Counter-Sniper Attack

[Summary] This is a realistic news photograph taken by a photographer accompanying the scene, showing a woman in uniform, Kaori, placing her sniper rifle on a waist-high concrete wall in the station square and counterattacking a sniper on the roof of a five-story building 100 meters away (diagonally above and to the right of the camera's field of view). Next to her is Lieutenant Colonel Limor, a female officer of the Israeli Central Army, in formal attire. Immediately behind them are an elderly noble couple and two female police officers in formal attire, protecting them. [Kaori] She usually wears clothes that are as ethereal as ether, and despite being of East Asian descent, she is as beautiful and charming as a Hollywood actress, so from a distance she seems like Aphrodite, the goddess of beauty. No one dares to say it out loud because it would upset her, but it is whispered that she is awe-inspiring, and that when she looks at you, it feels like being glared at by a phoenix. She is a highly capable female shaman and the chief priest of Hikami Shrine, which enshrines the deity Himiko-sama. She has long, flowing hair with bangs, cut neatly behind her hips, and today she's wearing her navy blue jumper dress uniform. [Uniform] The jumper dress uniform is unlined and made of delicate serge fabric, constructed with princess lines and panels. It consists of a tightly fitting bodice like a ball gown and a sharp, 30-pleated skirt that falls above the knee. Underneath, she wears a white chiffon blouse with a crimson ribbon bow at the neckline. On her feet are navy blue knee-high socks and penny loafers with a flat heel. [Pose] She is crouching, with an M-24SWS sniper rifle with a high pod mounted on top of a high concrete block wall. She is looking through the scope, aiming at the rooftop of a five-story building 100 meters to the right (outside the camera's right field of view, at an elevation of approximately 15 degrees), and gunpowder smoke is visible immediately after firing. She is wearing earplugs. [Lieutenant Colonel Limor] A blonde Israeli in his early thirties. She has a toned, military-like physique but a feminine figure, and is roughly the same height as Kaori. She is wearing a summer military dress uniform with a knee-length skirt. She is wearing earplugs and observing Kaori's target (15 degrees to the upper right) with small portable binoculars. [Two Female Police Officers] Local police officers in their early 30s. Both are slightly shorter than Kaori and have toned, police-like physiques, but are more feminine than Kaori. One has a bob haircut, the other has shoulder-length hair in a ponytail. Both are wearing summer women's police dress uniforms with knee-length skirts. They stand to the right of the two noblemen in the frame, with their backs to Kaori's target, protecting them by covering them. [Background] It is around 4 PM in May, a slightly cloudy, sunny day. The station square in Hikami, a regional city in Nara Prefecture, is paved with interlocking blocks. There are many relatively new buildings for a regional area. Very close to her are an elderly noble couple, lying down with their ears covered in an emergency, and the two aforementioned female police officers protecting them by covering them. Her attendants and other entourages stand around her, and the police officers guarding the area are also crouching and covering their ears. There are no vehicles due to the VIP protection, but bus stops and taxi stands are visible, and citizens welcoming the VIP are watching with flags under the control of the police. [Lighting] Natural light filtering through thin clouds, with reflections from the pavement, resulting in soft shadows. [Camera] Shot from a slightly distant position with a telephoto lens. Her entire body is visible, and the low depth of field makes her figure stand out. A professional photographer's news photograph capturing the moment immediately after the counterattack.