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1970s Bombay street portrait with a scooter prompt

This prompt puts you on a Bombay street in the 1970s, leaning on a pale blue scooter in a wide-collar shirt, flares and aviators, with a black and yellow taxi behind you. It suits a retro profile picture, a birthday post for someone who loves old Hindi cinema, or a throwback theme on Instagram.

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Using my uploaded photo, keep the face exactly the same and place the person in a 1970s Bombay street scene. They lean against a pale blue vintage scooter, wearing flared trousers, a patterned shirt with a wide collar and aviator sunglasses pushed up on the head. Old painted shop signs, a black and yellow taxi and people in period clothes fill the background. Faded 1970s colour photo look, warm tones, slight grain, 4:5 frame.

Photo to upload: Pick a clear, front-facing daylight photo of one person, ideally from the chest up, so Gemini has a sharp face to carry into a full-length street scene.

Gemini photo4:5Example made with Nano Banana Pro

More inspiration

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What each part of the prompt does

Identity line first: The prompt opens with "keep the face exactly the same" before any scene detail, so the model locks the face before it starts inventing clothes and streets. Put it later and you tend to get a stranger in a good costume.
Period wardrobe: Flared trousers, a wide-collar patterned shirt and aviators "pushed up on the head" are three cues that read as 1970s at a glance. Sunglasses on the head also keep the eyes visible, which helps likeness.
Street props: The pale blue scooter, painted shop signs and the black and yellow taxi place the scene in Bombay rather than any old city. Naming the taxi colours stops Gemini drawing a modern yellow cab.
Film look and frame: "Faded 1970s colour photo look, warm tones, slight grain" ages the image like a print from a family album, and "4:5 frame" gives a tall crop that fits an Instagram feed.

Variations to try

Same idea, one thing changed. These have no example image yet.

Marine Drive seafront
Using my uploaded photo, keep the face exactly the same and place the person on Marine Drive in 1970s Bombay. They lean against a pale blue vintage scooter parked by the sea wall, wearing flared trousers, a patterned shirt with a wide collar and aviator sunglasses pushed up on the head. The curved seafront, the grey-blue Arabian Sea and a black and yellow taxi passing behind them fill the background. Faded 1970s colour photo look, warm tones, slight grain, 4:5 frame.
1980s instead of 1970s
Using my uploaded photo, keep the face exactly the same and place the person in a 1980s Bombay street scene. They lean against a red vintage motorcycle, wearing high-waisted jeans, a denim jacket over a printed T-shirt and large square sunglasses pushed up on the head. Hand-painted film posters, a black and yellow taxi and people in 1980s clothes fill the background. Saturated 1980s colour photo look, soft flash, slight grain, 4:5 frame.
Safari suit
Using my uploaded photo, keep the face exactly the same and place the person in a 1970s Bombay street scene. They lean against a pale blue vintage scooter, wearing a beige short-sleeved safari suit with a belt and aviator sunglasses pushed up on the head. Old painted shop signs, a black and yellow taxi and people in period clothes fill the background. Faded 1970s colour photo look, warm tones, slight grain, 4:5 frame.

If the result isn't right

If the face comes back looking like a generic actor, reply in the same chat: "The face has changed. Use the exact face from my photo and redo only the face."
Gemini sometimes slips in modern details such as mobile phones or LED shop signs; type "remove anything made after 1979" to strip them out.
When the result looks too clean and digital, ask for "more fading, a slight yellow colour shift and visible grain, like a scanned family print".
If the scooter turns into a motorbike, describe it more closely: "a pale blue classic step-through scooter with a curved front shield".