A pale yellow rectangular block of butter with fine ridges and a curled shaving sits on a dark blue ceramic plate on a scratched grey metal tabletop, with open…

Butter on Deep Blue

A pale yellow butter block with a curled shaving on a dark blue ceramic plate, photographed on brushed steel in soft daylight.

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1536 × 1024
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landscape
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Prompt

Contemporary food-magazine photograph, landscape 3:2. A freshly cut rectangular block of pale yellow butter sits left of centre on a small, matte deep-blue ceramic plate, with one thin curled butter shaving resting against its front corner.

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