Pokhara Mirror — Annapurna in Phewa Lake

11-second landscape cinema, 16:9. Dawn on Phewa Lake, Pokhara: the lake a perfect mirror, the entire Annapurna range doubled with not a ripple — and a fisherman's cast the single motion.

0-4s: The static wide. The lake holds the mountains: Machhapuchhre's fishtail, the Annapurna massif, Dhaulagiri's bulk — every summit doubled in the still water, the reflection so perfect the horizon line vanishes. On the far shore, the World Peace Pagoda glows white on its hill. Not a ripple. The world holding its breath.

4-8s: The cast. A lone fisherman in a wooden doonga boat glides into frame — the boat's wake the first line on the mirror — and casts his net in a slow silver arc, the net blooming, settling, the only disturbance. The ripples spread, breaking the mountains into shimmering fragments, then settle. The mirror heals.

8-11s: The ignition. The sun touches the summits and they ignite pink-gold — the fire doubling in the lake, the whole range burning above and below. Silent. Sacred. Perfect: the fisherman small in the gold, the net sinking, the mountains holding the light.

Craft: the Annapurna range's true silhouettes — the fishtail, the massifs — doubled in the still water; the doonga boat's wood, the net's silver arc; the pagoda's white glow. Camera: static wide throughout, the fisherman's cast as the single motion, 35mm feel. Lighting: soft dawn grade, the summits' pink-gold ignition. Atmosphere: meditative, pristine, Himalayan-calm. Style: landscape cinema, mirror symmetry, photorealistic, 24fps.