Prompt
· English
Low angle from knee height, very close, looking up at a 72-year-old man of Micronesian descent standing alone on a small floating island of cracked concrete. The man has light olive skin, a plus-size body, and a diamond-shaped face with high cheekbones. His expression is one of shock, staring with a jaw-dropped look and huge round dark brown eyes, bushy eyebrows, and freckles across the nose and cheeks. His hair is a buzz cut dyed deep teal, wrapped in a patterned headscarf, with a few days of stubble on his chin. He wears a green polo shirt. The concrete edge of the island is covered in patches of moss, and a waterfall of water spills off the edge into clouds below. Small dark birds circle in the distance against the white clouds. The air currents blow his hair slightly. The composition uses a tilt-shift lens with a narrow sharp band across the frame and softly blurred top and bottom. A rhythm of similar shapes repeats at regular intervals across the frame. The light is low-key, with one small lamp illuminating the man's face while most of the frame remains in black. Shot on a medium format digital camera with high contrast black and white film emulation, showing deep shadows, sharp focus on the face, and a grainy texture.
