AI Art Prompt: Photorealistic Garden Portrait (Leica SL2 Style & Face Swap)

For photographers and digital artists, achieving a truly "photorealistic" look often means simulating high-end camera gear and natural light. A prime lens portrait, with its sharp focus and beautiful bokeh, is a gold standard for capturing character and texture.

In this post, I'm sharing a highly detailed AI Image Prompt for a Photorealistic Garden Portrait. This prompt is specifically designed to simulate a photo taken with a Leica SL2 camera, placing you in a natural garden setting with soft light and focusing on the rich textures of a black gabardine shirt, all while maintaining your exact facial likeness.

📸 The Leica Look: Photorealistic Garden Portrait Prompt

Use the prompt card below to create your own high-end photographic portrait.

Prompt for AI Image Generation

LEICA_GARDEN_PORTRAIT.TXT

A close-up of a slim, athletic man wearing a black gabardine shirt, leaning against a rustic wooden fence in a verdant garden. Part of his light gray trousers is visible. He looks directly at the camera with a calm and engaging gaze. Soft natural light illuminates his face, highlighting the fabric of his shirt and the colors of the surrounding nature. Camera: Leica SL2 with APO-Summicron-SL 75mm f/2 ASPH f/2.0 lens. Keep facial features consistent with the attached image. Negative comments: Blurry, distorted, grainy, dotted, cartoonish, illustrative, sketch, painting, poor anatomy, ugly, duplicated, poor hand drawing, poor foot drawing, poor face drawing, out of focus, distorted, warped, body out of frame, out of frame, watermark, signature, cropped, low contrast, under-light, over-light, error, cut, worst quality, low quality, JPEG distortions, duplicate, ugly, distorted, extra fingers, fewer fingers, extra limbs, glued fingers, extra breasts, extra legs, extra arms, glued, extra body parts.

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Deconstructing the Photorealistic Look

This prompt is a masterclass in using technical photography terms to guide the AI. Here is a breakdown of its key components:

• Specific Camera Gear: By specifying the "Leica SL2 with APO-Summicron-SL 75mm f/2 ASPH f/2.0 lens," the prompt instructs the AI to simulate the unique characteristics of this high-end equipment: incredible sharpness, beautiful bokeh (background blur), and excellent color rendition.
• Strict Identity Preservation: The instruction to "Keep facial features consistent with the attached image" is critical for a personalized portrait. It ensures the AI uses your reference photo as a strict blueprint for the face.
• Focus on Texture and Light: The prompt highlights the "fabric of his shirt" (black gabardine) and uses "soft natural light." This combination creates a tactile, high-quality image where you can almost feel the material of the shirt.
• Extensive Negative Prompt: The long list of "negative comments" is a powerful tool. It explicitly tells the AI what to *avoid*, such as blurriness, cartoonish styles, bad anatomy, and low-quality artifacts, ensuring a clean, professional result.

Tips for Best Results

To get the most out of this prompt:

1. Use a Reference Image: You must use an image prompt (`--cref` in Midjourney) with a clear, high-quality photo of your face for the identity preservation instruction to work.
2. Aspect Ratio: For a classic portrait feel, a vertical or square aspect ratio works best. Try --ar 4:5 or --ar 2:3 to frame the close-up shot perfectly.
3. High Quality Mode: To achieve the "photorealistic" and "Leica quality" look, make sure to run your AI generator at its highest quality setting.

I hope this prompt helps you create stunning, professional-grade portraits. Copy the code above and capture your own moment of natural elegance!