An Old Man Gleans Olives Among Ruins

Prompt

Isaiah 17: Behold, Damascus is taken away from being a city, and it shall be a ruinous heap... Yet gleaning grapes shall be left in it, as the shaking of an olive tree, two or three berries in the top of the uppermost bough. An old man in a worn tunic stands large and central beside a lone olive tree, reaching up with a long pole toward the last two or three olives left on the topmost bough. Behind him the broken walls and tumbled stones of Damascus lie in ruins, with sheep grazing among them. Clear late-afternoon golden light, quiet desolation. The men wear wrapped turbans or head-cloths over their hair. Style: a blend of photo-realism and cinema, like a still from a big-budget film. Bright, rich, saturated, luminous colour, clear daylight or glowing golden light even in dramatic scenes, never murky or muddy, crisp detail, real human faces full of emotion, shallow depth of field, subtle film grain. Simple, uncluttered composition: ONE clear scene from this chapter, with the chapter's main character or characters large, close and central in the upper and middle frame, and a simple background. No montage, no collage, no inset vignettes, no crowd of small figures competing for attention. Historically accurate ancient Near Eastern clothing, architecture and landscape. Keep the bottom quarter of the frame simple and uncluttered (ground, water or sky) so a large chapter number can be set over it. Absolutely no text, no letters, no words, no numbers, no logos, no watermark, no border, no frame.