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Dark, Natural iPhone Selfie

Create a realistic, moody close selfie with warm directional light, deep shadows, and the look of an unposed iPhone photo.

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Generated_selfie (image)
Use the person in the reference image. Create a realistic selfie taken on an iPhone 17 Pro; the phone itself is not visible.

She has very long, lively, tousled hair falling freely around her face and shoulders, with individual strands crossing her eyes and cheeks. Her makeup includes thin black winged eyeliner, lush fox-eye lashes, laminated brows, and plump nude glossy lips. Her manicure is short, square, and milky. The only item on her wrist is a black clover bracelet in the style of Van Cleef.

She sits slightly reclined, with one elbow resting on a surface outside the frame. Her other hand holds the phone for the selfie. Her head is tilted to the side and slightly thrown back, with her fingers lightly tangled in her hair. She looks off-camera with a confident, mysterious, slightly languid expression. Her lips are slightly parted.

Use a dark background, with details almost lost in deep natural shadow and no extra objects.

LIGHTING AND COLOR: Use one directional warm light from above and to the side, illuminating the face, arm, and selected strands of hair. Show realistic light falloff, with the light fading quickly at the edges of the frame. Use deep, uneven black shadows, natural transitions from light to dark, and allow some detail to disappear in shadow. Lower the exposure and mute the colors, with warm skin, slightly cool deep shadows, preserved highlights, natural contrast, soft sharpness, visible fine grain, light digital noise, natural iPhone compression, and a RAW look. Aim for a dark, expensive nighttime iPhone look. No HDR, glow, or AI gloss.

CAMERA: Use the iPhone 17 Pro front camera for a realistic close selfie. Keep the phone unseen. Use a natural wide-angle front-camera perspective with slight natural optical distortion; do not use portrait mode. The image should look like a random real selfie from a personal gallery, not a photoshoot.

Format: 16:9.

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