A professional-grade, close-up flash photograph of a trophy-sized Morone saxatilis (striped bass), measuring 32 inches, being released into dark, muddy tidal water at night. Shot from an overhead angle, looking down. A pair of calloused hands, submerged at the wrist, are firmly holding the base of the fish's tail. The fish's distinct, unbroken, dark parallel stripes are in sharp focus, showing intricate, iridescent silver and white scales against a rugged, olive-green back. The body of the fish is deeply contorted in an "S" curve as it propels forward. The water surrounding the hands and tail is a dark, warm, murky amber-brown, filled with disturbed sediment and concentric, foamy, turbulent ripples caused by the fish's powerful kick. Low-light digital photography grain. Harsh, direct camera flash, creating high-contrast specular reflections on the wet, slimy skin and on the water ripples, shot on a Sony A7R IV, 16mm lens, f/11, 1/160s, ISO 6400. The dark shoreline of Narragansett, Rhode Island is a pure black void in the background.