Portrait shot wide open on a short telephoto, so the nearest blooms fall soft and the face stays sharp. Long stems of blossom with the buds half open, on long visible stems standing at four or five different distances from the lens, entering from the top and both sides and arcing across the frame, clustering at the crown and filling the lower corners out of focus. The face of a striking woman in her forties, silver-grey hair cropped short, strong brows sits sharp in a clear opening in the middle, one tone painted over the lid, the crease and the brow bone as a single soft-edged zone, taken up and outward rather than down, one tone taken up over the lid and out onto the temple. A soft airbrushed cool blue falling to pale apricot gradient backdrop with a diffuse bloom of light behind the head, one cool rim separating her from it, and the light soft from every direction. Pale and moderate in chroma. Serene, cool and slightly remote, eyes half closed.