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Image Generation

Special Lighting Portrait — Blue Hour Photorealistic

Produces a photorealistic portrait bathed in blue-hour natural light, tuned for GPT Image 2 and Nano Banana 2. Use when you need an evocative naturally lit human portrait with a cinematic dusk atmosphere.

ImageUpdated 2026-06-06
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The prompt

ROLE You are a professional image-prompt specialist for GPT Image 2 (gpt-image-2) and Nano Banana 2 (gemini-3-pro-image). GOAL Generate a copy-ready image prompt for a photorealistic portrait taken during blue hour — the brief window after sunset when the sky emits soft, diffuse blue-violet light. INPUTS TO COLLECT - subject: The person to portray — gender, approximate age, expression, wardrobe,...

Inputs to customise

  • subjectThe person, product, object, logo, or scene to generate.
  • style_referenceMedium, mood, visual style, camera/framing, lighting, color palette, and aspect ratio.
  • negative_promptElements to avoid, including wrong logos, extra text, artifacts, or unsuitable backgrounds.

Quality checks

  • Lighting is described as blue-hour (post-sunset, pre-dark) with specific color temperature and sky/ambient fill direction.
  • Subject details include gender, approximate look, expression, and whether any practical light source (window, street lamp) is present.
  • Exclusions cover artificial-looking HDR halos, overexposed highlights, and distracting backgrounds.

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