Library Study After Sunset — A Shy Smile

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person_reference_image (image) · Required watermark (text) · Optional · Default: ⓒyulim_mood

Outputs

photographic_image (image)

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Create ONE vertical 3:4 photorealistic cinematic lifestyle photograph in a single continuous frame.

Editorial: Lifestyle Editorial — A Shy Smile.

Film and capture: Capture digitally and grade to evoke a scanned 35mm Kodak Portra 400 image: restrained saturation, fine organic grain, gentle midtone contrast, gently warm color, and smooth highlight rolloff. Retain detail in illuminated shadows while preserving darker unlit planes. Do not claim physical film was used. No HDR, automatic shadow recovery, global bloom, or aggressive sharpening. Separate the muted red-blue dusk outside from amber desk-lamp light inside; retain deep navy checks and textured brown flannel where illuminated.

1. Reference identity
Use the required adult woman's person-reference image as the sole source for facial identity. Preserve recognizable facial anatomy, underlying skin tone, apparent adult age, natural asymmetry, distinctive identity cues, and reference-visible body proportions, without redesign or idealization. Let the reference define facial geometry directly. Otherwise use plausible adult anatomy without invented measurements. Reference clothing, background, and lighting do not define this scene. Show exactly one adult woman; her familiar companion is represented only by the camera viewpoint.

2. Hair
Preserve reference-visible hair length, color, texture, curl pattern, parting, fringe, and natural root volume. Change only the placement and gathering of the existing long side and back lengths into a natural LOW PONYTAIL secured at the nape with exactly one plain black fabric-covered hair elastic. Keep shorter temple strands and fringe naturally free. Reveal the ears where the gathered lengths allow, without altering ear anatomy. The ponytail retains the reference length and texture, falls down the back under gravity, and rests against the shirt. No extensions, tight high ponytail, or bun.

3. Scene and objects
A quiet university-library corner-window seat immediately after sunset in early magic hour. After tying her hair and briefly returning to midterm-exam study, the adult student notices her companion still watching and meets the viewer's eyes again with a shy laugh. Quiet time has passed; this is not an instantaneous lighting change.

A large closed window behind her and along her anatomical left shows muted reddish afterglow, cooling sky, and darkened yellow-red campus foliage. An aged matte wooden desk holds a thick open textbook and used notebook before her, with the pen resting on the notebook. An open compact laptop sits farther to her anatomical left, dim and not lighting her face. Highlighters, a takeaway coffee cup, and a small matte tumbler stay on the outer desk. The adjustable lamp on her anatomical RIGHT-front desk corner remains ON. There is no hair elastic in her mouth or around either wrist; the sole elastic secures the ponytail.

4. Wardrobe and makeup
She wears a muted brown-and-navy tartan oversized cotton-flannel shirt with softly brushed matte fibers, substantial but pliable fabric, dropped shoulders, a conventional collar, and a buttoned front. Exactly the top two buttons are open; all remaining buttons are fastened. A concealed inner layer stays beneath the opening. Show only a natural upper-chest neckline, never exposed breasts or slipping shoulders. Both sleeves are loosely rolled twice. A small classic watch with a brown leather strap is on her anatomical LEFT wrist. Preserve the tartan scale, button arrangement, and cuff construction.

Use cinematic no-makeup styling: very thin skin tint, realistic pore scale and fine vellus hair, lightly groomed brows, barely visible beige-taupe eyelid shading, naturally separated lashes, faint rose-beige blush, and transparent rose lip balm. Retain subtle under-eye color and matte-to-satin variation. Makeup changes surface color and reflectance only; lighting determines apparent skin brightness.

5. Action and expression
She is seated with both arms lowered, turns her face slightly toward the camera, and adds a small natural head tilt. Her anatomical LEFT index and middle fingertips lightly touch the lower outer part of her LEFT cheek. The remaining fingers curve loosely, with the palm held away from the skin. Do not cover the eyes or mouth, press the cheek inward, or reshape the face. Her anatomical RIGHT hand rests relaxed on the desk beside the notebook. The watch remains on the raised left wrist.

She looks directly toward the lens as a shy, pleased laugh begins. Cheeks rise, lower eyelids respond softly, and eye corners gently crinkle; eyebrows stay relaxed. Lip corners lift naturally and lips part slightly for a small escaping laugh, without an exaggerated grin. Let amusement and mild embarrassment coexist. Preserve the adult age impression and original facial anatomy.

With arms lowered, shoulder tension releases and the flannel drops into loose, gravity-led folds. Maintain exactly two open top buttons, remaining buttons fastened, and both sleeves rolled twice. The collar stays on the shoulders. The ponytail touches the shirt with small contact shadows rather than floating above it.

6. Camera and framing
Full-frame camera, 75mm lens, approximately f/5.6, about 1.7–2 m away, adjusted for the portrait. Camera at seated eye level, positioned about 15–20 degrees to her anatomical LEFT of a frontal view. The modest turn reveals some ear-side hair direction and the low gathering point where physically visible.

Use bust portrait framing from the upper chest to above the head, closer in feeling than the raised-arm pose. Include the complete cheek-touching hand and its wrist without cropping joints. Keep 12–15 percent of frame height clear above the head, with the face slightly below vertical center. Show only a restrained lower strip of desk. Keep both eyes, laughing lips, and fingertip contact readable. Use progressive optical background softness without erasing the window or autumn forms. No identity-distorting close-range lens perspective.

7. Lighting and physical anchors
The main nearby light is the warm 2800–3000K desk lamp, approximately 50–70 cm in front and to her anatomical RIGHT, with its emitter about 45–55 cm above the desk under a broad shade aimed toward the notebook. Peripheral spill lights the nearby right cheek, mouth area, collar, and part of the notes, with believable falloff. The far cheek and upper face retain quieter shadows; do not illuminate all facial planes equally.

Weak cooling sky illumination enters through the rear-left window, softly affecting rear hair and the window-facing shoulder. The sun is below the horizon; no strong golden direct-sun rim remains. Keep the reddish outdoor afterglow separate from local indoor amber. Do not neutralize or brighten only the face.

The cheek-touching hand casts a small soft shadow consistent with both sources. Watch glass and lip balm show restrained lamp-direction reflections. Eye catchlights depend on actual visibility of the lamp emitter and window, not studio rings. Preserve soft satin skin texture and flannel detail without transparent or porcelain skin. No flash, reflector, extra frontal light, or global bloom. Maintain the recognizable facial identity and all non-conflicting reference-hair features.

8. Watermark
Add the exact text “${watermark:ⓒyulim_mood}” at bottom center as a fixed white graphic overlay. Use elegant calligraphic italic lettering with thin hairlines, thicker downstrokes, and connected lowercase letters. Medium signature size, approximately twice a small treatment, with a safe bottom margin. Keep every character and the underscore readable. No outline, shadow, glow, box, or border.

Negative constraints: alternate identity, face redesign, perfect symmetry, plastic skin, childish age change, malformed hands, extra fingers, hand covering eyes or smile, fingers denting cheek, elastic in mouth, elastic on wrist, duplicated elastic, loose untied back hair, high ponytail, bun, unrequested hair-length change, floating ponytail, slipping shirt, cropped fingers or wrist joints, strong sunset rim after sundown, evenly lit face, studio catchlights, HDR, or oversharpening.