Honest Merchant Weighs Barley for a Widow

Prompt

Proverbs 11: A false balance is abomination to the LORD: but a just weight is his delight. In a busy morning market an honest Israelite grain merchant in a striped mantle, large and central, holds up a bronze hand balance with two pans and carefully weighs barley against smooth stone weights, while a poor widow in a brown head-veil watches the level beam with relief. Sacks of grain, baskets and a sunlit stone street behind them. 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.