Pigeons Launching from Tidal Square in Drizzle

Bright midmorning light cuts through a thin veil of drizzle over a paved square beside a tidal inlet near Pointe-Noire. A flock of pigeons explodes upward in a chaotic blur of grey and white feathers, their wings creating streaks that dissolve into the damp air. The wet stone beneath them reflects the pale sky, darkened by the turn of seasons. Heavy drops streak the lens, blurring the distant waterline where the inlet meets the land. The motion of the birds dominates the right third of the view, leaving the left side anchored by the still, glistening wet pavement and the rhythmic edge of the tide.