vampire skull fine-art portrait

A single vampire skull occupies the center-right of a square frame, filling roughly half the image height with generous negative space in the upper-left quadrant and fern leaves clustered across the lower third and along the lower edge. The skull is a close-up still-life subject rendered as fine-art photography with eye-level perspective and tight framing that emphasizes the full cranium and pronounced canines. Surface details include aged porous bone, visible hairline sutures, shallow pitting and a soft matte finish on the enamel of the teeth. One longer upper canine carries a smear of wet red pigment on its tip and inner edge, described clearly and saturated against the pale tooth. Light is low-key and cool, a soft lateral key with gentle rim separation that casts subtle, soft-edged shadows into the eye sockets and under the cheek, while a faint teal cast cools midtones. Background depth is shallow to moderate with ferns rendered in soft focus and the background occupying the upper 40 percent of the frame, creating a sense of depth behind the skull. Maintain subtle film-like grain and natural falloff so textures read as photographic, and keep all composition and crop guidance inside a 1:1 square.