Which of these would you like, or please clarify the subject while confirming all people described are adults?

Elara lived in a city of grey steel and relentless concrete, but she saw the world in watercolors. At seventeen, with eyes the color of stormy seas and a mess of curls she never quite managed to tame, she was often described as "striking"—a word she secretly disliked because it sounded like an accident, rather than a truth.

For exactly three minutes, the grime and the pollution seemed to vanish. The stone of the tower glowed a warm, amber hue. Elara raised her camera, snapping photo after photo, but she paused to look with her own eyes.