Light Falls

Tigers and a Crescent

Frames that never joined a folder: two tigers and a crescent Moon.

Channel
CH 26
Frames
3
On air
30 March 2024
Camera
X-H2S
Close portrait of a tiger facing forward with mouth slightly open, against dark green foliage
A thin orange crescent moon glowing against a near-black sky
Low and late, the crescent has turned the colour of a dying ember, a thin orange smile hanging in an almost black sky. There are no stars around it, no clouds, nothing to give it scale. The glow bleeds softly at the edges. It looks less like the moon than like the last lit pixel on a screen after the set has been switched off.
A tiger steps down from a rope-bound log, mouth open, dark jungle leaves behind it
Five minutes later the tiger is on the move, one big paw reaching down from a log bound with thick rope. Its mouth hangs open, tongue showing, and its eyes are fixed somewhere just past the frame. The striped coat glows orange against black leaves. Every muscle seems in the middle of a decision. Then the paw lands, softly, and it keeps walking.

All 3 framesin the order they were made

  • A thin orange crescent moon glowing against a near-black sky
  • Close portrait of a tiger facing forward with mouth slightly open, against dark green foliage
  • A tiger steps down from a rope-bound log, mouth open, dark jungle leaves behind it