The “girl at a metro station holding flowers” look is popular right now. A soft smile, an oversized coat, a bouquet of tiny baby’s breath flowers, and the warm glow of train windows blurred behind her. It looks like a still from a quiet city love story. The same few details keep showing up in the good versions: a looking-back pose, shallow depth of field, and warm light against a cool station.
Most prompts for this go wrong in two places. The train ends up sharp and competes with the subject, or the face drifts away from the reference photo. The five prompts below fix both. Each has a different outfit colour and style, a different pose, a different station location, and a different train position.
What makes a metro station portrait prompt work
- Lock the face first. Soft smiles and natural makeup are easy for a model to “improve” into a generic face. State clearly that your features and expression must stay unchanged.
- Say how the train should look. “Blurred train in background” works. Be specific about whether it is standing still, arriving with motion blur, or passing behind her.
- Name the light mix. The warm yellow of the train windows against the cooler station light is what makes the shot cinematic, so describe both.
- Give the flowers a job. Hold them against the chest, rest them on the shoulder, or let them hang at the side. A clear position stops the model from merging them into the coat.
- Keep the makeup natural. Say “natural makeup, visible skin texture” to avoid the plastic, over-smoothed look.
1. Black Oversized Coat, Looking Back on the Platform
Outfit: black oversized wool coat over a plain top. Pose: standing side-on, bouquet held against the chest, looking back over the shoulder with a soft smile. Train: standing still, windows glowing, softly blurred.
Use my uploaded photo as the exact identity reference. Keep my face, skin tone, features and expression completely unchanged, don't smooth, beautify or generalize them.
Show me standing on a metro station platform at night, wearing a black oversized wool coat, with shoulder-length wavy hair. I hold a bouquet of tiny white and blush-pink baby's breath flowers against my chest and look back over my shoulder toward the camera with a soft, natural smile. Natural makeup, visible skin texture.
Behind me is a stationary silver metro train with a blue stripe, its windows glowing warm yellow, softly blurred. Use warm cinematic light from the train windows against the cooler platform light, a shallow depth of field and realistic photography. 4:5 vertical framing.
2. Camel Trench Coat, Walking Along the Platform
Outfit: camel trench coat, cream knit sweater, dark jeans. Pose: walking slowly along the yellow safety line, bouquet hanging loosely at the side, glancing at the camera. Train: arriving at the platform with gentle motion blur.
Keep my facial features and expression exactly as they appear in my uploaded photo, unaltered and recognisable.
Show me walking slowly along a metro platform beside the yellow safety line, wearing a camel trench coat over a cream knit sweater and dark jeans, with my hair loose and slightly windswept. A small bouquet of white and pink baby's breath hangs loosely in one hand at my side. I glance toward the camera with a relaxed half-smile.
A metro train is arriving behind me, its lights streaking with gentle motion blur, while I stay sharp. Use warm amber light from the train, a clean cinematic colour grade and a shallow depth of field. 4:5 or 9:16 framing.
3. Burgundy Cardigan, Sitting on the Station Bench
Outfit: burgundy chunky cardigan, white tee, grey scarf. Pose: seated on a platform bench, bouquet resting on the lap, looking down at the flowers, then a slight smile. Train: passing in the background as a horizontal light streak.
Preserve my exact facial identity, skin tone and features from the uploaded photo.
Show me sitting on a metro platform bench, wearing a burgundy chunky cardigan over a white tee with a soft grey scarf, hair in a loose low braid. A small bouquet of tiny white and blush-pink flowers rests on my lap. I look down at the flowers with a gentle, private smile, the same calm expression as in my photo.
Behind me a train passes at speed, its windows turned into soft warm horizontal light streaks. Use warm side light on my face, cool shadows on the platform floor, and a quiet, reflective mood. Shallow depth of field. 4:5 aspect ratio.
4. Olive Green Jacket, Standing at the Open Train Door
Outfit: olive green utility jacket, black turtleneck, wide-leg trousers. Pose: standing just inside the open train doors, one hand on the door frame, bouquet in the other hand, leaning out slightly toward the camera. Train: the coach itself, with warm interior light behind her.
Use my uploaded photo as the identity reference. Keep my face and expression exactly as they are, don't idealize or alter them.
Show me standing just inside the open doors of a metro coach, wearing an olive green utility jacket over a black turtleneck and wide-leg black trousers, with shoulder-length wavy hair. One hand rests on the door frame, the other holds a small bouquet of white and blush-pink baby's breath, and I lean slightly toward the camera with a soft, warm smile.
The coach interior glows warm behind me, with softly blurred seats and handrails, while the platform outside is cooler and darker. Use warm cinematic light from inside the train and a shallow depth of field. 4:5 vertical framing.
5. Soft Pink Wool Coat, Quiet Escalator Landing
Outfit: soft blush pink wool coat, white shirt, light grey trousers. Pose: standing at the top of a station escalator, bouquet held at the shoulder, looking straight into the camera with a small smile. Train: a distant train visible and heavily blurred at the end of the platform.
Keep my exact facial features and expression unchanged from my uploaded photo.
Show me standing at the top of a metro station escalator, wearing a soft blush pink wool coat over a white shirt and light grey trousers, hair half tied back with a few loose strands. I hold a small bouquet of tiny white and pink flowers up near my shoulder and look straight at the camera with a calm, small smile. Natural makeup, realistic skin texture.
In the far background, a metro train sits at the end of the platform, heavily blurred. Use soft warm overhead station lighting, gentle reflections on the polished floor and a clean, romantic, cinematic tone. 4:5 or 9:16 framing.
Tips for a more convincing result
- Use a clear, front-facing reference photo. Looking-back poses and side angles are harder to render, so a sharp, evenly lit reference helps the face stay accurate.
- Specify the train’s state each time. Standing, arriving, passing or heavily blurred each create a different feel, and leaving it open often gives you a sharp, distracting train.
- Keep the bouquet small and described. “Tiny white and blush-pink baby’s breath” renders much better than “flowers,” which tends to produce large roses.
- Mix warm and cool light on purpose. Warm train windows and cooler platform light give the cinematic contrast. Say so in the prompt.
- Ask for natural skin texture. “Natural makeup, visible skin texture, no heavy retouching” avoids the over-smoothed look.
- Repeat the face lock if it drifts. Add “preserve exact facial structure, do not generate a generic face.”
- Compare Gemini and ChatGPT. Blurred backgrounds, reflections and small flowers render differently in each, so run the same prompt on both and keep the better result.
I can also write a matching set for boys at a metro station, a couple version with a shared bouquet, or a rainy-night platform variation.
