Prompt
· English
Seen as a reflection in a wet or polished surface of the place, the reflected image filling the frame, showing a 53-year-old woman and a partner sitting on the cold marble floor of a large, empty train station concourse at dawn. The woman, of Melanesian descent with rich chestnut-brown skin, has a soft heavyset build and is tall, with a face wider at the jaw than at the temples, amber eyes, soft rounded eyebrows, and freckles across the nose and cheeks. She has fine pin-straight hair, chin-length, dyed pastel pink and slicked straight back, wearing a yellow rain jacket with the hood down and rubber boots. She looks startled, with shoulders jerked up and eyes wide, leaning against a closed ticket booth window. The soft blue light of early morning hits the deserted platforms, and the specific pattern of the marble tiles is visible in the reflection. A single, discarded newspaper lies on the floor, and the reflection of the couple is visible in the dark window glass. The composition features the main figure breaking a repeating pattern that fills the rest of the frame, captured by a 200mm telephoto from far away with background layers stacked flat. Broad light from a lamp on the side turned towards the camera illuminates the wide side of the face fully. Shot on 200mm telephoto with compressed perspective, sharp focus on the reflection, and a cool blue color cast from the dawn light.
