Gulls Follow Farmer in Plowed Field at Twilight

Steel-blue ambient light washes over a freshly turned field where dark furrows stretch toward a distant tea plantation. A tight white line of gulls marches single-file behind a farmer moving through the soft earth. Chaff and dry dust drift low across the ground, catching the fading indigo glow of the sky. The soil appears loose and rich, against the rigid rows of tea bushes rising on the horizon. Each bird mirrors the stride of the person leading the way, creating a rhythmic pattern against the darkened soil. One shadow from a bird stretches long and thin across the furrow, ending abruptly at the edge of the plowed strip.