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Retro
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📸 Exact Image Prompt
> Create a highly realistic vertical 4:5 cinematic late-1980s/early-1990s American retro street-fashion photograph of a handsome young man standing casually beside a classic yellow vintage taxi on a busy urban street at golden hour. Use the uploaded reference image ONLY for composition, pose, framing, outfit styling, vehicle, environment, lighting, color palette, and overall photographic aesthetic. Do not reproduce the identity or exact facial likeness of the person in the reference. Create an original realistic face.
SUBJECT:
A handsome young man in his early 20s with naturally thick, voluminous tousled dark-brown hair, defined eyebrows, clear natural skin, subtle masculine facial features, and a calm, slightly serious expression. He looks directly toward the camera with effortless confidence.
OUTFIT:
Colorful vintage 1980s windbreaker jacket with a faded denim-blue body, dusty coral/pink sleeves, mustard-yellow and red patch details, and authentic retro stitching. Underneath, a relaxed vertically striped button-up shirt in cream, beige, mustard, muted blue and brown, worn casually with the collar open. High-waisted relaxed light-wash blue jeans, brown leather belt, and minimal vintage accessories.
POSE:
Three-quarter/full-body vertical fashion portrait. The man stands casually leaning against the side of a classic yellow taxi. One hand rests naturally inside his jeans pocket while the opposite arm hangs relaxed beside his body. Slightly relaxed shoulders, subtle body angle toward camera, confident effortless 1980s street-style attitude.
VEHICLE:
Classic boxy yellow American taxi from the late 1970s/1980s, authentic taxi roof sign, chrome details, aged yellow paint, realistic windows and reflections, period-correct proportions and styling.
BACKGROUND:
Busy American city street during sunset, blurred traffic, vintage cars, pedestrians, storefronts, urban buildings and warm street lights. Strong nostalgic metropolitan atmosphere with cinematic background bokeh.
LIGHTING:
Warm golden-hour sunlight mixed with soft urban ambient light. Golden rim light around the hair and shoulders, warm illumination across the taxi and clothing, subtle reflections in the car windows, natural shadows, atmospheric haze and gentle lens flare.
CAMERA:
Professional vintage fashion photography, 50mm lens, eye-level perspective, vertical 4:5 composition, natural body proportions, realistic depth of field, sharp subject, softly blurred background, authentic analog optical characteristics.
COLOR & FILM LOOK:
Rich golden amber, taxi yellow, faded denim blue, coral red, mustard, cream and muted brown. Strong but tasteful warm vintage color grading, natural skin tones, visible fine 35mm film grain, mild halation, soft highlight roll-off, slight color fading, nostalgic premium 1980s fashion-editorial aesthetic.
REALISM:
Ultra-photorealistic original face, realistic skin pores, individual hair strands, natural eyes, authentic fabric texture, realistic denim stitching and fading, physically accurate shadows and reflections, anatomically correct hands and fingers, believable proportions, no CGI appearance.
NEGATIVE PROMPT:
> exact face reproduction, identity copying, celebrity likeness, face replacement, modern clothing, modern taxi, futuristic objects, plastic skin, CGI, 3D render, cartoon, illustration, artificial eyes, distorted face, deformed hands, extra fingers, missing fingers, bad anatomy, unnatural limbs, exaggerated muscles, duplicate person, warped vehicle, distorted reflections, excessive HDR, oversharpening, excessive makeup, blurry subject, low resolution, watermark, captions, text artifacts, random logos.Copy the complete prompt and use your own reference photos where requested.
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