morsure, An engraving on copper. At low tide, oyster beds stretch across a broad estuary beneath a clearing sky. A worker in boots bends beside one raised rack, checking a mesh bag while keeping both feet firmly on the exposed ground. Other racks follow the contours of the tidal flats in irregular rows, with shallow channels separating them. A small flat-bottomed boat waits beside a wooden stake, its painter secured above the wet sand. In the foreground, shells and patches of seaweed interrupt a thin reflective film of water. The estuary widens toward a distant shoreline where low houses and a church tower sit above the flood level. Light falls from behind a cloud and travels across the channels, making their winding paths easy to follow. Keep the worker's task specific and the equipment practical, avoiding a crowded inventory of fishing objects. The composition should express the unusual openness of land temporarily revealed by the retreating sea. Let the distant water suggest that this working landscape will disappear again within a few hours.