night with lit theatre marquees, pedestrians at the kerb and traffic light trails on the wet road.

London Theatreland

West End, London · February 2018

1D X Mark II, 24 millimetres, f 22, 10 seconds, ISO 100

Curtain up on the avenue.

Shaftesbury Avenue between shows: marquees running their bulbs, a bus pushing through the frame, everyone on the pavement mid-decision about dinner. A slightly long shutter keeps the buildings crisp and lets the people and traffic blur into the general hurry. The West End photographs best like this — not posed, just caught between performances.