HI letters surrounded by warm candlelight portrait

The letters "HI" sit centered within a tall 9:16 vertical frame and readable at life-size scale, placed near the lower third to leave elegant negative space above for portrait feeling. The lettering is warm-ink on textured paper with a soft gold foil edge, legibility high through close spacing and gentle contrast against a cream surface. Surrounding the letters, several taper candles cast an amber wash that glows like #A55712 and #FFB86B while deep shadows fall into #3A2B22, creating an intimate halo effect. Materials include softly melted wax pools, a grainy paper plane beneath the letters, and a dark wooden tabletop with subtle sheen to ground the scene. Focus is shallow so the letterforms resolve crisply in the foreground while the candle flames and background plane blur into layered warmth, rendered as a moody photographic study.