Umbrella Reflections Under Train Line Cap Haitien

Honeyed evening light spills across a wet pavement puddle beneath an elevated train line in Cap-Haïtien. Dark silhouettes of umbrellas drift through the shallow water, their curved edges mirrored upside down against the shimmering surface. Heat waves rise from the asphalt, distorting the reflection into a wavering, liquid mosaic of orange and gold. The overhead steel tracks form a heavy, dark grid above, casting deep shadows that swallow the lower details of the street. A few blurred shapes of foliage drift in the foreground, soft and out of focus, framing the scene. The water ripples slightly, breaking the perfect symmetry of the city lights into fragmented, dancing shards of color along the cracked concrete edge.