Over the Crow’s Shoulder

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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 a dark industrial lane at late evening approaching night, an ordinary-sized black crow is perched on a weathered rectangular streetlight six metres above the ground, looking down at the subject walking away with a lit oil lantern. Place a miniature camera on the supporting arm about 15 centimetres behind and slightly above the crow. Use a 24mm-equivalent lens pitched downward around 75 degrees. The crow's folded wing and close shoulder occupy the left foreground; its head is in three-quarter profile, with one eye and the closed beak angled toward the person below. Its feet grip the same metal housing. The camera looks over the crow's shoulder, keeping the distant figure small.

Use one plausible continuous curved horizontal supporting arm entering the lamp housing from the left. It exits the left edge and connects to the main streetlight pole outside the field of view. The housing is solidly attached to this arm. There is no downward branch, dangling pole, extra pipe or vertical support beneath the lamp head in the photograph. The actual vertical pole remains off-screen to the left.

The streetlight is on. Its opaque rusty metal roof stays unlit metal; a frosted diffuser on the underside emits warm tungsten-like light, approximately 2700K. From the camera above the housing, show only a thin luminous underside edge or side glimpse of this diffuser. Do not place an illuminated panel on top beneath the crow. The light falls into a broad soft-edged golden pool on the lane, illuminating the subject's shoulders and gravel below. The small oil lantern in the subject's right hand forms a separate warmer orange practical, brightest at its flame and the patch beside the leg. Give these two sources coherent shadows and falloff.

The subject is a small overhead figure around 14 percent of frame height, walking away near the lower centre. Show chiefly the back and top of the head; do not enlarge the face. The right hand grips the oil-lantern handle beside the thigh; the left arm is relaxed. Industrial scrap piles, tyres and workshop edges recede into deep slate-blue and charcoal shadows. Preserve faint texture near the pools of light while the far lane and corners become darker. Expose for the lamp-lit person and ground, with controlled diffuser highlights.

Cool residual sky light reveals modest feather detail. A restrained warm reflection touches nearby feathers without floodlighting the roof or bird from below. Maintain convincing depth between close crow and distant person; the nearest wing edge may soften. One crow, one person, one streetlight and one oil lantern. No daylight appearance, artificial global fill, fog, visible beam cone, starburst, heavy bloom or blown white lamp. No visible camera or rig.

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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