An anglerfish's lure is a candlelit crystal chandelier, smoke curling up.

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An anglerfish's lure is a candlelit crystal chandelier, smoke curling up.

Light the trap.

cinematic film still: a huge anglerfish emerging from absolute black water, its lure a miniature crystal chandelier burning with real candle flames that light its face from above, teeth glinting at the light's edge, every crystal throwing tiny caustics into the murk, deep blacks swallowing the body, single bold subject centered, high contrast, one candle guttering a thread of smoke that rises through the water