medium wide at 35mm, a colossal lotus root lying across a narrow stream as a footbridge, its left end resting on the muddy bank so the span is fully supported, its cut face turned toward the lens with the round chambers showing pale light straight through, the outer skin carrying lengthwise fibres and ringed nodes with a wet sheen. a young woman with black hair half-tied by a white jade pin, an ivory raw-silk robe with narrow apricot trim and a sheer outer layer, walks along the top of the root barefoot, skirts gathered in one hand, caught mid-stride, seen from behind with her face hidden and turned away from the camera. below her the stream runs shallow and clear over stones, the root's shadow bending on the water. everything veiled in the same translucent white: the root's flesh, her robe, the mist. high-key, shadows lifted, milky highlights, palette of ivory, pale celadon and warm pink, low micro-contrast, slight bloom.