Windswept Flower Field Summer Portrait

Theme:
Slumber in a Breeze of Flowers

Subject:
A vertical 4:5 photographic portrait. In a summer meadow densely filled with white and yellow marguerites and small orange flowers, a mature adult woman lies quietly on her back. She occupies a large area from the bottom of the frame to the center; her face sits slightly right of center, and her chest and shoulders fall into the lower part of the frame. The surrounding flowers fill the entire frame, and a diagonal motion blur of flowers crosses the foreground.

Figure and expression:
A natural, realistic Japanese style portrait. Long dark brown hair with thin bangs and soft strands framing the face. Eyes closed, brows relaxed, lips lightly closed in a calm expression. Natural color in the cheeks and at the tip of the nose; the skin keeps its fine texture with no excessive retouching. Summer sunlight falls on her neck, collarbones and cheeks, giving a calm atmosphere as if she were quietly asleep.

Clothing and pose:
A white summer camisole dress. Thin shoulder straps, discreet lace at the neckline, a small ribbon at the center, thin cotton fabric. Both shoulders sink naturally into the grass and flowers, and one arm is hidden by the flowers and cropped at the bottom of the frame. The body lies slightly diagonally from the lower left to the upper right, the hair spreads over the grass, and only a few strands fall across her forehead in the wind.

Background and light:
The natural density of grass and flowers of a small suburban flower field with a lived in feel. The background is made up entirely of green leaves and white, yellow and orange flowers, with no man made objects and no readable text. Summer sunlight comes from high above. The light is somewhat hard and warm, with bright highlights on the left side of her face, her neck and her shoulders, and thin shadows of flowers and hair falling on her skin. A faint green bounce light from the grass below.

Composition and camera:
A slightly elevated close range shot. Natural compression equivalent to 85mm, focus on the face, the surrounding flowers slightly softened by a shallow depth of field. Only the foreground flowers are swept by the wind, running from upper left to lower right as thin white, yellow and orange light trails. Blur is reduced around the face so the expression and skin texture stay clearly visible.

Texture and style:
Realistic photographic rendering. Summer sunlight, translucent skin, soft strands of hair, creases in thin cotton, the fine texture of grass and flowers. Natural color tones, deep greens, bright white flowers, orange flowers as an accent. A slight film like grain and the composed finish of a magazine portrait.

Negative:
Unnatural face, unnatural gaze, extra fingers, missing fingers, fused limbs, broken joints, poor contact between clothing and body, floating, unnatural gravity, incorrect perspective, shadows inconsistent with the light source, excessive skin smoothing, plastic looking skin, garbled text, logos, watermarks.