Beautiful backlighting 👍🙂

The backlighting is quite impressive.

Hey grok @grok Blur the background behind the subject. Background: Blur the background behind the subject with a gentle soft focus blur. Pose: keep the same. Retain the source image's character facial features, skin tone, and exact clothing. Lighting: Backlighting.

Use @image1 as Character A and @image2 as Character B. Create a cinematic, high-detail tactical portrait of both characters standing close together in a dark urban combat environment. Preserve each character’s original identity with maximum fidelity: face shape, hairstyle, hair color, eye color, skin tone, body type, proportions, species traits, markings, scars, accessories, outfit motifs, silhouette, personality, and overall visual design. The scene should keep the same intense black-and-white military night-operations aesthetic as the reference: two figures in heavy black tactical gear, standing side by side, framed from the waist or torso up, facing the viewer with a calm, intimidating presence. The mood should feel covert, elite, dangerous, and cinematic. Adapt their outfits into tactical night-raid gear while still clearly preserving their original character designs. Their armor, vests, straps, gloves, helmets, masks, and equipment should be inspired by each character’s existing style, colors, symbols, and personality. Do not erase their recognizable traits. Do not make them look like generic soldiers. Give both characters advanced helmets or tactical headgear, mounted night-vision goggles, glowing visor details, and dark armored masks or face protection that still reflect their original designs. If a character has a mask, keep the mask’s identity and adapt it into the tactical theme. If a character does not wear a mask, create tactical face protection that does not hide their recognizable features too much. The lighting should be dramatic and high contrast: deep blacks, bright white highlights, glowing optics, reflective armor edges, and harsh backlighting from a distant doorway or industrial window. Add floating dust, snow, ash, or rain particles in the air to give the image a gritty cinematic atmosphere. Background: dark industrial hallway, abandoned facility, prison-like corridor, military compound, or urban night-raid interior. Keep it shadowy, minimal, and atmospheric so the focus remains on the two characters. Composition: Character A slightly to the left, Character B slightly to the right, both close together like a synchronized elite duo. Their poses should feel controlled, confident, and ready, not exaggerated. They may hold weapons lowered or kept close to the body, but avoid chaotic action poses. Style: monochrome black-and-white cinematic realism, tactical sci-fi military aesthetic, ultra-detailed armor, realistic fabric textures, matte black gear, glossy highlights, glowing lenses, dramatic shadows, gritty film grain, sharp focus, high contrast, poster-quality composition. Do not change the characters’ race, gender, age, body type, facial structure, hairstyle, eye color, or core design. Do not merge the two characters. Do not add extra people. Do not make them identical. Each character must remain immediately recognizable from their reference image. No gore. No text. No logos unless they are already part of the characters’ canon design.

Prompt : création d'une princesse féérique Make me an illustration, young woman, princess, fairy tale, fantasy princess, fairytale heroine, elegant, graceful, regal, enchanting, ethereal, dreamy, romantic, magical, feminine, delicate beauty, refined face, soft features, luminous skin, sparkling eyes, gentle smile, serene expression, noble posture, long flowing hair, silky hair, wavy hair, glossy hair, braided details, floral hair ornaments, jeweled hairpins, delicate tiara, royal crown, crystal diadem, pearl accessories, luxurious princess gown, fairy tale dress, ball gown, layered skirt, voluminous dress, flowing train, elegant silhouette, off-shoulder dress, puff sleeves, lace sleeves, fitted bodice, corset bodice, embroidered fabric, floral embroidery, golden embroidery, silver embroidery, pearl decorations, crystal embellishments, satin, silk, chiffon, tulle, organza, velvet, lace, ribbons, bows, frills, ruffles, scalloped hems, translucent layers, sparkling details, magical fabric, jeweled belt, elegant gloves, delicate necklace, gemstone pendant, royal jewelry, storybook princess, whimsical, fairytale mood, wonder, innocence, royalty, magical elegance, romantic fantasy, enchanted castle, storybook castle, palace, grand towers, marble balcony, ornate arches, tall windows, stained glass, moonlit terrace, elegant staircase, ballroom, royal garden, secret garden, rose garden, blooming flowers, white roses, pink roses, peonies, lilies, hydrangeas, wisteria, sakura petals, ivy-covered walls, enchanted forest, ancient trees, glowing flowers, magical vines, crystal lake, mirror-like water, swan pond, fountain, small bridge, cobblestone path, lanterns, glowing lanterns, chandeliers, candles, floating lights, fireflies, butterflies, birds, doves, sparkles, glittering particles, drifting petals, magical mist, dreamy fog, shimmering air, soft breeze, golden sunset, dawn light, moonlight, twilight, pastel sky, pink sky, lavender sky, starry night, celestial glow, rainbow shimmer, soft sunlight, backlighting, rim light, cinematic lighting, magical atmosphere, fantasy background, richly detailed background, decorative scenery, ornate architecture, lush nature, poetic atmosphere, soft color palette, pastel palette, blush pink, ivory, cream, champagne gold, pearl white, soft lavender, baby blue, sky blue, pale turquoise, rose gold, silver accents, luminous highlights, painterly, storybook illustration, fantasy illustration, highly detailed, ultra detailed, masterpiece, beautiful composition, elegant composition, dynamic fabric movement, flowing dress, dreamy perspective, magical realism, fairytale illustration, premium fantasy art, no text, no watermark

Made with Gemini Prompt: A hyper-realistic female portrait with the EXACT face from the uploaded reference (facial structure, hairstyle, and expression preserved 100%). Maintain perfect facial identity. Shot type: medium shot, 3/4 angle view. Hairstyle: long, flowing, platinum blonde hair with soft, loose waves framing the face. Outfit: an elegant, intricate off-the-shoulder wedding gown embellished with delicate white floral lace and embroidery. Footwear: hidden beneath the gown. Accessories: a minimalist, thin silver necklace. Scene/Background: standing in a vast, lush field filled with blooming white tulips under a soft, dreamy atmosphere with petals gently floating in the air. Lighting: soft, ethereal, diffused natural daylight with gentle backlighting. Mood/Expression: serene, gentle, and contemplative expression. Color palette: monochromatic whites, creams, soft greens, and pastel tones. Add details: subtle bokeh effect in the background and foreground, highly detailed fabric textures, and realistic depth of field. Realistic skin texture, fine pores, natural reflections in eyes, visible fabric folds, lifelike color tones, soft optical bokeh, cinematic film depth. 8K DSLR realism. Aspect ratio 9:16 ONLY.

Monday morning breakfast 🥞 Prompt: A stunning ultra-photorealistic 8K RAW DSLR photograph of a beautiful curvaceous Indian woman standing waist-deep in a luxurious infinity pool overlooking a tropical beach paradise at golden hour. She has long, wet, jet-black hair cascading over her shoulders with natural water droplets, glowing tan skin with visible pores, natural skin texture, subtle sheen from water and sunlight, realistic body with soft curves and authentic proportions. She is wearing a skimpy yellow and white striped triangle bikini top with thin halter straps and matching tie-side bikini bottoms, both slightly wet and clinging to her body. She is holding a large dark wicker breakfast tray with both hands, filled with fresh pastries (croissants), colorful cut fruits (mango, strawberry, watermelon, kiwi), small tarts and desserts, two glasses of fresh orange juice, and a cup of coffee. Water droplets glisten on her skin and the tray. Her expression is relaxed and slightly seductive, looking down toward the tray with a soft smile, natural makeup with defined eyes and glossy lips. Background: Crystal-clear turquoise pool water, white sand beach, gentle ocean waves, tall palm trees, thatched-roof cabana, wooden lounge chairs in soft focus. Bright natural sunlight, golden rim lighting, cinematic backlighting creating beautiful highlights on wet skin and water. Creamy bokeh, shallow depth of field, 85mm lens at f/1.8, Phase One XF 80mm f/2.8 quality, visible film grain, ultra-detailed textures on fabric, water ripples, and food items. --ar 9:16 --stylize 250 --v 6 --q 2 --style raw

GPT Image 2 on ChatGPT Prompt: A high-quality Korean-style commercial photograph, mimicking the style of a sports magazine cover. [Composition and Pose] Half-body portrait (above chest), slightly angled frontal view, the subject slightly looking down at the camera. The left hand holds the FIFA World Cup Trophy aloft, while the right hand holds a classic black and white soccer ball. The subject wears a yellow short-sleeved jersey in the Brazilian national team colors, with green trim on the collar and cuffs, and a knot at the hem (revealing the waist). Dark green athletic shorts are worn, with a gold star pinned to the waist. [Clothing and Prop Details] Yellow Jersey: Made of breathable, quick-drying athletic fabric, with realistic fabric wrinkles and slight reflections, and a blurred team crest printed on the chest. FIFA World Cup Trophy: Highly realistic trophy design, with a mirror-like finish and metallic reflections, and a green base. Soccer Ball: Classic 32 black and white hexagonal pieces, with a slightly worn texture. [Background and Color] Solid color background, divided into two color blocks by a diagonal line. The upper half is a vibrant true red (RGB approx. 220, 20, 20). The lower half is a bright golden yellow (RGB approx. 255, 200, 0). The colors are extremely vivid, highly saturated, and have strong contrast. [Lighting and Texture] Studio lighting, with the main light source coming from slightly to the right front. Facial lighting is soft yet three-dimensional (Rembrandt lighting effect), with noticeable catchlights in the eyes. The skin texture is delicate, with a natural rosy complexion; individual hair strands are clearly visible, with backlighting outlining the edges. The overall image is clean, clear, and noise-free, at a high 8K resolution. [Exclusions] -- no ugliness, distortion, extra fingers, deformed hands, incorrect facial features, complex backgrounds, landscapes, or text

He posed very nicely for the crittercam. The backlighting is nice too.

On a surreal high. Impossible Ocean Prompt: Using the attached reference image, create a surreal fine-art scene featuring the same clearly recognizable adult character on an impossible far-receded shoreline beneath a suspended ocean. Preserve the character’s facial structure, distinctive features, skin tone, eye color, hair color, hairstyle, apparent age, body type, and natural proportions. Do not reproduce the clothing, pose, lighting, camera angle, or background from the reference image. Do not make gendered assumptions or introduce gendered characteristics not present in the reference. Reimagine the clothing as a soft, delicate ocean garment made from lightweight yet fully opaque layers. The fabric may resemble fine silk, softened linen, matte satin, or delicate woven cloth. It drapes fluidly and catches light softly without becoming sheer, transparent, wet-clinging, or revealing. Choose a restrained garment palette loosely inspired by colors present in the reference image. Transform these colors into softened, desaturated variations with pearlescent highlights, faded midtones, deep complementary shadows, and one subtle accent color. Use the recreated garment’s colors as the foundation for the entire world’s palette. The suspended ocean, sky, reflective sand, waterspout, celestial trench, distant landscape, sea creature, and atmospheric light should feel chromatically born from the garment. Avoid a generic turquoise palette unless turquoise naturally belongs to the recreated clothing. Create a fresh interpretation for every image by choosing one compatible possibility from each section. Select only one option per section and do not combine every option. COMPOSITION AND CAMERA — choose one: * An extreme low camera inches above reflective sand, looking upward beneath the suspended ocean. * An elevated diagonal viewpoint looking across the character, trench, and distant horizon. * An intimate foreground portrait with the impossible shoreline unfolding behind the character. CHARACTER PLACEMENT AND POSE — choose one: * Standing securely while looking upward into the suspended wave. * Walking slowly beside the star-filled trench as delicate fabric trails behind. * Kneeling near an upward-falling ribbon of rain with one hand held above the droplets. The selected pose must feel physically supported, relaxed, natural, and integrated with the environment rather than staged for the viewer. GARMENT INTERPRETATION — choose one: * A loosely draped opaque silk gown with softly exposed shoulders. * A long delicate wrap garment with floating, fully opaque fabric panels. * A layered matte-satin garment whose trailing edges gradually dissolve into mist while all fabric covering the body remains completely opaque. LIGHTING AND ATMOSPHERE — choose one: * Bright diffused daylight refracted through the suspended ocean. * Warm late-afternoon light interrupted by cool underwater caustics. * Soft eclipse light creating restrained halos and deep muted shadows. DOMINANT OCEAN FORM — choose one: * A colossal curling barrel wave frozen above the shoreline. * A broad calm ocean ceiling containing enormous slow-moving currents. * Several overlapping suspended waves resembling translucent architecture. WATERSPOUT INTERPRETATION — choose one: * A hollow diagonal spiral with an open tunnel through its center. * Several slender water columns twisting gently around one another. * No waterspout, allowing the suspended ocean to dominate the composition. LARGE SEA CREATURE — choose one: * An enormous manta ray glides silently through the open-air gap, its broad fins moving as though the empty air were deep water. * A colossal whale drifts horizontally between the exposed land and suspended ocean, occasionally passing upward through the water’s underside without creating a splash. * A long pale sea serpent moves gracefully between land and water, portions of its body disappearing into the suspended ocean while its remaining curves float through open air. Include only one large sea creature. Keep it secondary to the character and dominant ocean form. Use its immense scale and placement to deepen the environment without creating a competing focal point. The shoreline contains layered surreal phenomena that reward close inspection without making the composition chaotic. Several enormous translucent jellyfish may drift through the distant open-air gap beneath the suspended ocean. Their nearly invisible bodies refract the garment-derived palette while their luminous tendrils dissolve into mist. A ribbon of rain may fall upward from the exposed sand into the overhead ocean. Individual droplets leave circular ripples before departing the ground, then become suspended glass-like beads as they ascend. A deep trench may reveal a miniature night sky far below instead of an ordinary bottom. Tiny stars, drifting clouds, and a pale crescent moon shimmer within its depths despite the brighter sky above. Occasional stones fall into the trench but transform into distant stars before reaching the bottom. The mountains along the horizon may possess faint inverted duplicates hanging downward from the suspended ocean canopy, creating an impossible mirrored mountain range above the real horizon. Several sections of mirror-black sand may curl upward like thin flexible sheets, exposing luminous water, ancient shells, or fragments of night sky beneath them. Their raised edges remain delicate and sculptural rather than destructive. The character’s reflection may behave independently beneath the real figure. It preserves the recognizable identity and natural proportions of the referenced character but adopts a different pose, faces another direction, or looks downward into the trench. The reflection wears nothing yet remains distant, shadowed, non-explicit, and naturally obscured by ripples, darkness, and reflected light. Its movements remain subtle and delayed, creating an eerie secondary presence rather than another person. A procession of tiny empty doorways may stand across the distant exposed ocean floor. Each opens onto a different impossible environment but remains a subtle atmospheric discovery. Pale schools of fish may travel through the waterspout or swim freely through the open-air gap beneath the suspended ocean. Their silver bodies briefly catch colors drawn from the recreated garment before disappearing. An upside-down wooden sailboat may rest against the underside of the suspended ocean while its upright shadow travels across the exposed sand like a ship sailing upon an invisible sea. Foam patterns inside the suspended water may briefly suggest enormous profiles, closed eyes, hands, or architectural arches before dissolving naturally. Use only a selective combination of these surreal phenomena. Allow areas of the composition to remain quiet, empty, and unexplained. Every secondary detail feels elegant, physically integrated, and discoverable rather than cluttered. The referenced character remains the dominant emotional focal point and chromatic source, followed by the selected ocean form or impossible physical event. The chosen sea creature remains a quiet discovery within the land-and-water gap. Each generation should feel like a different encounter within the same impossible world, with a distinct composition, pose, garment design, lighting condition, palette, large sea creature, and selective combination of surreal phenomena. Style: recognizable reference character, surreal fine-art shoreline, suspended ocean, soft opaque clothing, immense sea creature drifting through open air, restrained dream logic, cinematic realism, atmospheric depth, tactile materials, premium gallery artwork. Mood: intimate, monumental, contemplative, sensual, quiet, luminous, mysterious, and impossible. Aspect ratio: Always use a vertical `9:16` composition. Use the tall frame deliberately to emphasize immense height, layered depth, and the relationship between the character, shoreline, suspended ocean, and large sea creature. Do not generate any other aspect ratio. Avoid: reproducing the reference clothing, gendered assumptions or descriptions, altering the referenced identity, defaulting repeatedly to the same choices, multiple large sea creatures, sea creature dominating the composition, aggressive creature behavior, sheer clothing, translucent clothing, transparent fabric, see-through panels, wet-clinging fabric, visible anatomy through clothing, fabric becoming transparent under strong backlighting, rigid or heavy clothing, ornate costume, royal or bridal styling, generic turquoise palette, explicit nudity, clearly visible intimate anatomy, duplicated dominant character, precarious poses, crowded composition, excessive fantasy creatures, obvious portals dominating the scene, multiple competing focal points, colorful magical effects, glowing runes, sparkles, random floating objects, visual noise, or any aspect ratio other than vertical `9:16`. IMPORTANT: The final image must use a vertical `9:16` aspect ratio. Do not use any other aspect ratio. @Moric21 @powdury @RaelinAI @Null_Fm

Dude the dispatch center in my PD is fucking RAD 7 stations, 6 monitors each, TVs lining the walls, dark room with only illumination from windows and blue backlighting

I think the biggest difference for me is that the Mad Max scenes are really crisp but a lot of the shots from Supergirl in the desert scene(s) look really blurry, which I think is a mix of heavy backlighting washing out subjects lack of color and contrast dust obscuring the frame

First prompt is of tech influencer/content creator. Computer screens, a microphone and YouTube plaques. Gemini Omni Prompt: Replace only the background behind the subject with a professional content-creator desk setup — a high-end desk and computer environment with cool-toned ambient mood lighting (soft blue, teal, or purple accent glows, subtle RGB backlighting) in the style of a tech creator's studio. The space should feel polished and intentional but unidentifiable: no YouTube plaques, awards, logos, branded items, readable text, or recognizable decor of any kind. Render it slightly out of focus with shallow depth of field so the subject stays sharp and the backdrop reads as soft atmospheric bokeh rather than a specific room. Match the background's perspective, scale, camera angle, and horizon line to the subject's position in frame, so the spatial relationship looks physically correct — the subject must appear naturally seated within the space, not pasted in front of it. Keep the subject completely unchanged. Preserve their identity exactly: same face, hair, skin tone, body, and pose. Preserve their outfit and all accessories with complete fidelity — clothing, jewelry, earrings, necklaces, rings, watches, glasses, hats, and any other worn items must remain pixel-identical to the original in design, color, and placement. Do not redesign, remove, add, or "clean up" anything the subject is wearing. Preserve all of the subject's movements frame-for-frame: body motion, gestures, head movement, facial expressions, and lip movement must be identical to the original. Do not retime, smooth, or regenerate any of the subject's motion. Do not modify the audio in any way. Keep the original audio track fully intact — every spoken word, the timing, and the sync. Lip movement must remain perfectly aligned with the original speech. Adjust only the lighting cast onto the subject so it matches the new environment: realistic light direction, soft natural shadows, balanced color temperature, and a gentle cool-toned rim glow on the subject's edges consistent with the ambient lighting. Blend seamlessly with no cutout edges, halos, or matte artifacts. Maintain the original framing, aspect ratio, and frame rate. The only permitted changes are the background and the matching light on the subject — everything else stays untouched.

That's funny as I was doing something extremely similar for vegetation in side project about two days ago, just ended up using alpha channel of emission rt to describe how thin object is. Backlighting wrap lighting (mapped dot)

Im sorry did you miss the wicked discourse? Did you miss the daredevil born again discourse? Even superman 2025 had a ton of backlighting. Sometimes it works sometimes not The point is its cemented as one of the worst things of the 2020s

Quisieron simular el backlighting de la pantalla y la pasada solo pusieron una luz de area más dura con la otra iluminación de la escena.

This is cool backlighting.

New to photography Start with mastering light: use natural window light for soft portraits, avoid harsh midday sun, and play with backlighting for dreamy silhouettes – your phone’s enough to practice!

I asked a few days ago who comes close to Janusz Kamiński’s backlighting expertise. Daniel Pearl’s work on “The Texas Chainsaw Massacre” (2003) is no slouch, while also containing some unreal top lighting. Killer flick.

Disclosure Day: 8/10 Servicable plot and Spielberg's modern visual style using plenty of backlighting makes for a really solid experience. The casting is literally perfect and it made its extreme runtime almost feel worth it