The topic for this collection is “large man-made structures that dominate the landscape around them,” with a style intent of film photography. For this collection I learned how to use reference imagery (my own or generated via Midjourney) to support my prompts, and it really made a difference for things like waves, sand, lighting, etc. This will definitely be part of my working process going forward! Each image was pulled into Photoshop for upscaling, and received extensive refinement via Generative Fill to remove artifacts and add crisper details.
A photo of the base of an immense geometric white tower looming over a black sand beach in dim hazy dusk light with cyan light shining from many windows, creating a halo effect. Violent surf. Lots of blowing dust and sand. The foreground is a soft blur of bokeh and depth of field with leading lines pointing to the tower, which is in crisp focus. Very atmospheric lighting with glows. Dense fog and cumulus clouds, Shot on a Kodak Portra 400 35mm film with rich colors and distinct film grain visible. Hyperrealistic. --no lighthouses --ar 7:3 --style raw --stylize 1000 --v 6
