Use the LIVING organic owl in this image as the exact geometric source. Perform a MATERIAL SWAP ONLY — do not reinvent the skull or redraw the bird. Keep the geometry pixel-locked to the source: the exact same head contour, the same facial disc width and softness (soft and narrow, NOT wider, NOT flattened into a mask), the same ear tuft length and angle, the same distance between the eyes, the same beak shape, the same feather layout and layering. TRANSFORM the material of every feather into metal: each individual feather becomes dark matte-graphite carbon-fibre and brushed titanium, with a hard specular highlight running along its edge, anisotropic metal sheen, a thin warm copper rim on the outer edge of every feather, and a subtle machined micro-bevel where feathers overlap. PRESERVE THE BREAST DOWN: the soft white downy bib on the chest stays in the same place with the same softness, but becomes fine hair-thin metal down, soft and slightly disordered, catching the light like brushed wire. EYES: same size and position, amber glowing optical lenses with fine brass-and-copper iris diaphragm blades visible around the pupil, plus a small sharp specular catchlight from the window in each eye, wet corneal surface, faint amber glow from inside the iris. POSE: head tilted 5-8 degrees off-axis, one ear tuft slightly lower than the other, a few loose metal down feathers out of alignment — controlled imperfection, not a catalog pose. LIGHTING & ENVIRONMENT (keep from the reference): Deakins-style hard side key from a panoramic window plus a cool rim light tracing the head contour; softly blurred city at dawn behind; environment reflections on the metal feathers — window light, city lights, warm platform glow visible in the feather edges and in the lens eyes. NEGATIVE: not simply black or dark plumage — the material must read unmistakably as metal in the highlights; no smooth cast panels, no panel seams, no helmet, no exposed gears or hydraulics, no gold chrome robot look, no transformer style; do NOT widen or flatten the facial disc; do NOT shorten the ear tufts. Output a single centered portrait reference card, hyper-detailed, photorealistic, shallow depth of field.
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