A colossal ship's hull lies grounded on a grey tidal flat, its whole flank crusted in two hundred thousand barnacles and rust blooms in overlapping plates. It fills the upper two thirds. Every barnacle held sharp, the flat behind plain and calm. One figure alone in dark clothes stands on the mud, tiny. Soft overcast light. crystal-clear air, no haze, hard high sun, very high contrast with deep black shadow present, no grain