A Floating Clock Wedge and a Pile of Gold Coins

A small centered still-life group sits inside only the central half of a 1:1 square frame, wide empty fully-transparent background surrounding it on every side — alpha equals zero, not white, not colored, no checkerboard pattern, a real alpha channel throughout. At its center, a round analog clock face lies flat, seen at a high three-quarter angle, with a clean wedge-shaped section missing to leave a precise empty gap; the matching wedge floats just above that gap, tilted as though being set back into place, with wide clear transparent margin around the whole group. No hands, no arms, no people appear anywhere — the whole group stays small at the center with generous empty space around it, nothing large, nothing near any border. Beside the clock face rests a small pile of blank gold coins, the payment for that missing segment; the dial carries plain tick marks with no numerals and no lettering, the coins smooth and blank with no stamped faces. No signs, plaques, books, screens, numbered dials, or lettered surfaces appear anywhere — every surface stays blank and unmarked. Shot as conceptual tabletop photography with smooth matte surfaces, a pale ivory clock face, warm gold coins, soft studio light, and gentle shading — no counter, no room, no figure — grounded by a soft, semi-transparent contact shadow in the alpha channel, darkest at contact and fading outward.