# Experimental Editorial Portrait Prompt (Selective Focus)

- Model: [Nano Banana Pro](/models/nano-banana-2-1.md)
- Creator: [Library Product (@library.product)](/@library.product.md)
- Label: AI-generated
- Use cases: Portraits
- AI keywords: portrait, photo, editorial
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- Published: 2026-11-01
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## Prompt

```text
{
  "scene_description": "A close-up portrait of a woman in an experimental editorial graphic style. A sharp, clear vertical rectangular frame reveals only her left eye, while the rest of her face and body are heavily blurred. The background shows a softly blurred seaside landscape with natural horizon and sea texture.",

  "subject": {
    "type": "Woman",
    "description": "A young woman with dark hair and bangs."
  },

  "reference_face": {
    "use_reference_image": true,
    "reference_type": "uploaded_image",
    "preserve_identity": "strict",
    "description": "Strictly preserve the original face, facial structure, expression, and identity exactly as seen in the uploaded reference image. Only blur, framing, and background are stylized."
  },

  "appearance": {
    "hair": "Dark brown or black bob with bangs.",
    "makeup": "Vibrant red lipstick and defined eyeliner, visible only inside the focused rectangle.",
    "clothing": "Not visible or fully blurred.",
    "expression": "Neutral, direct gaze."
  },

  "environment": {
    "type": "Outdoor Seaside",
    "details": "Open sea background with a clean horizon line, softly blurred, natural coastal atmosphere."
  },

  "lighting": {
    "style": "Split / Composite",
    "focused_area": "Bright, clean natural light on the eye inside the rectangle.",
    "blurred_area": "Soft, diffused ambient light.",
    "shadows": "Minimal shadows in the focused area, undefined in the blurred regions."
  },

  "camera_shot": {
    "shot_type": "Medium Close-Up",
    "angle": "Eye-level, straight-on",
    "lens": "Sharp area simulates a 50mm or 85mm lens; blurred areas simulate extreme shallow depth of field or digital blur.",
    "focus": "Extreme selective focus. A vertical rectangular frame aligned over the woman's left eye is perfectly sharp, everything outside is heavily blurred."
  },

  "style": {
    "genre": "Experimental Editorial Fashion / Graphic Design",
    "mood": "Minimalist, modern, mysterious, sophisticated",
    "color_palette": {
      "primary": "Natural seaside blues",
      "secondary": "Skin tones",
      "accent": "Vibrant red lips"
    },
    "post_processing": "High clarity and contrast inside the rectangle, strong Gaussian blur outside, subtle grain across the image."
  },

  "graphic_elements": {
    "overlay_1": {
      "type": "Frame",
      "description": "A thin white vertical rectangular frame precisely aligned over the woman's left eye.",
      "position": "Left eye, vertically oriented"
    }
  }
}
```

## About

A detailed JSON prompt for generating an experimental editorial portrait. The style uses extreme selective focus, where only a thin vertical rectangle over the subject's left eye is sharp, while the rest of the face, body, and the seaside background are heavily blurred. It requires strict preservati

Prompt from YouMind OpenLab (github.com/YouMind-OpenLab).

## Credit and licence

Prompt by @library.product on Promptclay, https://promptclay.com/prompts/experimental-editorial-portrait-prompt-selective-focus-q4z87y
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