20 Midjourney Prompt Examples (with Breakdowns)

Cinematic portrait of a young woman with curly auburn hair, golden hour backlight creating rim light around hair, soft side fill from reflector, 85mm lens at f/1.4, Kodak Portra 400 film grain, --ar 4:5 --style raw --v 6

Vogue editorial portrait of a model with avant-garde silver makeup and sculptural earrings, beauty-dish lighting from above, pastel pink seamless backdrop, slight motion in hair, --ar 4:5 --style raw --v 6

High-contrast black and white documentary portrait of an elderly fisherman with weathered hands, natural overcast light, Leica M6 with 35mm Summicron, Tri-X 400 film grain, --ar 4:5 --style raw --v 6

Dramatic chiaroscuro portrait of a weathered ship captain in a foggy harbor at dawn, single window light from left creating Rembrandt triangle on shadow cheek, oil-painting realism, --ar 3:4 --style raw --v 6

Environmental portrait of a Japanese ceramicist at her pottery wheel, hands covered in clay mid-throw, soft diffused light through shoji window, 50mm lens at f/2, slight motion blur on the rotating wheel, --ar 3:2 --style raw --v 6

Photorealistic mountain landscape at sunrise, dense valley fog filling foreground, distant snow-capped peaks catching first warm light, single tiny hiker silhouette for scale on left ridge, ultra-wide 16mm lens, Iceland aesthetic, --ar 16:9 --style raw --v 6

Aurora borealis over snowy Norwegian fjord, vibrant green and purple lights dancing in night sky, perfect mirror reflection in still water below, lone red cabin on opposite shore, long exposure photograph, --ar 16:9 --style raw --v 6

Autumn forest path covered in fallen orange and red maple leaves, soft afternoon sunlight filtering through canopy creating dappled light pattern, light mist between trees, single distant figure walking away, painterly atmosphere, --ar 4:5 --style raw --v 6

Long-exposure photograph of stormy ocean crashing against basalt cliffs at dusk, silky smooth motion-blurred waves, dramatic grey storm clouds with one shaft of golden light breaking through, ultra-wide 14mm lens, --ar 16:9 --style raw --v 6

Minimal desert landscape at golden hour, single S-curve sand dune ridge running diagonally across frame, deep shadow on one side and warm light on other, no horizon visible, abstract composition, shot by Michael Kenna, --ar 1:1 --style raw --v 6

Epic fantasy concept art of floating rocky islands suspended over endless cloud sea at sunset, waterfalls falling from islands into clouds below, tiny silhouette of person standing on edge for scale, Studio Ghibli meets Magic the Gathering, --ar 16:9 --v 6

Cyberpunk megacity at night, towering skyscrapers with massive holographic neon signs in Japanese and English, flying vehicles between buildings, rain-soaked streets reflecting purple and pink neon, by Syd Mead and Moebius, --ar 16:9 --v 6

Studio Ghibli style watercolor illustration of a young girl running through tall grass meadow with a black cat trailing behind, golden afternoon light, distant rolling green hills with single farmhouse, hand-painted feel, --ar 16:9 --niji 6 --style scenic

Concept art of a futuristic Mars colony at dusk, modular geodesic habitat structures with internal greenhouses glowing warm green, red Martian landscape, two Earth-blue moons in pink sky, photorealistic CGI by Syd Mead, --ar 16:9 --v 6

Majestic dragon resting in mountain cave, scales catching warm firelight from below, intelligent eyes meeting viewer, photorealistic creature design, How to Train Your Dragon meets National Geographic, --ar 4:5 --v 6