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Harbor New Year, made with GPT Image 2.5 Sunburst
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GPT Image 2.5 Sunburst landscape photo promptHarbor New Year

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

Prompt

Wide 16:9 landscape frame. A broad stone harbor promenade overlooks a compact coastal town on New Year's Eve, with two restrained gold firework bursts high above the water and small groups of visitors in cream and navy winter coats along the railing. Warm apartment windows punctuate plum evening facades. Eye level 35mm long exposure travel photograph, delicate golden reflections and deep blue twilight, realistic smoke, generous dark sky and calm shared celebration, no logos, no readable signs.

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Settings

Mode
Text to image
Aspect ratio
16:9
Quality
high
Price
From 2 credits

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  1. Eye level 35mm long exposure travel photograph sets the whole feel of the shot. Swap it for another camera style to change the vibe.

Scene prompt guide

How the scene is composed

A wide twilight photograph of a stone harbor promenade on New Year's Eve, with two gold fireworks over the water and a small town glowing behind. GPT Image 2.5 Sunburst handles it well because the prompt fixes the camera, palette, number of bursts and crowd size, so the model has little room to clutter the frame.

  1. Place and occasionA broad stone harbor promenade overlooks a compact coastal town on New Year's Eve

    This sets the foreground, the town behind it and the event in one sentence. Remove 'compact' and the town may sprawl into a big city, which weakens the cozy scale.

  2. Controlled fireworkstwo restrained gold firework bursts high above the water

    The exact count and the word 'restrained' stop the sky from filling with overlapping explosions. Change 'two' to 'many' and the dark sky and calm mood disappear.

  3. Human scalesmall groups of visitors in cream and navy winter coats along the railing

    Small groups give the promenade scale and life, while the cream and navy coats stay inside the palette. Without them the scene feels empty; with bright coats it turns noisy.

  4. Town color accentsWarm apartment windows punctuate plum evening facades.

    Lit windows add warm dots against purple walls, which echo the gold of the fireworks. Drop this and the town becomes a flat dark mass.

  5. Camera and lightEye level 35mm long exposure travel photograph, delicate golden reflections and deep blue twilight, realistic smoke

    Eye level and 35mm give a natural view, and 'long exposure' explains the soft reflections on the water. 'Realistic smoke' keeps the fireworks looking physical rather than like clip art.

Camera and light

This prompt reads like a travel photographer's note: one viewpoint, one lens, one light mood. Changing any of those changes the whole picture.

Camera
Eye level places you on the promenade among the visitors. Say 'from a high balcony' for a view that looks down over the harbor and the crowd.
Lens
35mm keeps the town, railing and sky all in view without stretching them. Use '24mm' for a larger sky, or '85mm' to compress the town and bursts closer together.
Light
Deep blue twilight is the base, with gold from the fireworks and warm window light as the accents. Ask for 'pure night' if you want the blue gone and the gold stronger.
Scale
Small groups, a compact town and high bursts keep the people small in a large scene. Keep 'generous dark sky' to protect that space.

Variations on the scene

Summer fireworks night

Use it for a warmer, summer version with lighter clothing and terracotta walls.

Prompt

Wide 16:9 landscape frame. A broad stone harbor promenade overlooks a compact coastal town on a warm summer festival night, with two restrained white-gold firework bursts high above the water and small groups of visitors in light linen shirts along the railing. Warm apartment windows punctuate terracotta facades. Eye level 35mm long exposure travel photograph, soft reflections and deep blue twilight, realistic smoke, generous dark sky, no logos, no readable signs.

High balcony view

Use it when you want to see the whole harbor layout and the crowd from above.

Prompt

Wide 16:9 landscape frame. Seen from a high balcony, a broad stone harbor promenade and a compact coastal town on New Year's Eve, with two restrained gold firework bursts above the water and small groups of visitors in cream and navy winter coats along the railing. Warm apartment windows punctuate plum evening facades. 35mm long exposure travel photograph, delicate golden reflections, deep blue twilight, realistic smoke, generous dark sky, no logos, no readable signs.

Lighthouse as the subject

Use it to give the scene one clear landmark as its central subject.

Prompt

Wide 16:9 landscape frame. A small stone lighthouse stands at the end of a harbor pier in a compact coastal town on New Year's Eve, with two restrained gold firework bursts high above the water and a few visitors in cream and navy winter coats on the pier. Warm apartment windows punctuate plum evening facades. Eye level 35mm long exposure travel photograph, delicate golden reflections, deep blue twilight, realistic smoke, generous dark sky, no logos, no readable signs.

Model and settings

Keep 16:9, because the wide frame holds the promenade, the town and the open sky together. Keep quality on high: the thin golden reflections, smoke and window lights are fine detail that lower quality can smear. For a phone wallpaper or social post, switch to a tall ratio, but then shorten the promenade and put the bursts higher in the prompt so they are not cropped.

  • FLUX.2 ProChoose FLUX.2 Pro if you want a more photoreal look for the long-exposure reflections and the realistic smoke, and you may want to name exact colors for the plum facades and gold.
  • Nano Banana 2.1Choose Nano Banana 2.1 for sharp results at 4K, which suits a large print of this harbor scene where the window lights and railing need to stay crisp.

When the scene falls apart

The sky fills with too many fireworks and loses its calm
Keep 'two restrained gold firework bursts' and the phrase 'generous dark sky'. If extra bursts still appear, add 'only two bursts in the whole sky'.
Text or signs appear on shopfronts and banners
Keep 'no logos, no readable signs' at the end. Add 'blank facades, no banners, no lettering' if a banner or New Year number still shows up.
The fireworks look pasted on, with no glow on the water or town
Stress 'delicate golden reflections' and add 'gold light faintly touching the water and railing' so the bursts light the scene.
The visitors become a dense crowd or are too large in the frame
Keep 'small groups' and add 'a dozen people in total, small in the frame' to hold the scale of the promenade.

Questions about this scene prompt

What does 'long exposure' do in a fireworks image prompt?

It tells the model to render soft, smooth water and light trails as a camera would with a slow shutter. In this prompt it creates the delicate golden reflections on the harbor, so removing it makes the water look sharper and less atmospheric.

Why does the prompt say 'no readable signs'?

Image models often invent shop names, banners or even a year on harbor buildings. GPT Image 2.5 Sunburst renders text cleanly, so it will add it if allowed. This line keeps the scene free of lettering and the focus on light.

How can I make this harbor scene feel more like midnight?

Change 'deep blue twilight' to 'near-black night sky with a faint blue horizon' and keep the warm window lights. The gold bursts will then stand out more, but the plum facades will become darker and less visible.

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