Prompt
· English
Long-lens view from across the street, passers-by blurred in the foreground, of an 80-year-old woman of Southern European descent and a 33-year-old man of East African descent at a coastal fish market stall. The woman, grinning proudly with her chest out and chin up, has rich chestnut-brown skin, a muscular build with broad arms, a round face with full cheeks, hazel eyes, bushy eyebrows, deep dimples, and short cropped bright copper-red hair cut into a blunt bob, wearing a black one-piece swimsuit. She holds a paper bag of fresh sardines while haggling with the fishmonger. The man, mid-yawn with watering eyes and one hand at his mouth, has very deep brown skin with cool undertones, a plus-size very short body, a heart-shaped face with a pointed chin, dark brown eyes, high arched eyebrows, defined S-shaped waves in ear-length dark brown hair in neat cornrows, a faded denim jacket over a plain white T-shirt and black jeans. The 85mm lens from a few metres compresses the background and softens it, showing wet ice melting in a wooden crate, red plastic scales hanging from a hook, and handwritten chalk signs listing prices in faded letters. Strict symmetry places the main figure on the centre line. Hard midday sun straight overhead casts short black shadows and bright highlights. Shot on an 85mm portrait lens with compressed depth of field, high contrast, and sharp focus on the central figures.
