The sun is almost set, so grab those last warm rays while you can. With deep lilac skies and the first hint of starlight overhead, hopefully the photographer brought the bounce light reflector.

Technical Note:

It took a bit of convincing to get Stable Diffusion to create beach photos that aren’t “high noon” lighting. Photographically speaking, the term for this type of light is “blue hour,” but adding that to a prompt just makes everything blue. The trick I landed on was to use regional prompting. Create a skinny column that’s 10% of the frame, and set the background there by itself with the help of a low-light lora. Then use the other 90% of the frame for the subject. This keeps the “blue hour” description from influencing clothing and hair colors. IE: (dune grass, pre-dawn morning twilight light, (blue hour:1.5) <lora:LowRA:.5> ADDCOL)

Programming Note:

Thanks to everyone that pointed out the issues with albums in the prior post. I figured out the markdown required to host jpgs here on LemmyNSFW, but still links to the original PNGs on catbox.moe. Hopefully things work better for everyone and the various mobile apps. Let me know if you have issues. ♥️

  • @GARlacticEnglish
    7•1 year ago

    You might have had more luck using the term “golden hour.” That’s always how I’ve heard it.

    • CavendishOPEnglish
      6•1 year ago

      Golden hour is an entirely different lighting situation.

      Golden hour is just after sunrise or before sunset, when the sun is above the horizon. Blue hour is when the sun is below the horizon, after sunset or before sunrise.