A hooded ferryman poles through flooded birches, a stag aboard, lantern at the bow.

cinematic film still: a flat wooden ferry poled by a hooded figure crossing black floodwater through a drowned birch forest at night, pale trunks rising like columns into darkness, one lantern at the bow throwing gold rings across the still surface, the ferry's single passenger a calm standing stag, ripples folding around the pole, deep blacks beyond the lantern's reach, filmic grade, single bold composition centered, high contrast, the stag's breath drifting through the lantern light