A sunlit beach selfie shot from a high handheld angle looking down at a young woman lying on her back on a striped beach towel, her body stretched diagonally across the frame. She wears a wide brimmed woven straw sun hat in natural tan with a frayed raw edge, tilted back so the brim casts a soft shadow across her brow while her deep hazel eyes look directly up into the lens. Her hair is loose and windblown with a few dry strands sweeping across her cheekbone. She wears a crochet bikini in a scalloped wave pattern of emerald green, ivory, burnt orange and plum, with thin halter ties knotted behind her neck and small braided ties resting on her hips. A slim beaded turquoise necklace with a small silver shell charm sits in the hollow of her collarbone. Her skin glows with warm sun and fine sea salt, a scattering of freckles across her cheeks, an open laughing smile with coral tinted lips, and her torso catches strong low evening light that carves bright highlights and deep shadows across her ribs and stomach. Beneath her the towel is a bold teal and cream striped blanket with tasseled edges, and beyond it rough pale sand is scattered with footprints and a few dry sea shells. Bright golden hour sunlight from the lower right, high contrast, shallow depth of field, candid vacation photography aesthetic, warm nostalgic color grade, playful carefree summer mood.