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The Ranch

A night at the ranch. Grill smoke, string lights, a dog crossing the yard, one street lamp.

Channel
CH 15
Frames
12
On air
29 December 2024
Camera
X-H2S
Brown dog standing on a dirt yard under string lights and drifting smoke, thin trees and distant lights behind
Two dogs wandering on dry grass between empty camping chairs, warm lamplight and trees at dusk
The dogs have arrived to supervise. One pale, one dark, they wander between two empty camping chairs, noses down, checking whether anything has fallen yet. The ground glows amber under the lamps. Thin trees stand around like guests who came early. On the far hill, lights shine in a broken line across the dusk.
String lights between trees and a palm-like tree at dusk, a dark dog lying on the ground below
Strings of bulbs swing between the trunks, small warm globes against a sky fading from peach to indigo. A feathery palm catches the light on its fronds. Down at the bottom of the frame, a dark dog has curled up on the ground, done for the evening. The far hills hold their scattered lights, a slow, quiet transmission from the valley.
Grill with meat and foil packets beside a table of drinks and a tyre, a parked white car behind
Another round on the grill: pale slabs of meat, a foil packet at the end, the mesh stained dark from earlier batches. A table behind holds cups, a roll of paper, a red cooler. An old tyre leans against it, and a white car stands parked in the shadows. In the corner, a big green bowl waits for whatever comes off next.
Wide night view of a smoky lawn under a single floodlight, people by a grill, a dog and hay bales nearby
Pulled back to a distance, the whole camp sits in one pool of floodlight. Smoke rolls sideways from the grill, two people standing in it, a dog at their heels. Hay bales and a blue tarp lie scattered across the dry grass. A metal pole rises into the black sky with the lamp at its top. Beyond the light, there is nothing at all.
Bright streetlamp glowing on a pole against a black night sky, bare branches and wires around it
Look up and the lamp is everything: a white burst of light on a thin pole, bright enough to blur at the edges. Wires cross underneath, and bare branches reach into the black around it like static on an empty channel. Quarter to seven. Moths are probably already circling, though from down here only the glow is visible.

All 12 framesin the order they were made

  • Small campfire smoking among logs and tree stumps on dry grass at dusk, a wooden bench behind
  • Person in jeans turning meat with tongs on a metal grill, foil packets on the grate, table of food behind
  • Two dogs wandering on dry grass between empty camping chairs, warm lamplight and trees at dusk
  • String lights between trees and a palm-like tree at dusk, a dark dog lying on the ground below
  • Group of people standing around a table and campfire on a dry lawn at dusk, smoke rising, trees behind
  • Vertical portrait of a person in a dark jacket and chain necklace, smoky golden haze and lights behind
  • Brown dog standing on a dirt yard under string lights and drifting smoke, thin trees and distant lights behind
  • Vertical frame of a person in a dark hoodie and shorts standing barefoot on stones under smoky string lights
  • Grill with meat and foil packets beside a table of drinks and a tyre, a parked white car behind
  • Vertical close view of meat and foil packets on a charcoal grill, coals glowing orange beneath
  • Wide night view of a smoky lawn under a single floodlight, people by a grill, a dog and hay bales nearby
  • Bright streetlamp glowing on a pole against a black night sky, bare branches and wires around it