Create a hyper-realistic editorial food photograph in a dark and moody style, natively rendered in 4K. Long side ≥ 4000 px. No upscaling.
Main subject
- Use the uploaded image as the exact source. Keep the original plate or bowl completely unchanged: material, color, rim, and reflections.
- If the uploaded image is a clean cutout of the dish, integrate it naturally into the scene below without altering the dish.
- Do not change the food’s shape, ingredients, colors, textures, moisture, crumbs, portion size, or plating. No warping, liquifying, or re-plating. Do not crop through the food.
- If text, label, or logo exists on the vessel or packaging, preserve 100% sharpness and geometry. No rewriting or synthetic replacement.
Environment and props
- Table: dark, aged, scratched wood with deep grooves for a rustic look. Table surface rotated 12° clockwise. Wood grain direction angled 32° upward to the right.
- Napkin: dark gray, slightly wrinkled linen napkin placed to the right of the bowl, partially tucked under the table edge.
- Cutlery: one fork and one spoon crossed in front of the bowl. Diagonal angle 27° upward to the right. Fork on top of spoon. Not cropped.
- Chair to the left: wooden backrest in warm brown tone, partially visible.
- Background: dark gray, seamless, no horizon line.
Camera and geometry
- Coordinates: azimuth 0° = directly facing the subject. Elevation 0° = horizontal.
- Camera: azimuth 0°, elevation 18°, roll 0°.
- Distance from camera to bowl center: 0.85 m. Camera height: 28 cm above the table.
- Full-frame sensor. Focal length: 85 mm. Horizontal FOV ≈ 24°.
- Aspect ratio: 3:2, portrait orientation.
- Subject placement: bowl center positioned 8% to the right and 10% down from the image center.
- Bowl rotation: 0°.
Lighting
- Key light: 60×90 cm softbox with grid, azimuth −35° (≈ 325°), elevation 40°, distance 1.0 m.
- Fill light: small diffuser, azimuth +20°, elevation 15°, distance 1.1 m, intensity −1.7 EV relative to key.
- Negative fill: black card, azimuth +110°, placed 25 cm from the bowl’s right side.
- No kicker or background light.
- Main shadow falls toward azimuth +120°.
- Reflection edge on bowl’s left rim: narrow highlight 10–15° wide.
Tone and color
- Expose so the food’s midtones fall in zone 5–6.
- White balance: 4300 K.
- No color cast on the food. Adjust only background and props for harmony. Avoid oversaturation.
Technical sharpness
- Critical focus on the front third of the food and the bowl’s rim.
- Wood table texture should be clear but not overpower the subject.
Strict prohibitions
- DO NOT add steam, extra sauce drips, herbs, cheese pulls, crumbs, or any additional ingredients not already present in the uploaded image.
- Do not introduce hands, people, or extra tableware touching the food.
- Do not alter the food’s colors. Keep exact hues from the source image.
Output
- Render natively in 4K. Long side ≥ 4000 px. Deliver as clean PNG or lossless WEBP.
