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A brown rat forages among reeds, pebbles and pale driftwood on a muddy creek bank beside grey-green water.

Rat on the Tideline

A wild brown rat foraging along a muddy creek bank strewn with dry reed stems and driftwood, photographed from above in soft overcast light.

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Authentic documentary wildlife photograph, square 1:1. A single wild brown rat with natural damp fur forages on a muddy tidal creek bank, nosing between dry reed stems, small pebbles and a curl of pale driftwood. Shot from a high, elevated angle looking down along the bank from a respectful distance, the rat small and off-centre in the lower third, the winding creek edge and grey-green mud texture filling the frame. Soft overcast diffuse daylight, natural muted colours of olive, silver-grey and umber, believable exposure, accurate anatomy, realistic whiskers and fur, 200mm telephoto compression, shallow depth of field, subtle sensor grain. Quiet observational mood with a faint touch of comic earnestness in its pose. No people, no props, no text, no logos, no watermarks.

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