Turn a selfie into a Victorian ghost bride on a moonlit staircase
Prompt for Gemini: turn your selfie into a translucent Victorian ghost bride on a moonlit staircase, with your own face kept intact.
The prompt
Use the uploaded photo as the base image. Face rule: keep the exact facial features from the uploaded photo - same face shape, same eye spacing, same nose, same mouth, same skin texture with pores and any lines or freckles. Do not smooth the skin. Do not change the age. Do not narrow the face. Scene: the subject stands halfway up a wide staircase in an empty Victorian manor at night. Carved dark wood banister, a worn [CARPET COLOR: deep red] runner on the steps, a tall arched window on the landing behind. Wardrobe: a [DECADE: 1870s / 1890s] wedding gown in aged ivory lace, high collar, long sleeves, floor-length tulle veil. Hair: [HAIR: loose and slightly damp]. The hem of the gown and the end of the veil dissolve into low fog. Transparency: render the body about [TRANSPARENCY: 20%] transparent, so the banister behind is faintly visible through the gown. The face stays fully opaque and sharp. Light: cold moonlight through the window is the only key light. Rim light on the shoulders and the veil edge. One warm candle far down the hallway, small and out of focus, a background accent only - it must not light the face. Camera: 85mm lens, eye level, three-quarter length framing cropped at mid-calf, shallow depth of field. Long exposure look - the subject sharp, the fog and the veil edges smeared with slight motion blur. Vertical 4:5 frame. Quiet and mournful, not aggressive. No blood, no wounds, no deformed features.
What you get
What you get: a vertical three-quarter length portrait. The face is your own, same features, visible pores, lit cold blue-gray from the window on the left, with a thin white rim along the cheekbone and the edge of the veil. The ivory lace turns warm only where the distant candle reaches it, a small amber patch on one sleeve. Below the knee the gown becomes fog and the banister spindles show through it. The end of the veil trails into a smear from the long exposure while the eyes stay sharp. The steps above fade into black.
What breaks. First, the model often makes the whole figure transparent, face included, and you get a shape instead of a person: repeat that the face is fully opaque and set the transparency value to 20%. Second, the skin gets retouched, pores gone, the face ten years younger. Send the face rule again as a short second message: keep the skin texture from my photo, do not retouch. Third, the moonlight and the candle merge into one flat orange wash over the whole frame: delete the candle line, generate again, then ask for the candle in a follow-up message so it stays a small glow in the background.
Where to use it: an October profile picture, a party invitation, or the header image of a Halloween post.
