Pharaoh Gazes at a Darkening Sun Over the Nile

Prompt

Ezekiel 32: a lamentation for Pharaoh king of Egypt: "I will cover the heaven, and make the stars thereof dark; I will cover the sun with a cloud, and the moon shall not give her light." Pharaoh Hophra, in Egyptian royal headdress and pleated white linen, stands large and central on a palace terrace above the Nile, gazing up in dread as a great dark cloud sweeps across the sun, leaving only a brilliant golden rim of light and long sunbeams breaking around it over the river and the temples below. The palm-lined Nile shines below in the last of the light. 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.