Shared Table, made with GPT Image 2.5 Sunburst
Example made with GPT Image 2.5 Sunburst

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GPT Image 2.5 Sunburst flat-lay photo promptShared Table

The exact text-to-image prompt behind this picture, made with GPT Image 2.5 Sunburst.

Prompt

Square 1:1 frame. Top-down ultra-wide photograph of four friends around a square dining table, a ring of shared dishes like dumplings, noodles, greens and rice in the center, hands reaching across with chopsticks, bright natural daylight, joyful and generous, no text.

Prompts are kept in their original English to help reproduce the example. Copy one as it is, or adapt it for your project.

Opens GPT Image 2.5 Sunburst with this prompt and the settings below filled in.

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Settings

Mode
Text to image
Aspect ratio
1:1
Quality
high
Price
From 2 credits

The exact price shows before you generate.

Make your own version

  1. The prompt ends with no text. Leave that in, or the model may add random lettering.

Where this idea comes from

Inspired by an idea from @iamaiistudio, collected in freestylefly/awesome-gpt-image-2 under MIT. PopNow wrote this prompt and made the example above.

Style prompt guide

Style traits to keep

A bird's-eye feast seen straight from above captures four friends gathering around a square table laden with steaming communal bowls. GPT Image 2.5 Sunburst excels here by balancing geometric composition with dynamic human gesture, keeping plates neatly framed while rendering realistic hands in motion. The combination of clean overhead perspective and bright daylight produces an inviting, editorial food-photography aesthetic.

This editorial overhead photography look relies on crisp geometric symmetry and candid human movement to feel both curated and warm.

Composition
The strict top-down ultra-wide angle flattens depth into a balanced geometric grid, turning plates and table edges into clean graphic shapes.
Light
Bright natural daylight floods the scene evenly without harsh flash, highlighting steam, glaze, and the fresh sheen on food surfaces.
Texture
Detailed surfaces on ceramic bowls, woven placemats, and distinct food textures like glossy noodles and folded dumplings ground the scene in realism.
Palette
Vibrant emerald greens and rich saucy chili tones pop naturally against neutral stoneware dishes and warm wooden tabletop grain.

What defines this look

  1. Perspective and framingSquare 1:1 frame. Top-down ultra-wide photograph of four friends

    Sets the strict overhead flat-lay vantage and defines the group size. Without this, the generator often defaults to an eye-level portrait where half the table is cut off.

  2. Geometric layoutaround a square dining table, a ring of shared dishes

    Forces the layout into a circular arrangement inside a square boundary. Removing it leads to chaotic, overlapping plates clustered awkwardly to one side.

  3. Food variety cueslike dumplings, noodles, greens and rice in the center,

    Supplies concrete textures, bowl shapes, and color contrasts for the meal. Omitting this phrase causes the table center to fill with generic, unappetizing beige food items.

  4. Action, light and moodhands reaching across with chopsticks, bright natural daylight, joyful and generous, no text.

    Introduces lively human interaction and soft window illumination while blocking watermarks. Removing the chopstick interaction leaves an empty, unlived-in commercial product shot.

Same style, new subjects

Artisan Studio Workspace

Adapts the overhead communal composition into a creative craft studio flat lay.

Prompt

Square 1:1 frame. Top-down ultra-wide photograph of four craftspeople around a square work table, a ring of shared tools like leather punches, brass rulers, thread spools and beeswax in the center, hands reaching across with shears, bright natural daylight, joyful and generous, no text.

Botanical Potting Table

Uses the same four-way communal layout for an outdoor gardening workshop scene.

Prompt

Square 1:1 frame. Top-down ultra-wide photograph of four gardeners around a square potting table, a ring of shared supplies like terra cotta pots, seedling trays, soil trowels and river stones in the center, hands reaching across with garden shears, bright natural daylight, joyful and generous, no text.

Bakery Preparation Bench

Replaces the restaurant meal with a collaborative baking table to highlight raw culinary textures.

Prompt

Square 1:1 frame. Top-down ultra-wide photograph of four bakers around a square flour-dusted table, a ring of shared ingredients like sourdough rounds, cinnamon sticks, butter blocks and egg bowls in the center, hands reaching across with rolling pins, bright natural daylight, joyful and generous, no text.

Model and settings

Keep the aspect ratio locked to 1:1 because the prompt is specifically tailored around a square table and symmetrical concentric framing. Maintain the high quality setting so GPT Image 2.5 Sunburst can cleanly resolve delicate fingers, chopstick tips, and intricate food garnishes without smudging. If you change the aspect ratio to widescreen for banners, remember to adjust the table description from square to rectangular to preserve balanced margins.

  • FLUX.2 ProChoose FLUX.2 Pro when you want strict photoreal skin and ceramic textures or need to lock in exact brand colors across the tableware.
  • Nano Banana ProSelect Nano Banana Pro if you want meticulous spatial planning for intricate tabletop arrangements with dozens of distinct dish bowls.

When the style drifts

Hands look distorted or fuse unnaturally across chopstick handles.
Change the prompt phrase to two hands reaching across with chopsticks to reduce the number of interacting fingers the model must render.
The perspective tilts into an angled three-quarter view instead of a flat lay.
Replace Top-down ultra-wide photograph with Strict 90-degree bird's-eye overhead flat lay photograph to force a direct vertical angle.
Center dishes blur together into an indistinct, muddy mass of food.
Replace generic dish words with specific high-contrast items like steaming soup dumplings in bamboo baskets, chili oil noodles, and crisp green bok choy.

Questions about this style prompt

Why did the camera angle render at a slight diagonal instead of straight down?

AI models often slip toward standard restaurant angles when people are included. Reinforce the prompt with phrases like direct overhead bird's-eye view looking straight down at the tabletop to lock the planar view.

How can I change the cuisine while keeping this exact photography look?

Keep the framing and camera phrases intact and only swap the dish list and utensils. For example, replace dumplings and chopsticks with tapas plates, crusty bread, and small serving tongs.

Will changing the square 1:1 aspect ratio break the photo composition?

Changing to a wide or tall ratio distorts the circular plate arrangement around a square table. If switching to 16:9, update the prompt to specify a long rectangular dining table so plates fill the frame evenly.