Shadow Thief in a Clockwork City

A photorealistic scene of a slender thief moving through a vast clockwork city at dusk. The city is a maze of brass gears, copper pipes, steam vents, and towering clock towers with large rotating hands. Rain slicks the metal streets, reflecting amber gaslight from ornate streetlamps shaped like cogwheels. The thief wears a charcoal trench coat with a high collar, a dark cloth mask over the lower face, leather gloves, knee-high boots, and a weathered canvas satchel slung over the shoulder. They cling to the edge of a balcony above a gear-laden street, poised to slip into the shadows or snatch a glowing artifact from a gear-touched niche. The air is hazy with steam; reflections shimmer on polished brass, riveted iron, and glass. The composition uses cinematic lighting, ultra-detailed textures (scratches, wear, micro-painting), and a shallow depth of field to emphasize the thief while the city blurs behind. Shot with a 50-85mm focal length, high-resolution realism, 8k quality.