
Repentant Man Washing at the Fountain in Jerusalem
A kneeling man washes his face and hands in a clear pool fed by a spring, while a prophet with a hand on his shoulder stands beside him. Jerusalem's walls rise behind them.
Prompt
Zechariah 13: "In that day there shall be a fountain opened to the house of David and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem for sin and for uncleanness." At a rocky spring beneath the old stone walls of Jerusalem, a fresh fountain of crystal-clear water gushes out of the rock into a pool; a repentant man of Jerusalem kneels large and central at its edge, washing his face and hands in the shining water with an expression of relief and cleansing, while the prophet Zechariah, wearing a simple wrapped head cloth and brown mantle, stands beside him, one hand on his shoulder. Early-morning light, sparkling water, ferns and moss, bright and fresh. The men wear wrapped turbans or head-cloths over their hair. 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.
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