04/10/2025
Prompt: Three-quarter torso shot, slightly low camera angle, 85 mm lens, f/2.2, ISO 640, 1/125 s. Main light: lantern positioned behind and above left shoulder level, giving a strong golden rim along the top of his cavalry coat collar and upper sleeve, while leaving the front largely in shadow. Coat: thick melton wool, edges worn and frayed with tiny fiber protrusions; leather bandolier straps crossing the chest, the grain visible in rim light. He grips a carved pumpkin in both hands at chest height — the pumpkin skin showing natural waxy sheen, faint dirt smudges, and knife marks around the carved sections. The carved sections emit soft, warm candlelight that illuminates his gloved fingers from below, showing creases in the worn leather. Background: foggy forest path with tall trunks silhouetted, depth separation achieved by volumetric light scattering. Shadows fall realistically onto the coat’s lower folds and the pumpkin’s lower curve. Depth of field isolates his torso and the pumpkin, with the forest rendered in layered blur. Highly detailed, highly realistic, HDR
