Winding Down — sources — storyboard

A lavender field in the countryside in the evening, long straight rows of blooming lavender running away from the camera toward a line of low, soft, rolling hills on the horizon. A very light evening breeze moves the flower heads gently. The sun has ALREADY SET: no sun disk visible, soft even light, calm and quiet. NO people, no animals, no buildings, no houses, no farm machinery, no fences, no roads, no power lines, no text. Natural documentary photography, soft and unhurried. Wide shot from the end of the rows. Just after sunset: a soft peach and rose afterglow along the horizon, the sky above fading to pale lavender blue. The lavender rows lit softly by the afterglow. Camera completely static, locked-off tripod.

A lavender field in the countryside in the evening, long straight rows of blooming lavender running away from the camera toward a line of low, soft, rolling hills on the horizon. A very light evening breeze moves the flower heads gently. The sun has ALREADY SET: no sun disk visible, soft even light, calm and quiet. NO people, no animals, no buildings, no houses, no farm machinery, no fences, no roads, no power lines, no text. Natural documentary photography, soft and unhurried. THE CAMERA IS DOWN AMONG THE PLANTS at flower height, about one meter from the nearest bush: individual lavender stems and flower spikes fill the whole lower half of the frame, large and clearly separate, swaying gently in the breeze; the rest of the field and the hills are soft and out of focus behind them, the smooth afterglow sky in the top of the frame, clean and smooth with no marks or streaks. This is NOT the wide view down the rows. NOT a macro or extreme close-up either. Camera completely static, locked-off tripod, no push in.

A lavender field in the countryside in the evening, long straight rows of blooming lavender running away from the camera toward a line of low, soft, rolling hills on the horizon. A very light evening breeze moves the flower heads gently. The sun has ALREADY SET: no sun disk visible, soft even light, calm and quiet. NO people, no animals, no buildings, no houses, no farm machinery, no fences, no roads, no power lines, no text. Natural documentary photography, soft and unhurried. The same wide view of the rows, a little later: only a narrow warm band of light remains just above the distant hills, the sky above it deepening to dusky blue, the lavender field darkening toward soft silhouette. Camera completely static, locked-off tripod.

A lavender field in the countryside in the evening, long straight rows of blooming lavender running away from the camera toward a line of low, soft, rolling hills on the horizon. A very light evening breeze moves the flower heads gently. The sun has ALREADY SET: no sun disk visible, soft even light, calm and quiet. NO people, no animals, no buildings, no houses, no farm machinery, no fences, no roads, no power lines, no text. Natural documentary photography, soft and unhurried. The same wide view of the rows at blue hour: the warm glow is almost gone, the whole scene in deep calm blue, the lavender rows dim and quiet, the hills a soft dark line. Camera completely static.

A lavender field in the countryside in the evening, long straight rows of blooming lavender running away from the camera toward a line of low, soft, rolling hills on the horizon. A very light evening breeze moves the flower heads gently. The sun has ALREADY SET: no sun disk visible, soft even light, calm and quiet. NO people, no animals, no buildings, no houses, no farm machinery, no fences, no roads, no power lines, no text. Natural documentary photography, soft and unhurried. The same wide view of the rows in late twilight: a deep blue-violet sky with the first few faint stars appearing, the field a dark soft silhouette with the faintest light on the flower heads. Very still. Camera completely static.

A lavender field in the countryside in the evening, long straight rows of blooming lavender running away from the camera toward a line of low, soft, rolling hills on the horizon. A very light evening breeze moves the flower heads gently. The sun has ALREADY SET: no sun disk visible, soft even light, calm and quiet. NO people, no animals, no buildings, no houses, no farm machinery, no fences, no roads, no power lines, no text. Natural documentary photography, soft and unhurried. The same wide view in late twilight, a thin crescent moon low in the deep blue sky above the hills with a few faint stars, the lavender rows a dark calm silhouette below. Very still. Camera completely static.