Background Bokeh

Lens filter #541

between sharp and soft / she makes the city her stage / lights become applause

Sample image in the Background Bokeh style — Rendered with FLUX 1.1 pro

A lens filter: a camera-optics layer that carries no style of its own, so it composes with any prompt. Add it, then your subject.

On 4 models

The same prompt and the same subject, rendered by different image models — so the differences are the model, not the prompt.

The Background Bokeh style rendered with FLUX 1.1 pro — FLUX 1.1 pro · the main image

The Background Bokeh style rendered with GPT-Image-2 — GPT-Image-2

The Background Bokeh style rendered with Muse 1.0 — Muse 1.0

The Background Bokeh style rendered with Nano Banana 2.1 — Nano Banana 2.1

The prompt

Lens filter

Apply background bokeh lens effect with soft, out-of-focus light orbs appearing in the depth plane behind the subject. Create translucent circular light discs that suggest distant light sources beyond the focal plane, with smaller orbs implying greater distance and larger ones suggesting mid-ground depth. Generate creamy light spheres with hexagonal aperture blade highlights in warm golds and cool blues. Position bokeh elements to frame the subject while maintaining clear separation between the sharp focal plane and the soft background plane. Feature varying transparency levels with brighter cores and feathered edges. Maintain complete subject sharpness while these atmospheric light orbs appear to exist in the space behind the scene, creating depth and dimension.

Render on BudgetPixel: FLUX 1.1 pro · GPT-Image-2 · Muse 1.0 · Nano Banana 2.1

Subject of the sample

Direct eye contact; 1950s pin up woman standing full body, red dress

Using it

Append this filter to any prompt, then your subject.