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Diwali diya portrait prompt

This creates a Diwali night portrait: sitting on the floor in an emerald and gold silk lehenga, a lit clay diya held near the chin, rangoli and rows of diyas in front and warm lights behind. Use it for a festival greeting, a WhatsApp status or a profile photo for Diwali week.

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Using my uploaded photo, keep the face and features exactly the same. Show the person sitting on the floor of a decorated home on Diwali night, wearing a silk lehenga in emerald green with gold embroidery, holding a lit clay diya in both hands near the chin. Rows of diyas and a colourful rangoli are in front of them and warm string lights blur in the background. The only light is the warm glow of the flames on the face. Festive, intimate, 4:5 portrait.

Photo to upload: Upload a clear front-facing photo of one person with the face well lit and free of strong coloured light, because the prompt relights the face with flame and an existing colour cast fights it.

Gemini photo4:5Example made with Nano Banana Pro

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What each part of the prompt does

Face and features: "Keep the face and features exactly the same" reaches a little wider than the face alone, covering eyebrow shape, nose and lips, which can drift when the model adds festive make-up.
Lehenga detail: Emerald silk with gold embroidery is specific enough that Gemini commits to one rich outfit instead of a generic festive dress, and green contrasts well with orange flame light.
Diya near the chin: Holding the diya "in both hands near the chin" puts the light source just below the face, which creates the soft upward glow that defines this kind of photo.
One light only: "The only light is the warm glow of the flames" stops the model adding a flat studio light on top, which would kill the mood. The string lights stay blurred behind as decoration, not as light on the face.

Variations to try

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

Red silk saree
Using my uploaded photo, keep the face and features exactly the same. Show the person sitting on the floor of a decorated home on Diwali night, wearing a red silk saree with a wide gold border, holding a lit clay diya in both hands near the chin. Rows of diyas and a colourful rangoli are in front of them and warm string lights blur in the background. The only light is the warm glow of the flames on the face. Festive, intimate, 4:5 portrait.
Silk kurta
Using my uploaded photo, keep the face and features exactly the same. Show the person sitting on the floor of a decorated home on Diwali night, wearing a cream silk kurta with fine gold embroidery at the collar, holding a lit clay diya in both hands near the chin. Rows of diyas and a colourful rangoli are in front of them and warm string lights blur in the background. The only light is the warm glow of the flames on the face. Festive, intimate, 4:5 portrait.
Rooftop with fireworks
Using my uploaded photo, keep the face and features exactly the same. Show the person sitting on a rooftop on Diwali night, wearing a silk lehenga in emerald green with gold embroidery, holding a lit clay diya in both hands near the chin. A row of diyas lines the parapet in front of them and distant fireworks burst in soft focus over the city behind. The main light is the warm glow of the flame on the face. Festive, intimate, 4:5 portrait.

If the result isn't right

If the diya turns into a candle or the flame is missing, specify "a small flame burning in a terracotta oil lamp".
When the face falls too dark, ask for "brighter flame light on the face, background stays dark".
Rangoli can come out as random shapes; name a design, such as "a round rangoli of marigold petals and coloured powder".
If Gemini adds heavy make-up or reshapes your eyebrows, say "keep my make-up light and my features as in the photo".