Prompt
· English
First-person view with the photographer's own hands at the bottom edge of the frame, showing a group of four friends standing on a platform covered in thick steam from a train. A 64-year-old woman of Polynesian descent, wearing a lopsided smirk with one corner of the mouth pulled up, stands on the left with deep espresso-brown skin, a lean wiry build, very tall stature, a face wider at the jaw than at the temples, grey eyes, thick straight eyebrows, ear-length hair with snow-white hair in loose barely-there waves and curtain bangs framing the face, wearing cat-eye glasses, a faded denim jacket over a plain white T-shirt and black jeans, holding onto a metal handrail. Next to her, a 27-year-old man of West African descent, smiling tenderly with soft crinkled eyes, has rich chestnut-brown skin, an athletic build, average height, an oval face, amber eyes, bushy eyebrows, freckles across the nose and cheeks, very long waist-length hair dyed deep teal twisted into two small space buns, wearing round wire-frame glasses, denim overalls over a mustard turtleneck, also holding the handrail. Further right, a 65-year-old woman of Central African descent, looking grossed out with the nose wrinkled and the tongue half out, has warm caramel-brown skin, a plus-size body, very short stature, a heart-shaped face with a pointed chin, pale light-blue eyes, sharply angled eyebrows, a beauty mark above the lip, short cropped hair with silver-grey hair in neat cornrows, wearing a yellow cotton sundress with thin straps and canvas sneakers, gripping the rail tightly. On the far right, a 68-year-old man of East African descent, with one eyebrow raised high in disbelief and the mouth twisted, has medium olive-brown skin, a soft heavyset build, tall stature, an angular face with hollow cheeks, deep blue eyes, thin fine eyebrows, shoulder-length hair with chestnut-brown hair colour cut into a blunt bob with tightly coiled zig-zag hair, a short neatly trimmed beard, wearing a loose white linen shirt and rolled linen trousers, holding the rail. Drops of condensation are visible on the metal handrails, the faint glow of the train's interior lights shines through the steam, and a single suitcase rolls on the platform behind them. The main figure fills the frame edge to edge, crowding out the background, with the train doors closing in the distance. The phone main camera is held close, keeping everything from near to far in focus. Heavy overcast sky provides soft shadowless light and muted colours. Shot on a smartphone main camera with natural imperfections, slight noise, and a flat light that captures the wet condensation on the metal.
