# IMAGE_PROMPT: Abfindung

**Last Updated:** 2026-02-21

Use this template when creating `IMAGE_PROMPT.md` for a blog post. Fill Core Concept, Key Elements, Composition, and Mood first—these scaffold the final Prompt. The script (generate-blog-featured-image.py) extracts only the Prompt section below.

See [BLOG_FEATURED_IMAGE_STYLE_GUIDE.md](../../BLOG_FEATURED_IMAGE_STYLE_GUIDE.md) for topic mappings, anti-repetition rules, and composition picks.

**Before creating:**

1. Run `python3 v2/scripts/blog/audit-blog-image-scene-types.py --report-adjacent=3` to check scene diversity.
2. Identify **related topics** (posts sharing keyword space, e.g. aufhebungsvertrag, offboarding, arbeitsbescheinigung).
3. Choose a scene type **different** from adjacent posts AND related topics. Document both in Scene Type section.
4. Match scene to **topic meaning** – not to a related outcome.

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## Scene Type

**ABSTRACT**. Balanced scale metaphor – payment, exit, severance. Distinct from aufhebungsvertrag (support/rest), arbeitsbescheinigung, arbeitszeugnis (desk). Related topics use desk, cafe, or support/rest. Abstract scale conveys fairness, balance, transition – what Abfindung represents.

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## Core Concept / Metaphor

Abfindung = severance pay, one-time payment at job exit, balance between employer and employee. Transition, fairness, financial settlement.

## Key Elements (On-Theme, Concrete)

Abstract balanced scale or equilibrium metaphor – no literal scale, no money/coins. Soft geometric forms suggesting balance. Muted blues, warm accents. Conveys payment, exit, severance without documents or desk.

## Why Not (Anti-Patterns)

Desk, pen, documents – too similar to arbeitszeugnis, arbeitsbescheinigung. Support/rest (chair by window) – aufhebungsvertrag. Money, coins – too literal. Abstract nodes, flowing lines – generic.

## Composition / Camera

Wide shot, soft focus, shallow depth of field. Abstract forms in center, muted background.

## Mood / Atmosphere

Balanced, transitional, professional – settlement, fairness.

## Prompt

Editorial photography, soft film-like quality, natural texture. Abstract balanced scale metaphor – soft geometric forms suggesting equilibrium, payment, exit, severance. Muted blues and greens, warm accents. Conveys Abfindung as financial settlement at job end. Wide shot, shallow depth of field. No text, letters, typography, signs, or readable content. Avoid: blue sphere, sundial, generic clock, floating pie chart, stock office with laptop, desk, pen, documents, abstract nodes, flowing lines, money, coins, pristine perfection, support/rest chair by window.

## Reference

- Topic-keyword table: BLOG_FEATURED_IMAGE_STYLE_GUIDE.md § Topic-Specific Elements
- Mindestlohn: "Balanced scale metaphor, abstract – no text"
- Repetitive elements to exclude: BLOG_FEATURED_IMAGE_STYLE_GUIDE.md § Common Pitfalls