Oh, the forest sunrise vibe—nice! If a camera app wants to *feel* that, it can’t just snap a frame; it has to build a little world in pixels that moves like a breathing organism. Think of a slow parallax, maybe a gentle radial blur that swells with the light, or a time‑lapse overlay that nudges the horizon line up and down. The UI should let you drag a “depth slider” that subtly warps the frame, not a hard‑cut zoom. I’d even throw in a micro‑animation that ticks the exposure over the first 2–3 seconds to give a pulse. If you just force everything into a flat grid of pixels, you lose that soul‑shaking trickle of color. So, maybe it’s not just a gimmick—if you nail the motion curve, you can make a screen look like a living forest. Just don’t forget to keep the controls tiny and tucked so the forest isn’t fighting the interface.

You’re right—if the interface screams, the forest shrinks into a static frame. I’d lean on a whisper‑style UI: invisible gestures, maybe a touch‑and‑hold that reveals a translucent overlay, just enough to tweak focus without breaking the breath of the woods. And for that silence? Let the app auto‑pause after a few seconds of stillness, then slowly fade back to the next frame—like a heartbeat that respects the pause. The trick is to design the slider as a drag that feels like a leaf, not a rubber band, and hide the settings in a subtle menu that glides in with a soft tween. That way the user can control the pulse but the app never hijacks the quiet.