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Candid waist-up outdoor portrait taken on medium format on the open upper deck of an island car ferry crossing open water on a bright, crisp morning. A slender young woman rests her hip against the painted white ship railing, holding onto a wooden banister as the ferry cuts through the wake. Sea breeze whips her short wavy hair into animated, buoyant shapes around her face. Her eyes are slightly narrowed against the sea spray and glaring morning sun, flashing with bright, adventurous spirit, her chin lifted slightly and a vibrant, unreserved grin showing across her features. She wears a navy blue heavyweight wool pea coat with large horn buttons, collars turned up against the cold air, over an off-white fisherman's sweater. Brilliant direct morning sunlight strikes her profile, casting sharp, sculptural shadows beneath her jaw and creating glistening white highlights across the ocean surface stretching out in the background, and in the distance we see the city docks that the ferry departed. The palette is deep maritime navy, sea-foam white, ocean blue, and luminous skin highlights. The mood is exhilarating, bracing, and free.