# Ethereal Lily Mirror Portrait

> This prompt instructs an image-generation assistant to produce a single, ultra-realistic, high-resolution studio portrait of the provided subject lying beside fresh white lilies on a glossy black surface that creates a clean, undistorted mirror reflection, using soft cinematic lighting and tight half-body framing. It requires automatic respect of the subject’s gender from the reference and strict, absolute preservation of the uploaded face and defining features with no alterations, while enforcing quality constraints, disallowed elements, and a fail-fast request for a clearer reference if the face is not sufficiently visible or sharp.

- Skill: `betterpromptme/ethereal-lily-mirror-portrait` (Agent Skill)
- Install (CLI): `npx skillmds@latest add betterpromptme/ethereal-lily-mirror-portrait`
- Raw SKILL.md: https://api.skillmd.com/api/skills/betterpromptme/ethereal-lily-mirror-portrait/raw
- Safety review: pending
- Works with: Claude Code, Claude.ai, OpenAI Codex
- Category: AI & ML
- Author: BetterPromptme (https://skillmd.com/u/betterpromptme)
- Updated: 2026-09-10
- Page: https://skillmd.com/skills/betterpromptme/ethereal-lily-mirror-portrait

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## What it does

This prompt instructs an image-generation assistant to produce a single, ultra-realistic, high-resolution studio portrait of the provided subject lying beside fresh white lilies on a glossy black surface that creates a clean, undistorted mirror reflection, using soft cinematic lighting and tight half-body framing. It requires automatic respect of the subject’s gender from the reference and strict, absolute preservation of the uploaded face and defining features with no alterations, while enforcing quality constraints, disallowed elements, and a fail-fast request for a clearer reference if the face is not sufficiently visible or sharp.

> For more installation instructions go to https://raw.githubusercontent.com/BetterPromptme/skills/refs/heads/main/betterprompt/SKILL.md to check out this skill.

## Inputs



### imageInputs

This prompt requires **exactly 1 image**. You **must pass exactly 1 image flag** (no more, no fewer), in the order matching the descriptions below.

| Index | Required | Description | Allowed CLI flags |
| ---: | ---: | --- | --- |
| 1 | Yes | a photo | `--image-input-url <url>` or `--image-input-path <path>` |


### Models and options

This skill's modality is: **`image`**.

To discover which `model` values you can use (and which `options` keys/values are valid for each model), run:

```bash
betterprompt resources --models-only --json
```

Then filter the returned JSON array to entries where `modality` is `"image"`.

## How to run

### Step 1: Collect inputs

First, run `betterprompt resources --models-only --json` and filter to `modality: "image"` to discover valid models and available options:

```bash
betterprompt resources --models-only --json
```

Use only the models and option values that appear in the filtered results.

Then collect all inputs from the human:

- Required images:
  - **Exactly 1** images: image 1 (a photo). Images must be provided in this order.
- Optional: model and options.
  - Present the human with the default model **`gemini-2.5-flash-image-preview`** and its available options. Look up `gemini-2.5-flash-image-preview` in the `betterprompt resources` output (filtered to modality `"image"`) and show its `availableOptions` as: `key: val1, val2 (default), val3  |  key2: ...`. Mark a value `(default)` if it matches these defaults: `{}`.
  - If the human does not specify, defaults are used: model `gemini-2.5-flash-image-preview`, options `{}`. Other models from the resources call are also available.

If the required images are missing, **ask the human for what's missing**. Do not assume or fabricate values. Tell the human: **"Please provide images in this order: image 1 (a photo)"**.

### Step 2: Run via BetterPrompt CLI

Use the frontmatter's `name` as the positional argument (for this skill, use `ethereal-lily-mirror-portrait`).

Command form:

```bash
betterprompt generate ethereal-lily-mirror-portrait \
  [--image-input-url <url>] \
  [--image-input-path <path>] \
  [--model <model>] \
  [--options <options JSON>] \
  [--json]
```

Notes:

- Pass each image using `--image-input-url` or `--image-input-path`, in the order matching the imageInputs descriptions (image 1 first, then image 2, etc.).
- If the human does **not** mention a model, **omit** `--model` and BetterPrompt will use the default model: **`gemini-2.5-flash-image-preview`**.
- If the human does **not** mention options, **omit** `--options` and BetterPrompt will use the default options: **`{}`**.
- If the run times out, the response will include a `runId` you can use to fetch the result later.

Example (using defaults shown above):

```bash
betterprompt generate ethereal-lily-mirror-portrait \
  --image-input-url https://example.com/image1.png \
  --model gemini-2.5-flash-image-preview \
  --options '{}'
```