Eliphaz Lifts Gold Nuggets From a Brook

Prompt

Job 22: Eliphaz urges Job: acquaint yourself with God and be at peace; return to the Almighty and you shall lay up gold as dust, and the gold of Ophir as the stones of the brooks. Eliphaz, in his sand-coloured head cloth and rust-red robe, crouches large and central beside a clear, sparkling brook among smooth stones, lifting a dripping handful of gleaming gold nuggets from the water toward the viewer with an earnest, persuasive look; more gold glints among the pebbles of the stream bed. Bright midday sunlight, oleander bushes and pale rocks along the bank. 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.