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🌅 Golden Hour Tree Portrait
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The complete prompt
Use the uploaded SCENE REFERENCE IMAGE as the absolute visual source and recreate it SAME-TO-SAME with maximum photographic fidelity. If a second image labeled [MY FACE] is provided, replace ONLY the original subject’s face with [MY FACE]; preserve the entire scene, body, pose, clothing, lighting, composition, and background unchanged.
SUBJECT & IDENTITY:
A young male subject leaning naturally against a large mature tree, photographed in a relaxed outdoor portrait. Preserve the reference identity exactly; if [MY FACE] is supplied, reproduce [MY FACE] with exact facial anatomy and natural proportions. Preserve face shape, forehead, cheekbones, jawline, chin, eyes, eye spacing, eyelids, eyebrows, nose structure, nostrils, lips, ears, hairline, facial hair pattern, skin tone, pores, texture, natural asymmetry and every unique facial characteristic. No beautification or facial redesign.
HAIR & FACE:
Dark black-to-deep-brown naturally tousled medium-length hair with irregular textured strands and a slightly messy fringe falling toward the forehead. Natural short moustache and light beard/stubble along the jaw and chin. Calm, contemplative expression, lips naturally relaxed, eyes looking slightly upward and toward the right side of the frame. Head turned approximately three-quarter profile toward the warm sunlight.
POSE & BODY:
Subject standing/leaning against the tree trunk with the upper back and left shoulder supported by the trunk. Torso angled subtly toward camera while head turns toward the illuminated background. Shoulders relaxed. Both arms naturally lowered with sleeves rolled to around the forearms. One hand placed inside the trouser pocket; the other arm relaxed downward near the pocket area. Casual, effortless posture with natural body proportions and realistic anatomy.
CLOTHING:
Loose oversized olive/earthy sage-green long-sleeve button-up shirt made from lightweight textured cotton/linen-like fabric. Open collar with the upper buttons naturally undone, visible vertical button placket, slightly wrinkled fabric, relaxed oversized sleeves rolled upward, and a single visible chest pocket on the subject’s right side. Dark charcoal/black relaxed-fit trousers. Preserve exact garment shape, folds, seams, buttons, pocket placement, fabric texture and color.
ACCESSORY / DETAIL:
Small subtle metallic hoop-style earring on the visible ear. Preserve the visible tattoo on the lower forearm exactly in its original approximate placement, scale, linework and natural skin integration.
ENVIRONMENT:
A large rough-barked mature tree occupies the entire left portion of the frame. Highly detailed natural tree bark with deep grooves, cracks, ridges and irregular brown-gray texture. The subject is positioned immediately beside the trunk. Behind him is a peaceful natural landscape with dense green foliage, distant trees, softly illuminated grass and a gently rolling/hazy landscape extending toward the horizon.
COMPOSITION & FRAMING:
Vertical portrait composition, approximately 4:5 aspect ratio. Full upper-to-lower body portrait with the subject occupying the central-right portion while the massive tree creates strong visual weight along the left edge. Preserve the exact crop and spatial relationships of the reference. Camera positioned around chest/eye level with a natural slightly compressed portrait perspective. Subject remains dominant while the background falls progressively out of focus.
CAMERA & OPTICS:
Professional full-frame DSLR/mirrorless photography, approximately 50–85mm portrait lens, around f/1.8–f/2.8, natural perspective, shallow depth of field, sharp focus concentrated on the subject’s face and upper body. Realistic lens rendering, smooth optical falloff, strong foreground/background separation, creamy natural bokeh, subtle highlight bloom and authentic photographic depth.
LIGHTING:
Warm golden-hour sunlight coming strongly from the upper-right/background direction. Bright low-angle sunlight creates a soft warm rim light around the hair, face, shoulder and clothing edges while gently illuminating the visible facial planes. Tree trunk remains comparatively darker, producing natural contrast. Background contains glowing sunlit foliage and bright atmospheric highlights. Realistic soft shadows, warm highlights, gradual tonal transitions and natural reflected ambient light.
BACKGROUND & BOKEH:
Dense tree canopy with numerous softly defined leaves, warm amber-green foliage, bright circular/irregular sunlit bokeh highlights and a distant sunlit hillside/landscape. Strong depth separation between subject and background. Background details remain recognizable as nature but heavily softened by shallow depth of field. No artificial studio elements.
COLOR & GRADING:
Warm cinematic golden-hour palette dominated by earthy olive green, muted brown, amber, golden yellow and deep natural shadows. Slightly warm skin tones with realistic complexion. Gentle cinematic contrast, preserved highlight detail, rich but restrained blacks, subtle HDR-like dynamic range, natural saturation, soft golden atmospheric glow and realistic filmic tonal roll-off. Do not over-grade or make the image look stylized.
PHOTOREALISM & TEXTURE:
True-to-life human skin with visible fine pores and natural micro-texture; realistic individual hair strands; authentic beard/stubble detail; physically accurate fabric wrinkles and weave; highly detailed tree bark; natural foliage texture; realistic atmospheric depth. Genuine high-end professional photography, DSLR-quality optical rendering, realistic dynamic range, subtle fine film grain, crisp micro-contrast without artificial sharpening.
OPTICAL CHARACTERISTICS:
Natural lens bokeh, gentle golden highlight bloom, subtle atmospheric haze around the distant sunlight, realistic lens flare/glow only where naturally produced by the backlight, physically plausible exposure, smooth focus transition, no excessive HDR halos, no artificial sharpening, no plastic rendering, no CGI appearance.
FINAL OUTPUT:
8K UHD, ultra-detailed, ultra-realistic, photorealistic professional DSLR photograph, authentic skin and material textures, physically accurate lighting, natural depth of field, cinematic golden-hour atmosphere, maximum scene fidelity, SAME-TO-SAME recreation, zero creative reinterpretation. Preserve every major visual relationship of the reference image.Copy the complete prompt and use your own reference photos where requested.
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