Fish Scales on Prague Diner Table at Twilight

Dim window light spills across a wooden table in a Prague roadside diner, illuminating a scattered pattern of silver fish scales. The overlapping plates catch the warm glow of interior lamps, creating sharp highlights against the darker wood grain. Each scale reveals a faint iridescence, ranging from pale pearl to deep charcoal, with edges that appear crisp and dry. The arrangement feels casual, as if left after a meal, resting near a ceramic plate rim. Shadows lengthen across the surface where the twilight outside meets the artificial yellow light, showing the rough texture of the table and the delicate, dry nature of the remnants. One dark scale rests near a water stain.