Periscope in the Reeds
The scene
Dawn on a narrow chalk stream in southern England, glass-clear water over pale gravel, low mist drifting above, reeds crowding both banks. Right of centre, tucked among the reeds, a capybara floats almost fully submerged — only the crown of her blunt brown head above the waterline: round ears, dark eye, broad nose, patient as a periscope. Low sun rakes in from frame left, warming the mist to amber, laying long thin grass shadows across the water. Palette of olive-green reed, wet chestnut fur, chalk-grey water, milky gold light; waterweed strands trailing beneath the surface. No text, lettering, captions or numerals anywhere. 16:9 landscape.
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