In the frame
Seen from below, a manta ray glides beneath the surface with its wide wings spread. The sun bursts through the water at the top, and two small fish swim close under the manta's pale, spotted belly.
This dive cuts the picture into 48 pieces on a 8 × 6 grid: 24 border pieces and 24 inner pieces. The cut is fixed, so every player gets exactly the same pieces.
Dive plan
- Start with the easy part: the manta's outline and the dark spots on its belly.
- Save for last: the bright, rippled water around the manta. About 65% of the frame has little detail, mostly spread across the frame, and those pieces look alike.
- Switch on Edges to keep only the 24 border pieces on the table, and build the frame first.
- Press Sort to tidy the loose pieces into rows around the board, border pieces nearest — handy once the frame is done.
- In the plain areas, match pieces by shape: on a 8 × 6 grid every inner piece has a tab or a blank on each of its four sides.
- Build the frame, then fill in from the strongest feature outwards.
Colours of the picture
Main colours, measured from the picture's pixels: sky blue (39%), deep blue (24%), ocean blue (14%) and slate grey (13%).
- sky blue39%
- deep blue24%
- ocean blue14%
- slate grey13%
- white10%
How deep it goes
Depth 3 of 5 — a steady dive.
Reef dives sit in the middle: enough pieces to need a plan, never so many that a phone screen feels crowded.