Winter Layers Selfie with a Quiff
Prompt
A medium close-up selfie portrait captures a young adult male standing with a centered weight distribution and his torso turned at a slight 10-degree angle, sporting a voluminous quiff swept up and back. His roughly three-to-four-inch top hair and meticulously tapered sides boast a wavy, organic texture styled with a matte-finish paste, revealing highly specific natural imperfections like uneven sectioning, slight frizz along the hairline, and delicate flyaways escaping on the top and sides, anchored by a part roughly one inch to the left of the center. A natural three-to-five-day stubble, slightly darker than his head hair, frames a serious, confident, and guarded expression defined by a closed, neutral mouth with relaxed lips, a slight natural furrow between relaxed eyebrows, and intensely focused, slightly squinting hunter eyes that lock directly with the lens. He is dressed in layered winter apparel featuring a heavy black suede aviator jacket with a thick black shearling collar worn over a dark charcoal grey pinstripe suit jacket and black t-shirt. His left hand enters the lower center frame in a tense, deliberate pose gripping the jacket lapel, with the index, middle, and ring fingers tightly curled into the fabric, a partially visible curled pinky, and an upward-pointing thumb, showcasing a gleaming square gold watch on his wrist, while his unseen right arm extends forward to hold the camera. Just beyond the sharp focus of the subject, the shallow midground reveals pristine architectural details of a modern residential space, featuring a smooth white painted door frame trim on the left and a meticulously clean white painted wood interior door with traditional recessed rectangular panels and horizontal cross rails on the right. The background resolves into perfectly smooth, cool off-white painted drywall with a matte finish, entirely devoid of marks or textures, rendered with a slight blur to maintain the single-subject focal point. The calm, polished atmosphere is illuminated by a single source of soft, diffused natural window light striking from the front and slightly top, casting a neutral light temperature that brilliantly preserves specular highlights within the eyes and softly illuminates the forehead, bridge of the nose, and cheeks. This creates a medium contrast ratio where short, gray-density shadows with soft gradual edges fall delicately under the chin, slightly across the left side of the neck, and cast a faint drop shadow against the pristine wall behind him, balancing the warm beige and peach tones of his skin against the cool, desaturated off-white background and deep black garments. Influenced by high-end men's lifestyle photography and modern selfie culture, the tack-sharp, grain-free digital photograph simulates a front-facing smartphone camera with a 28mm lens equivalent, an f/2.4 aperture, and a fast shutter speed, refined by post-processing that applies subtle contrast enhancement, crisp sharpening on the hair and eyes, and flawless natural skin tone preservation, framed in a 9:16 aspect ratio.
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