Frozen assets | gold bullion frozen inside an open safe

Frozen assets: an open steel safe on a cold studio floor filled by one perfectly clear block of ice with a stack of plain gold coins and two gold bars suspended inside it, frost fanning out across the safe's brushed metal rim under cold soft side light.

Prompt

An open steel safe stands on a cold studio floor, and its interior is filled by one perfectly clear block of ice. Suspended at different depths inside the ice sit a neat stack of plain gold coins and two rectangular gold bars, their edges and flat faces visible through the glass-clear body of the block, with no lettering or markings on any surface anywhere in the frame. The ice is almost invisible where it is thinnest and thickest and faintly blue toward its centre, and it presses tight against the safe's steel walls so the valuables are sealed behind it. Frost crystals creep outward from the ice across the safe's steel rim and door frame, gathering in white feathery fans that mark the cold. Cold soft light from one side skims the brushed steel of the safe and refracts through the ice, bending the gold's reflections and frosting the metal to a pale matte. The room around the safe is unlettered, and the composition frames the open safe and its frozen contents as a 16:9 wide composition.