Paul Watches for Titus at the Troas Harbour

Prompt

2 Corinthians 2: 'When I came to Troas... I had no rest in my spirit, because I found not Titus my brother.' Paul stands large and close on the stone quay of the harbour at Troas, a travel bag over his shoulder, shading his eyes and anxiously scanning the incoming merchant ships for his friend. Behind him the calm blue Aegean, a few Roman sailing ships with furled sails, gulls, and bright morning light. Simple wet stone quay in the foreground. 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.