Prompt
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Over-the-shoulder view from behind a foreground figure whose head and shoulder are soft at the frame edge, looking past them to a 19-year-old man of Central American descent standing in a cozy kitchen. The man has warm golden-tan skin, broad shoulders, a solid frame, a face wider at the jaw than at the temples, grey eyes, soft rounded eyebrows, and a smooth shaved head with soft black hair and brown glints where the scalp catches the light. He wears soft grey loungewear and wool socks. He stares intensely at a silver tea kettle that is whistling loudly, with one eyebrow raised high in disbelief and his mouth twisted in pure annoyance. In one hand he holds a chipped ceramic cup and in the other a spoon. Loose leaves are scattered on the wooden counter in front of him. A jar of honey with a wooden dipper sticking out sits nearby. A handwritten recipe card is taped to the cabinet door. The shot uses an old manual 50mm lens wide open, creating a soft glow around bright edges. The main figure is small in one corner, with a large empty area of plain surface around it. A single bare tungsten bulb hangs above, casting hard warm light and sharp shadows below every object. Shot on a medium format film camera with distinct grain and high contrast shadows.
