Rei Ayanami Cosplay — Poolside Summer Garden, Photo 4

Under olive branches in a corner of the garden, Rei Ayanami sits with her legs crossed and a black-and-white striped rope hammock curving behind her shoulders. She leans slightly forward, shoulders softly rounded, and looks up into the lens from a camera angled a little down at her. Arms and shins gather into a compact triangle, a closed, inward shape.

Sunlight reaches the scene through the leaves, so bright patches alternate with soft leaf shadows across the grass and the white fabric, and the dappling tones down the brightness of the suit. The light is warm, with green reflected from the lawn and the silvery-green olive foliage; a stone fence and a dark green screen close off the background.

Of the three hammock frames in the set, it is the most introspective, the limbs drawn in rather than spread along the ropes.