🖼️ Image & Visual (AI Art)

Manhattan Mirage

📁 Image & Visual (AI Art) 👤 Contributed by @ersinkoc 🗓️ Updated
The prompt
{ "title": "Manhattan Mirage", "description": "A high-octane, cinematic moment capturing a woman's confident stride through a steam-filled New York intersection during golden hour.", "prompt": "You will perform an image edit using the provided photo. Create an Ultra-Photorealistic image of the female subject. The style is highly detailed, resembling a frame shot on Arri Alexa with a cinematic 1:1 aspect ratio. Apply heavy depth of field to blur the busy background while keeping the subject sharp. Use cinematic lighting with strong backlight. The subject is wearing a red mini skirt and is walking on the street.", "details": { "year": "1999", "genre": "Cinematic Photorealism", "location": "A gritty, bustling New York City intersection at sunset, with steam rising from manholes and blurred yellow taxis in the background.", "lighting": [ "Golden hour backlight", "Lens flares", "High contrast volumetric lighting" ], "camera_angle": "Low-angle tracking shot, centered composition.", "emotion": [ "Confident", "Empowered", "Aloof" ], "color_palette": [ "Crimson red", "Asphalt grey", "Golden yellow", "Deep black" ], "atmosphere": [ "Urban", "Dynamic", "Cinematic", "Energetic" ], "environmental_elements": "Steam plumes rising from the ground, motion-blurred traffic, flying pigeons, wet pavement reflecting the sunset.", "subject1": { "costume": "red mini skirt", "subject_expression": "A fierce, confident gaze with slightly parted lips, perhaps wearing vintage sunglasses.", "subject_action": "walking on the street" }, "negative_prompt": { "exclude_visuals": [ "empty streets", "studio background", "overexposed sky", "static pose" ], "exclude_styles": [ "cartoon", "3D render", "illustration", "anime", "sketch" ], "exclude_colors": [ "neon green", "pastel pink" ], "exclude_objects": [ "smartphones", "modern cars", "futuristic gadgets" ] } } }

How to use this prompt

Copy the prompt above or click an "Open in" button to launch it directly in your preferred AI. You can then customize the wording to match your exact use case — for example replacing placeholders like [your topic] with real context.

Which AI model works best

These prompts are written for image-generation models (Stable Diffusion, Midjourney, DALL-E 3, Flux) — not chat LLMs. Copy them into your image tool. Midjourney v7 excels at photorealistic portraits; Stable Diffusion 3.5 is the best for fine-tuning and custom checkpoints; DALL-E 3 integrates seamlessly with ChatGPT.

How to customize this prompt

Keep the style descriptors and lighting keywords — these are what make the output consistent. Change the subject, background, and pose freely. Add or remove quality modifiers like "hyper-detailed", "cinematic lighting", "35mm film". For Stable Diffusion, use weight syntax: (keyword:1.3) to emphasize.

Common use cases

  • Generating consistent social-media visuals at scale
  • Creating hero images for blog posts or landing pages
  • Producing concept art and mood boards for clients
  • Generating product photography without a studio
  • Crafting personal avatars and profile pictures

Variations

Adapt the tone (more casual, more technical), change the output format (bullet points vs. paragraphs), or add constraints (word limits, target audience).

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