Explore Speed, Style, and Surrealism: Examples of –sref commands in MidJourney from New York Streets to Space Fantasies – A wise old man with a long beard and piercing eyes

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Exploring –sref features in MidJourney reveals a captivating close-up portrait of an old man, whose stark blue eyes and flowing white beard are rendered with painstaking detail reminiscent of the styles of National Geographic, Vincent Di Fate, and David LaChapelle. The man’s serious, almost angry expression draws you into a narrative of depth and intensity. The photorealistic quality of the image is enhanced by a hyper-realistic film grain effect, utilizing medium format Kodak Portra 800 film paired with an SMC Takumar lens at f/2, that deepens the textural story of his weathered skin, betraying a life rich with stories. The high contrast and sharp focus of the image underline the dramatic and emotive power of this portrait, skillfully color graded to highlight every intricate detail and expression the subject conveys.