Used to introduce a description of what is happening or displayed in an image.
“This picture shows a group of people enjoying a sunny day at the beach.”
“This picture shows a busy office with employees working at their desks.”
Use this as your opening line in Task 3 to immediately tell the examiner the overall content of the picture, giving your response a clear structure right from the start — it's one of the most natural and commonly recommended openers for this task.
Synonyms: this image depicts, the picture illustrates, what we see here is