The Lock at the Empty Pool

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MAKE IT YOUR OWN

The prompt behind the perspective.

Adapt the subject, keep the camera. These reusable prompts are based on the examples; your results will vary.

Create one photorealistic 16:9 cinematic film still, edge to edge.

SUBJECT
Choose the main subject's appearance and clothing, or optionally attach an identity reference. When a reference is supplied, preserve that person's identity and original outfit without copying its background or layout. The scene and camera placement below take priority over showing facial detail.

SCENE AND CAMERA
In the service alley behind a closed municipal swimming pool, an open brass padlock lies on rough concrete, its curved shackle enormous across the lower-left foreground. Place the camera 2 cm above the pavement with a 14mm rectilinear ultra-wide lens tilted slightly upward. The lock is about 25 cm from the lens and partially obscures the alley, enlarged entirely by perspective. Eight meters beyond it, the subject stands beside an unlocked steel maintenance gate, one hand resting on the gate. They study a thin ribbon of pool-blue water emerging beneath an otherwise dry door. Drainage channels, ribbed siding, and a high concrete wall converge toward them. Hard afternoon sunlight reveals gritty aggregate and sharp shadows. Deep focus connects the lock, the distant subject, and the angular architecture, allowing slight softness at the nearest edge. Leave visible pavement between lock and subject; keep the shackle clear of their face. Quiet crime-drama tension, slightly unsettling framing, no fisheye curvature.

COLOR GRADE
Apply a rich, naturalistic cinematic grade: deep steel-to-slate blues, luminous golden accents, grounded olive greens and warm stone neutrals where those colors occur. Preserve the scene's light sources and time of day, natural skin tones and recognizable garment colors. Keep firm contrast, deep readable blacks, detailed midtones, controlled bright highlights and crisp photographic texture. Use only subtle grain. Avoid washed blacks, artificial teal-orange separation, excessive HDR, plastic skin, heavy grain, broad bloom and diffusion haze.

IMAGE CONSTRAINTS
No writing, letters, numbers, signage, branding, logos, labels, watermarks or captions anywhere in the image. Keep relevant surfaces plain and unlettered. One separate photograph only; no border, montage, split screen or contact sheet.

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