Olive Grove Wall and Harvest Crates at Dawn

Cool gray light washes over a weathered stone wall running through an olive grove in Salvador. Empty wooden harvest crates line the base of the masonry, their rough grain catching the first golden rays of sunrise. Dramatic clouds hang low above terraced rice paddies in the background, their white and charcoal forms against the pale morning sky. The stone surface shows deep cracks filled with moss, while the crates sit in neat rows, waiting for the day's work. Shadows stretch long across the dry earth, showing the quiet patience of the season. One shadow from a nearby branch falls across the corner of the nearest crate.