Prompt
· English
View from the pavement through a shop or cafe window, the street reflected faintly over the glass, showing four adult friends standing on a hilltop in the middle distance. They look up in awe as massive, translucent whales swim slowly through the sky above them, their massive forms casting soft shadows on the grass below. A backpack lies on the grass, and one friend holds a bottle of water. The faint bioluminescent glow of the whales' bellies is visible. The composition has three clear layers of depth: near, middle and far. The first friend is an 18-year-old woman of Indigenous North American descent with light olive skin, a lean wiry build, a diamond-shaped face with high cheekbones, pale light-blue eyes, thin fine eyebrows, and a faint scar through one eyebrow; her hair is dyed lilac, chin-length, and wrapped in a patterned headscarf, and she wears a fleece jacket. The second friend is a 32-year-old woman of Eastern European descent with fair skin with cool undertones, a petite frame, a face wider at the jaw than at the temples, green eyes, high arched eyebrows, and a beauty mark above the lip; her honey-blonde hair is long mid-back in soft springy coils, in neat cornrows, and she wears a black puffer jacket, a wool beanie and a scarf. The third friend is a 27-year-old woman of Caribbean descent with warm golden-tan skin, a tall lanky frame, an oval face, hazel eyes, thick straight eyebrows, and a thin silver nose ring; her chestnut-brown hair is ear-length, fine pin-straight, worn loose and natural, and she wears rimless glasses and a beige trench coat over a dark sweater. The fourth friend is a 26-year-old woman of Southeast Asian descent with medium olive-brown skin, a soft heavyset build, a square face with a strong jaw, amber eyes, thin fine eyebrows; her jet-black hair is in a buzz cut, densely packed tight coils, tucked under a knitted beanie, and she wears a yellow rain jacket with the hood down. Low golden-hour sun directly behind creates glowing edges and a bright haze. Shot on an instant film camera, small square frame with soft colours and a slight vignette, producing a nostalgic, faded look with characteristic grain and light leaks.
