Black-and-white birthday portrait in candle glow

The prompt

Preserve the subject's exact facial identity, proportions, skin tone and distinctive features from the reference photo; do not beautify, reshape or reinterpret the face. A black-and-white cinematic birthday portrait, waist-up, of one person sitting at a small table just before a lit birthday cake, head tilted slightly down toward the candles, eyes lifted to the camera with a soft, private smile — the kind of look caught a second before making a wish. The warm candlelight reads as a luminous glow at the center of the frame even in monochrome, rim-lighting the jaw and catching in the eyes, while the rest of the room falls into soft charcoal shadow. Simple, unfussy clothing — a fine-knit crewneck or plain button shirt — with no visible logos or patterns to compete with the light. Hair loose and natural, however it actually falls. Shot on an 85mm lens at f/2, eye level, shallow depth of field with the candle flames slightly bloomed. Fine silver-gelatin film grain, real skin texture and pores, no plastic smoothing, no beauty filter, no HDR glow. Deep true blacks, soft silver mid-tones, no gray wash. Photorealistic, quiet and intimate mood, no text, no watermark, no cartoon or CGI rendering.

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