Garden Noir — Ultra-Realistic Portrait

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ULTRA-REALISTIC 8K UHD SAME-TO-SAME PHOTOGRAPHIC RECREATION — Use the uploaded SCENE REFERENCE IMAGE as the absolute visual blueprint. Recreate the photograph with maximum possible fidelity. Do not redesign, beautify, stylize, modernize, exaggerate, or creatively reinterpret any element.

SUBJECT & IDENTITY: A young male subject seated casually on a dark wooden-and-metal park bench, photographed in a natural three-quarter/profile-oriented pose. His head is turned toward the left side of the frame, gaze directed off-camera left with a calm, neutral, slightly contemplative expression. Preserve the original facial identity exactly if [MY FACE] is provided: identical face shape, jawline, cheekbones, forehead, eyes, eye spacing, eyebrows, nose structure, lips, ears, hairline, natural asymmetry, skin tone, pores, texture, and every distinctive facial characteristic. Replace ONLY the original face with [MY FACE]; do not alter the hairstyle, head position, expression, body, clothing, environment, or lighting. No face beautification, no facial reconstruction, no symmetry correction, no age modification, no artificial attractiveness enhancement.

HAIR: Thick, naturally voluminous dark-black hair with medium-length wavy/curly texture, slightly tousled and naturally messy. Hair has substantial volume around the crown and sides, loose irregular strands, soft natural separation, and realistic individual hairs. Preserve the exact hair direction and silhouette from the reference.

POSE & BODY: Subject sits relaxed and slightly reclined into the bench. Upper body angled naturally toward camera while head turns distinctly toward screen-left. One arm extends outward and rests along the upper/back portion of the bench, with the forearm relaxed and hand hanging naturally over the front edge. The opposite arm rests naturally near the lap/seat area. Shoulders relaxed, torso slightly leaned back, legs extended diagonally toward the lower-right foreground with a casual crossed/overlapping arrangement. Preserve exact limb positions, hand placement, finger positions, body proportions, posture, and silhouette from the reference.

CLOTHING: Entire outfit is monochromatic deep black. Long-sleeved black kurta-style shirt with a simple short stand collar/mandarin neckline and a vertical button placket, subtle natural fabric folds across the chest, sleeves, waist, and arms. Loose black traditional-style trousers with natural draping and realistic creasing. Black leather slip-on loafers with a subtle polished surface and realistic material texture. A thin dark bracelet is visible around the wrist, with a dark ring on one finger. Preserve every garment, seam, fold, button, accessory, and material characteristic exactly.

COMPOSITION & FRAMING: Vertical 2:3 portrait composition, matching the reference's 1024×1536 framing. Full seated figure occupies most of the frame while maintaining visible environmental context. Subject positioned approximately centrally with the head around the upper-middle region and legs extending toward the lower-right. Bench stretches horizontally across the middle/lower portion of the image. Preserve the exact crop, camera height, subject scale, negative space, bench placement, background proportions, and perspective.

CAMERA & OPTICS: Professional full-frame DSLR/mirrorless photograph, approximately 50–70mm portrait focal length, natural perspective with minimal wide-angle distortion, camera positioned around seated chest/eye level. Moderately shallow depth of field, approximately f/2.0–f/2.8, keeping the subject's face, hair, and primary clothing reasonably sharp while progressively blurring the garden behind him. Natural optical falloff, realistic lens compression, subtle edge softness, authentic photographic micro-contrast, and smooth optical bokeh.

ENVIRONMENT: Quiet landscaped outdoor garden/park. Dark wooden bench with black/dark metal structural supports and curved decorative armrest details. Dense mature greenery surrounds the bench: shrubs, leafy plants, large tree trunks, layered foliage, and scattered small pink flowers visible around both sides and behind the subject. A paved walkway/stone path extends through the background. Distant garden structures and foliage remain intentionally soft and indistinct. Preserve the exact environmental arrangement and visual density of the reference.

LIGHTING: Soft natural outdoor daylight filtered through surrounding tree foliage. Illumination primarily comes from the upper-left/front-left direction, producing gentle highlights on the face, hair, hands, and upper clothing while maintaining deep but natural shadows in the black outfit and beneath the bench. Subtle dappled sunlight appears through the foliage. No artificial studio lighting, no colored lights, no harsh flash, no dramatic rim light.

FACIAL LIGHTING & SKIN: Face naturally illuminated enough to retain clear facial structure while remaining consistent with the subdued garden lighting. Realistic skin texture with visible natural pores and subtle tonal variation. Maintain authentic highlights across forehead, nose bridge, cheekbone, and jaw while preserving soft shadows under the hair and jawline. Absolutely no plastic skin, excessive smoothing, whitening, airbrushing, or beauty-filter appearance.

BACKGROUND & DEPTH: Strong natural subject separation created by shallow depth of field. Foreground and background vegetation exhibit smooth organic bokeh with irregular circular/elliptical highlights rather than artificial digital blur. Background greens transition through dark olive, muted green, brown, and soft gray-green tones. Maintain realistic depth layers from foreground plants to bench to distant garden.

COLOR & GRADING: Restrained cinematic natural color grade. Dominant palette of deep blacks, charcoal, muted forest greens, olive greens, earthy browns, gray stone, and subtle dusty pink flowers. Slightly warm natural skin tones contrasted against cooler/darker greenery. Moderate contrast, controlled highlights, rich shadow detail, realistic black levels, subtle HDR-like dynamic range without an HDR-effect appearance. No oversaturation, teal-orange grading, neon colors, or excessive clarity.

TEXTURE & MATERIAL REALISM: Highly realistic skin pores, individual hair strands, cotton/linen-like black fabric texture, naturally compressed garment folds, matte and slightly reflective leather footwear, weathered painted wood grain on the bench, realistic metal texture, tree bark, leaves, flowers, soil, and pavement. Preserve physically accurate material response and natural imperfections.

PHOTOGRAPHIC CHARACTER: Genuine high-end DSLR/mirrorless portrait photography, ultra-photorealistic, 8K-level detail, realistic dynamic range, natural sharpness, subtle cinematic depth, authentic optical rendering, physically accurate shadows, realistic ambient occlusion, natural exposure, clean but organic image processing. Very subtle fine film grain and natural sensor texture only. No CGI appearance, no illustration, no artificial sharpening halos, no AI-generated skin.

OPTICAL CHARACTERISTICS: Natural lens bokeh, extremely subtle lens softness toward distant regions, realistic highlight roll-off, gentle atmospheric depth, natural shadow transitions, minimal chromatic aberration, minimal barrel/pincushion distortion, no obvious lens flare, no artificial bloom, no motion blur. Preserve the authentic photographic imperfections visible in the reference.

FINAL RECREATION RULE: SAME-TO-SAME reconstruction has absolute priority over creativity. Preserve the exact subject position, face direction, expression, pose, body proportions, clothing, accessories, bench geometry, garden layout, lighting direction, depth of field, perspective, framing, crop, color palette, tonal balance, and photographic mood. The result must appear as though the exact reference photograph was captured by a professional photographer with a high-end full-frame camera and premium portrait lens, not generated by AI.

NEGATIVE PROMPT: cartoon, anime, illustration, painting, CGI, 3D render, artificial face, different identity, face morphing, altered facial structure, beautified face, symmetry correction, changed age, changed ethnicity, plastic skin, over-smoothed skin, excessive retouching, fake pores, distorted anatomy, extra fingers, missing fingers, malformed hands, extra limbs, warped legs, incorrect pose, altered clothing, different hairstyle, different accessories, different bench, different background, redesigned garden, excessive bokeh, artificial blur, oversharpening, HDR effect, excessive contrast, crushed blacks, blown highlights, oversaturation, teal-orange grading, neon colors, studio lighting, flash photography, rim lighting, dramatic lighting, lens flare, heavy bloom, strong chromatic aberration, fisheye distortion, wide-angle distortion, motion blur, low resolution, compression artifacts, noise, watermark, text, logo, AI artifacts, uncanny appearance, fake fabric, unrealistic shadows, unrealistic reflections, duplicate objects.