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The Sydney Opera House sails lit at sunset with the Harbour Bridge arch rising behind, under an orange and teal sky over smoothed harbour water.

Sails and Steel

Sydney Opera House, Sydney · May 2017

1D X Mark II, 105 millimetres, f 16, 8 seconds, ISO 100

The two of them, sharing one frame.

There is a short window after sunset when the sky still holds its orange, the sails switch on, and the bridge goes to silhouette-and-rivets. I waited for it with the shutter open long enough to calm the harbour. This is the most photographed corner of Australia; the only honest answer is to try to do it properly.