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Sunset DSLR Portrait

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ULTRA-REALISTIC 8K UHD — SAME-TO-SAME DSLR PHOTOGRAPHIC RECREATION

Recreate the uploaded SCENE REFERENCE IMAGE with maximum possible visual fidelity and zero creative reinterpretation. Treat the reference as the absolute photographic blueprint. Preserve the exact 3:4 vertical composition, framing, crop, camera perspective, subject placement, proportions, pose, body positioning, expression, clothing, environment, lighting, tonal balance, textures, color palette, grain, and photographic imperfections.

SUBJECT & IDENTITY: A young male subject positioned slightly below center, shown from approximately mid-thigh upward. Preserve the exact facial identity from the reference, including facial structure, jawline, cheekbones, forehead, eyes, eye spacing, nose, lips, eyebrows, ears, hairline, natural asymmetry, skin texture, pores, imperfections, and exact age appearance. Thick, naturally curly, voluminous dark hair with an irregular organic shape. Neutral, slightly serious contemplative expression, gaze directed toward the left side of the frame. Head subtly turned left and slightly raised. Natural masculine appearance with absolutely no beautification or facial redesign. If [MY FACE] is provided, replace ONLY the original face with [MY FACE] while preserving the original hairstyle, head position, expression, lighting, skin realism, and every other scene element.

POSE & BODY: Subject stands naturally with relaxed posture, torso facing mostly toward camera while head turns toward screen-left. Both arms hang naturally with elbows slightly bent; hands remain low near the lower frame. Sleeves are casually rolled to around the forearms. Preserve the exact body proportions, shoulder position, arm angles, hand placement, torso orientation, and stance from the reference.

CLOTHING: Loose-fitting black/dark charcoal long-sleeve button-up shirt with subtle natural fabric sheen and visible soft wrinkles. Several upper buttons are open, creating a relaxed open collar and slight V-shaped neckline. Small dark buttons remain visible down the center. Sleeves rolled naturally, not perfectly symmetrical. Preserve exact folds, creases, fabric weight, texture, highlights, and silhouette.

COMPOSITION & CAMERA: Vertical 3:4 portrait photograph, approximately 1152×1536 framing. Large negative space dominates the upper portion of the frame, with the subject occupying the lower-middle region. Camera positioned approximately at chest/waist height with a natural eye-level-to-slightly-low perspective. Medium-distance DSLR portrait framing. Natural perspective with mild telephoto compression, approximately 70–85mm full-frame equivalent, realistic proportions, no wide-angle distortion. Subject sharply defined against a softly atmospheric background.

ENVIRONMENT: Open outdoor setting with a broad expansive warm-toned sky occupying most of the image. The sky contains soft layered clouds and a hazy sunset-like atmosphere in muted peach, beige, tan, and pale orange tones. A thin dark horizontal distant landscape/waterline runs across the lower background. At the bottom-right edge, indistinct blue-green natural elements appear along the distant shoreline/foreground. Keep the environment sparse, minimal, hazy, and exactly positioned as shown.

LIGHTING: Soft warm natural late-afternoon/sunset illumination coming broadly from the front-left/upper-left direction. Gentle warm highlights across the face and shirt with soft, low-contrast shadows. No harsh artificial lighting. Preserve subtle atmospheric haze, diffused sunlight, warm ambient fill, restrained highlights, and realistic exposure.

COLOR & GRADING: Muted warm cinematic palette dominated by dusty peach, beige, tan, soft orange, charcoal black, and subdued blue-green. Slightly faded analog-film character with warm highlights and restrained contrast. Natural skin tones without excessive saturation. Preserve the original tonal separation between dark shirt and bright sky.

OPTICAL CHARACTERISTICS & IMAGE QUALITY: Genuine DSLR photographic appearance, realistic lens rendering, natural depth of field, subtle background softness, realistic atmospheric perspective, fine film-like grain/noise, slightly softened micro-contrast, gentle highlight bloom, mild haze, and natural shadow roll-off. Preserve subtle photographic imperfections rather than making the image clinically perfect. No excessive HDR, artificial sharpening, plastic skin, CGI appearance, or synthetic bokeh.

REALISM: 8K UHD, ultra-photorealistic, high-end professional DSLR photograph, physically accurate skin and fabric textures, realistic hair strands and curls, authentic environmental depth, natural lighting response, true photographic dynamic range, realistic optics, detailed but organic textures, and convincing camera-captured imperfections. The final image must look like a genuine photograph captured in-camera, NOT an AI-generated illustration.

SAME-TO-SAME RULE: Do not change composition, crop, camera angle, focal perspective, subject scale, pose, expression, hairstyle, clothing, environment, horizon position, lighting direction, color grading, atmospheric conditions, or any other visible characteristic. No creative additions or removals.

NEGATIVE PROMPT: cartoon, anime, illustration, CGI, 3D render, painting, artificial face, face morphing, identity change, beautification, facial reconstruction, altered jawline, altered eyes, altered nose, altered lips, symmetry correction, younger/older face, skin smoothing, plastic skin, excessive makeup, altered hairstyle, different pose, different clothing, extra accessories, extra people, changed background, changed composition, wide-angle distortion, oversaturated colors, harsh lighting, excessive HDR, excessive sharpening, fake bokeh, unrealistic skin, waxy texture, excessive contrast, artificial glow, heavy chromatic aberration, motion blur, deformed hands, extra fingers, missing fingers, duplicate limbs, anatomical errors, AI artifacts, watermark, text, logo.

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