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Butterfly over Shallow Water, Top View

Top-down macro photograph of an orange butterfly with open wings over shallow water

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A photorealistic butterfly at the edge of very shallow water, captured from directly overhead at the instant its small head is angled slightly, emphasizing the patterned scales across both open wings. A thin calm sheet of shallow water with muted stone tones beneath it, softly simplified and free of debris; subtle restrained reflections only. One butterfly only, natural anatomy, wings fully open and completely visible, no flowers or additional insects. Square 1:1 image, true top-down viewpoint; butterfly centered with generous clean space around the intact wing tips; macro depth of field focused across the wing-scale pattern and eyes, background softly blurred. Broad soft light falling from above, gentle micro-contrast across the scales, tiny clean catchlights in the eyes, no harsh specular glare on the water. Individually suggested wing scales, delicate antennae, subtle wing veins, realistic water surface. Professional product photography, commercial studio lighting. Sharp focus on the product, clean edges. Accurate material rendering, realistic reflections. Photorealistic, high detail. Strong subject-background separation through tonal contrast and crisp intact silhouette; coherent soft shadow. Avoid people, hands, extra insects, duplicate wings, torn wings, fantasy colors, excessive HDR, text, logos, trademarks, copyrighted characters, watermark.
✓ The prompt that made this image
매우 얕은 물가에서 작은 머리를 살짝 기울이고 두 날개를 온전히 펼친 나비를 바로 위에서 내려다본 사실적인 사진. 얇고 잔잔한 물 아래로 채도가 낮은 돌빛이 보이며 잔해나 산만한 반사는 없다. 나비 한 마리만 중앙에 놓이고 날개 끝 주위에는 충분한 여백이 있다. 날개 비늘 무늬와 눈에 초점을 둔 매크로 심도, 위에서 내리는 넓고 부드러운 빛, 비늘의 미세 대비, 눈의 작은 캐치라이트, 눈부심을 억제한 수면. 전문 제품 사진, 상업 스튜디오 조명, 깨끗한 윤곽, 정확한 재질 표현과 사실적인 반사, 포토리얼, 고해상도 디테일. 사람과 손, 다른 곤충, 복제되거나 찢어진 날개, 비현실적 색, 과도한 HDR, 글자, 로고, 상표, 저작권 캐릭터, 워터마크는 없다.
⚠ Korean translation — results will differ

Why it's written this way

The phrase "true top-down viewpoint" makes the two open wings comparable, so differences in scale pattern come from the insect rather than perspective foreshortening. An oblique camera would hide one wing and turn the image into a silhouette study. "Broad soft light falling from above" reveals scale texture through small tonal changes without scattering hard glare across the water. The muted stone beneath the shallow water removes bright color competition, while the crisp wing boundary and tiny eye catchlights keep attention anchored at the butterfly's head and patterned wings.

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