Surfers Waiting Above Afyonkarahisar Winter

Dark silhouettes of surfers huddle on a roadside pullout, their forms stark against the low winter sun. Rain streaks across the asphalt, creating thin, glistening lines that catch the fading light. The group stands near a concrete barrier, bodies tense with competitive urgency as they scan the empty horizon. Bare branches of winter trees frame the edge of the road, their leafless limbs reaching into the gray sky. A brief sun shower illuminates the droplets hanging in the air, turning the wet pavement into a mirror for the dark figures. Shadows stretch long and thin across the gravel shoulder, at the base of the scene in the cold, damp air of the Anatolian plateau.