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Tray 08 · 15 frames

Low Tide

The estuary emptied out — buoys aground, boats on their keels, and the morning walkers on the sand.

  1. A yellow buoy marked with a large number 1 sits aground on rippled wet sand, its chain trailing into a tide pool against the low sun
    FR.86 No. 1 Devon 08.08.26
    Sepia-toned photograph of a white mooring buoy lying on the stony estuary bed, seen through a blurred fringe of dark grass
    FR.87 The White Buoy Devon 08.08.26
  2. A rusting yellow height barrier lettered 2.0 METRES hangs on its chain against a blue sky of small clouds
    FR.88 2.0 Metres Devon 08.08.26
  3. A herring gull stands on the curved concrete seawall in low sun, dry grass and parked cars soft behind it
    FR.89 The Gull Devon 08.08.26
  4. Two distant figures and a dog stand at the waterline of an emptied estuary, hills and fields hazy across the channel
    FR.90 Low Water Devon 08.08.26
    Two small figures wade the last channel of water left in the sands, the far hills pale in the morning haze
    FR.91 Mid-Channel Devon 08.08.26
  5. Seen between two blurred railings, a blue sailboat sits aground at golden hour while a figure and dog cross the sand
    FR.92 Through the Rails Devon 08.08.26
    The same sailboat between railings a moment later, its skipper at the hull and the dog trotting the sand ahead
    FR.93 Through the Rails II Devon 08.08.26
  6. The blue sailboat aground on glittering wet sand between two railings, a figure in a high-vis jacket walking away along the water
    FR.94 Through the Rails III Devon 08.08.26
  7. A blurred anchor and rigging in the foreground frame the emptied estuary, a distant dog splashing through the shallows beyond
    FR.95 The Anchor Devon 08.08.26
  8. A walker in yellow and their dog follow the edge of a tide pool across wide rippled sand under a big morning sky
    FR.96 The Morning Walk Devon 08.08.26
    The same walker striding the sandbar mid-step, the dog trotting the waterline ahead of them
    FR.97 The Morning Walk II Devon 08.08.26
  9. Close-up of boot prints and a dog paw print pressed together into rippled wet sand in raking light
    FR.98 Prints Devon 08.08.26
  10. Dozens of small boats sit aground across the low-tide estuary, seen past blurred golden leaves, the far town on its hill
    FR.99 The Fleet, Aground Devon 08.08.26
    A gull swoops straight at the camera, wings spread wide over a weathered red lifebuoy box on its post
    FR.100 Incoming Devon 08.08.26