Jonah Prays Inside the Great Fish

Prompt

Jonah 2: "Then Jonah prayed unto the LORD his God out of the fish's belly... The waters compassed me about... the weeds were wrapped about my head." Inside the vast, ribbed, cavern-like belly of the great fish, Jonah kneels large and central in shallow sea water, strands of seaweed tangled about his head and shoulders, his hands lifted and his face turned upward in earnest prayer, lit by a soft shaft of glowing golden light that falls on him from above; the curving pinkish walls of the fish glisten around him. Luminous warm light against deep teal shadows, never murky. 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.