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Vintage 1980s Bombay Street Style — Cinematic Portrait
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The complete prompt
Create a highly realistic vertical 4:5 cinematic vintage 1980s Indian street photograph using TWO image references.
REFERENCE 1 — USER PHOTO:
Use the uploaded photo ONLY as the facial identity reference. Preserve the person’s real facial identity and recognizable features, including face shape, facial proportions, eyes, eyebrows, nose, lips, jawline, skin tone, hairline, and natural facial characteristics. The final person must clearly look like the same person. Do not copy the identity of Reference 2.
REFERENCE 2 — POSE & STYLE PHOTO:
Use the second uploaded image ONLY as a reference for pose, body positioning, clothing style, camera angle, composition, environment, lighting, color palette, and overall vintage photographic aesthetic. Do not copy its person’s facial identity.
SUBJECT & POSE:
Create the person from Reference 1 as a stylish young Indian man casually leaning against an old, weathered, poster-covered street pole. One hand is naturally raised near the face while holding a cigarette, and the other hand rests casually inside the trouser pocket. Relaxed, confident expression with a subtle natural smile. Slightly tilted posture with one leg relaxed and naturally crossed.
CLOTHING:
Loose light-colored vintage floral/patterned button-up shirt with sleeves rolled to the elbows, slightly open collar, simple thin pendant necklace, dark high-waisted pleated trousers, leather belt, classic vintage aviator sunglasses, and a simple wristwatch.
BACKGROUND:
Authentic old Indian urban street atmosphere inspired by 1980s Kolkata/Bombay, with aged colonial-style buildings, weathered walls, old Bengali/Hindi shop signs and posters, pedestrians, cycle rickshaw, vintage vehicles, and natural street activity. Keep the background realistically busy but softly out of focus.
LIGHTING & CAMERA:
Warm dusty afternoon sunlight, soft natural shadows, subtle atmospheric haze, muted earthy brown tones, shallow depth of field, realistic 50mm analog-film photography, cinematic framing, natural perspective, realistic human proportions.
VINTAGE FILM LOOK:
Authentic 1980s Indian analog-film photograph, faded warm colors, subtle heavy film grain, tiny scratches, dust particles, slightly soft focus, low contrast, aged paper texture, imperfect film borders, and mild vignette. It must look like a genuine old printed photograph—not a modern digital photo with a vintage filter.
IMPORTANT:
Reference 1 controls ONLY facial identity. Reference 2 controls ONLY pose, styling, scene, composition, lighting, and aesthetic. Keep the person’s face recognizable, realistic, natural, and unchanged. Do not beautify, reshape, replace, or mix the face with the second reference. Avoid face-swapping artifacts, plastic skin, cartoon effects, distorted hands, extra fingers, unnatural anatomy, or exaggerated facial features.
Final result: photorealistic, highly detailed, authentic human skin texture, realistic anatomy, cinematic composition, genuine 1980s Indian street-photography aesthetic.Copy the complete prompt and use your own reference photos where requested.
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