Seal Kelp Window, made with GPT Image 2.5 Sunburst
Example made with GPT Image 2.5 Sunburst

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GPT Image 2.5 Sunburst wildlife photo promptSeal Kelp Window

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

Prompt

Wide 16:9 landscape frame. A curious harbour seal pauses between tall ribbons of amber kelp in clear coastal water, turning its whiskered face toward the camera while its body remains visible behind. Sunbeams break into soft mint shafts above a cream sandy seabed. Wide angle underwater wildlife photography, natural suspended particles and precise fur detail, cobalt depths with warm botanical tones, buoyant quiet curiosity, 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.

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Settings

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

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  1. Wide angle underwater wildlife photography sets the whole feel of the shot. Swap it for another camera style to change the vibe.
  2. The prompt ends with no text. Leave that in, or the model may add random lettering.

Scene prompt guide

How the scene is composed

A curious harbour seal peers through glowing kelp strands in clear coastal waters, captured with natural textures and balanced ocean lighting. GPT Image 2.5 Sunburst excels at rendering realistic water refraction and fine fur detail without turning the marine habitat into an artificial aquarium look. The contrast between warm golden kelp and cool cobalt water gives the scene vivid depth and documentary clarity.

  1. Subject and environment framingWide 16:9 landscape frame. A curious harbour seal pauses between tall ribbons of amber kelp in clear coastal water,

    Defines the ocean habitat and places the seal inside a vertical kelp forest. Omitting this yields a generic open-water swim without natural foreground framing.

  2. Subject pose and perspectiveturning its whiskered face toward the camera while its body remains visible behind.

    Directs the seal to make eye contact while maintaining perspective depth. Removing it often turns the seal sideways into a profile view.

  3. Lighting and sea floorSunbeams break into soft mint shafts above a cream sandy seabed.

    Introduces volumetric light rays and a reflective bottom to brighten the midground. Without it, the water appears flat, dark, or uniformly murky.

  4. Style and texture cuesWide angle underwater wildlife photography, natural suspended particles and precise fur detail,

    Instructs the generator to simulate authentic wide-angle optics with floating marine backscatter and wet whiskers rather than hyper-clean digital rendering.

  5. Color harmony and moodcobalt depths with warm botanical tones, buoyant quiet curiosity, no text.

    Balances cool background blues with warm amber kelp while suppressing accidental watermarks or overlaid graphic letters to keep the shot clean.

Camera and light

The composition relies on wide underwater optics and directional surface sunlight cutting through temperate marine waters.

Camera & Lens
The wide-angle perspective exaggerates the vertical height of the kelp stalks while keeping the seal close and distinct from the distant seabed.
Light
Downward sunbeams create soft caustics and mint-tinted shafts, providing natural highlights along the seal's wet fur and kelp blades.
Depth & Scale
Suspended water particles and darkening cobalt hues in the background establish realistic underwater visibility and environmental scale.
Mood
Gentle currents and warm botanical tones soften the scene, creating a calm, documentary-style encounter rather than an aggressive wildlife action shot.

Variations on the scene

Dusk Kelp Twilight

Shifts the lighting to twilight with faint bioluminescence for a moody, mysterious evening underwater atmosphere.

Prompt

Wide 16:9 landscape frame. A curious harbour seal glides between dense ribbons of amber kelp in dim coastal water at twilight, turning its whiskered face toward the camera while bioluminescent plankton glows faintly behind. Deep indigo depths with soft teal glows above a shadowed sandy seabed. Wide angle underwater wildlife photography, natural marine backscatter, gentle nocturnal stillness, no text.

Low Angle Upward View

Points the camera upward from below the seal to capture the glowing water surface and silhouetted kelp canopy.

Prompt

Wide 16:9 landscape frame. Looking upward toward the surface, a curious harbour seal dives down between tall ribbons of amber kelp, turning its whiskered face toward the camera against the bright rippling water ceiling. Sunburst breaks through waves above. Low angle underwater wildlife photography, natural suspended particles, cobalt depths with golden highlights, buoyant quiet curiosity, no text.

Sea Otter in Kelp

Swaps the harbor seal for a sea otter to create a different marine mammal interaction in the same kelp forest setting.

Prompt

Wide 16:9 landscape frame. A playful sea otter pauses between tall ribbons of amber kelp in clear coastal water, clutching a sea urchin while turning its whiskered face toward the camera. Sunbeams break into soft mint shafts above a cream sandy seabed. Wide angle underwater wildlife photography, natural suspended particles and thick fur detail, cobalt depths, no text.

Model and settings

Keep text-to-image mode with a 16:9 aspect ratio to allow the kelp forest to frame the seal across a wide panoramic canvas. Set quality to high so GPT Image 2.5 Sunburst renders fine fur whiskers, marine particles, and delicate light shafts without compression artifacts. If you need a smartphone wallpaper or social post, switch the aspect ratio to 9:16 while keeping high quality.

  • FLUX.2 ProChoose FLUX.2 Pro if you want strict photoreal skin and water textures with fine control over the exact amber and cobalt hues in the scene.
  • Seedream 5.0 ProSwitch to Seedream 5.0 Pro if you have reference photos of a specific seal or kelp species that you want to match accurately.

When the scene falls apart

Kelp stalks completely block the seal's face or crowd the composition into an unreadable tangle.
Add 'seal clearly framed in an open clearing between kelp stalks' to create dedicated negative space around the head.
The water looks flat and murky without visible sunbeams or lighting depth.
Strengthen the lighting phrase to 'strong directional sunbeams penetrating the water surface' and ensure 'mint shafts' is explicitly included.
The seal looks like a cutout pasted on top of the underwater background without blending.
Keep 'natural suspended particles' and add 'subtle water refractions across fur and edges' to blend the animal into the surrounding water column.

Questions about this scene prompt

How do I make the water look clearer or murkier?

Adjust the visibility phrasing in the prompt. Replace clear coastal water with emerald temperate surge for a plankton-rich, realistic coastal haze, or crystal-clear tropical lagoon if you prefer razor-sharp visibility and brighter light.

Why does the seal look too cartoonish instead of realistic?

Ensure terms like wildlife photography, precise fur detail, and natural suspended particles remain in your prompt. GPT Image 2.5 Sunburst uses these documentary cues to prioritize photorealistic water refraction and natural textures over illustrative rendering.

Can I change the seal to another marine animal while keeping the lighting?

Yes, replace harbour seal with subjects like sea lion, leopard seal, or scuba diver. Retain the kelp ribbons, sunbeams, and cobalt depth descriptions to keep the identical lighting and underwater atmosphere.