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Surreal Sunset Water Portrait

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Use the uploaded user photo as the ONLY source of the subject’s identity and facial appearance. Preserve the user’s exact recognizable identity with maximum fidelity, including facial structure, proportions, face shape, forehead, eyebrows, natural eye shape, eyes, nose, lips, mouth structure, jawline, cheeks, chin, skin tone, natural skin texture, hairline, and all distinctive facial characteristics. Do not copy, blend, replace, beautify, redesign, or reinterpret the identity of the person in the reference image. The user photo determines ONLY who the person is; the reference image determines expression, gaze, head pose, body pose, clothing, composition, environment, lighting, and visual style. Recreate a surreal cinematic vertical 9:16 beach portrait scene at golden sunset. Show the user's identity as the main full-body subject walking barefoot through shallow ocean water toward the camera, positioned centrally in the lower half of the frame. The body faces forward with a natural relaxed walking posture, one leg stepping forward through the water, the other trailing behind, arms hanging naturally at both sides with slight movement. Water splashes around the lower legs and feet, with detailed droplets and ripples across the reflective wet shoreline. The subject's head is slightly lowered and subtly turned, with the eyes looking downward rather than directly at the camera. Reproduce the calm, introspective, thoughtful expression from the reference: relaxed eyebrows, softly focused downward gaze, closed lips, a gentle neutral mouth, and a quiet contemplative emotional atmosphere. Do not copy the expression, gaze, or head pose from the user's source photo; reconstruct these exactly from the reference while preserving the user's identity. Dress the subject in the same style as the reference: a loose, soft gray-blue long-sleeved button-front jumpsuit or one-piece outfit with a relaxed fit, slightly wrinkled fabric, sleeves rolled or pushed toward the forearms, waist loosely gathered with a matching fabric tie, full-length pants ending near the ankles, naturally wet near the lower portion from the shallow water. Include dark rectangular eyeglasses matching the reference styling, while adapting them naturally to the user's preserved identity and facial proportions. Behind the walking subject, create an enormous surreal double-exposure-style portrait of the same person’s face occupying most of the upper two-thirds of the frame. The giant face must unmistakably use the user's exact identity, not the reference person's identity. The giant portrait is front-facing in a close-up, with the head slightly angled, calm soft expression, eyes directed forward with a gentle attentive gaze, and large dark rectangular glasses. The oversized face emerges dramatically from the background and fills the sky, creating a dreamlike scale contrast with the smaller full-body figure below. Surround the giant portrait with intricate suspended water splashes, liquid filaments, transparent droplets, and swirling streams of water, forming a halo-like web around the hair and face. Thousands of sharply detailed droplets float through the air, catching warm sunset highlights. Hair should follow the reference composition: dark, naturally flowing, wind-swept hair spreading outward and blending into the surrounding water patterns, while remaining compatible with the user's natural identity and hair characteristics. Set the scene on a tropical beach during sunset. Place the glowing orange sun low near the horizon on the left side, reflecting across the wet ocean surface toward the foreground. Use dramatic dark clouds with glowing golden edges, deep charcoal-blue sky areas, warm amber clouds, and intense orange-gold light near the horizon. Include silhouetted palm trees along the distant shoreline, especially toward the right side of the frame, with a dark tropical coastline extending into the distance. The foreground contains shallow rippling water, reflective wet sand, small waves, splashes, and scattered glowing droplets. Compose the image symmetrically but organically, with the walking figure centered below the enormous face. Use a low-to-eye-level camera perspective for the full-body figure, creating a cinematic sense of depth and scale. The giant face dominates the background while the smaller walking figure remains clearly visible from head to bare feet. Use a moderate wide-angle perspective without excessive distortion. Maintain strong depth separation between the foreground water, central walking figure, giant background face, floating water particles, distant shoreline, and palm trees. Lighting must match a dramatic golden-hour cinematic style: warm orange and amber sunlight illuminating the face and clothing, strong rim light around the hair and body, deep soft shadows, glowing highlights on skin, glasses, water droplets, and ocean reflections. The giant face should receive warm directional sunset light from the left-front, with realistic shadow depth and luminous highlights. Create rich contrast between warm golden-orange sunlight and cool dark blue-gray shadows. Use ultra-detailed photorealistic rendering combined with surreal fine-art double exposure aesthetics, cinematic realism, realistic skin texture, natural facial detail, highly detailed eyes, realistic eyeglasses, intricate water physics, crisp droplets, atmospheric clouds, reflective water, dramatic volumetric light, subtle depth of field, high dynamic range, sharp focal detail, and polished 4K quality. The final image must look like a professionally created surreal cinematic photograph, not a collage or obvious digital cutout. Preserve the user's exact identity as the highest priority in both the giant portrait and the walking figure. Never make the user resemble the reference person; transfer only the reference image's expression, emotion, gaze, pose, composition, clothing, environment, lighting, camera perspective, and artistic style.

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