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The Sofitel tower at Darling Harbour glowing gold at night, a lit Ferris wheel turning at its base and crowds small along the waterfront.

Darling Harbour Gold

Darling Harbour, Sydney · May 2018

1D X Mark II, 70 millimetres, f 2.8, 1/15 of a second, ISO 2500

Gold from footpath to fortieth floor.

Shot vertical because the subject is vertical: a tower of lit rooms stacked into the night, and at its feet a Ferris wheel matching it gold for gold. The crowds along the promenade stay small at this scale, which is honest — this precinct is built to be looked up at. I framed it the way you actually stand there: neck back.