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Photograph · Anime USA 2012

Bent Wrist and Pipe Beside the Patterned Carpet

Bent Wrist and Pipe Beside the Patterned Carpet
The white-capped cosplayer bends forward with one wrist hanging loosely and the gray pipe held at the side, the weathered white costume bright against the floral carpet.
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From the photo record

Photographer
Yenra
Event
Anime USA 2012
Captured
2012:11:10 11:43:44
Camera
NIKON D300
Lens
50.0 mm f/1.4
Focal length
50.0 mm
Aperture
f/1.4
Shutter speed (seconds)
1/640
ISO
400
Copyright
Yenra Corporation 2012
More recorded details
Suggested title
Nurse with Broom Handle
Summary
A person dressed as a nurse is holding a broom handle and standing on a blue floral patterned carpet.
Profile
Camera Vivid
Color temperature
3900
Editing software
Adobe Photoshop Lightroom Classic 7.2 (Windows)
Approximate focus distance (m)
2.99

Detailed description

The cosplayer bends forward with the knees offset, opening the pose diagonally across the portrait. One arm extends to the left with a loose, downward wrist. The other hand holds the gray pipe near the right edge, its long shaft slanting toward the lower foreground. A folded white cap sits above a short black wig that covers one eye. The visible eye looks toward the camera beneath the tilted head, and the lips remain parted. Red makeup spreads around the mouth, while gray-toned makeup and darker smudges continue across the arms and legs. Those deliberate surface changes give the costume an unsettling, weathered character. The white garment has a folded collar, short sleeves and large buttons down the front. A narrow pale band defines the waist. Brownish marks and soft creases interrupt the cloth's brighter areas, especially across the upper front. The pipe has a darker, more rigid surface, giving the gripping hand a firm point of contact beside the looser reaching arm. Sunlight spreads across the carpet in broad pale bands. Its blue, red and gold floral pattern becomes especially vivid below the subject, contrasting with the costume's restricted white, gray and black palette. Plants and bright window frames line the hall, with visitors blurred toward the deeper center. Chandeliers dissolve into warm circles overhead. The open, daylight-filled setting gives the irregular stance room to read: angled knees, crooked wrist, tilted head and straight prop each add a different line. The portrait's eerie atmosphere comes from that held arrangement and visible makeup, set against the ordinary movement of people farther back.

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