Above Calibishie

From the hillside above Calibishie on Dominica's northeast coast, the first light of dawn separates the deep blue of the sky from the silver of the Atlantic below — a distinction so gradual and precise that the horizon becomes a color event rather than a line. Calibishie is a fishing village of fewer than 700 people, the most Caribbean of the Eastern Caribbean islands: no resorts, no cruise terminal, fishing boats already in the water before the sky fully opens. This medium format panorama captures the full arc of the bay and the sky above it, the village rooflines in silhouette along the lower frame. Dominica's mornings smell of rain and woodsmoke and salt, and this image begins before the island has revealed itself completely.