# Shore Ring 02 reference edits v1

Generated with the built-in ImageGen tool using `../shore-ring-02.webp` as the edit target.

## Shared edit prompt

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Use case: precise-object-edit
Asset type: 16:9 landing-page opening hero photograph
Input images: Image 1 is the edit target and the authoritative composition.
Primary request: Develop Image 1 with a very restrained photographic edit. Change only the apparent vertical depth of the shoreline so the black wet-sand foreground no longer feels like a vast tidal flat. Bring the sea and wave zone moderately closer in depth while keeping a calm buffer around the ring.
Preserve exactly: the original canvas and crop; the centered composition; the ring's exact horizontal position, vertical position, tiny pixel scale, plain unadorned silver-band design, orientation, and natural placement; the original dark blue-black color grade; the low-key exposure; the quiet mood; the left-right tonal balance; the existing natural, not-perfectly-horizontal wave direction; the broad clean negative space; the original photographic realism.
Ring treatment: Do not enlarge, redesign, move, or add a gemstone to the ring. Preserve its tiny scale. Only make its existing silver rim and tiny glint marginally cleaner so the ring is recognized immediately, without glow or spotlight.
Water and shore: Preserve real ocean motion and layered surf. Keep the waves alive but not dramatic, stormy, or about to reach the ring. The surface must read as wet fine beach sand with a thin receding water film, not mudflat.
Constraints: This is a conservative edit of Image 1, not a new interpretation. No text, logo, watermark, people, props, extra jewelry, rocks, shells, footprints, or vegetation.
Avoid: changing the ring size or position; close-up product photography; artificial vignette; darkened corners; central radial brightening; halo; spotlight; isolated pool of light; warm sunset colors; exaggerated foam; threatening surf; new diagonal composition; repeated microtexture; etched or embossed patterns; moire; synthetic sand grain; excessive sharpening.
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## Variant 1 — minimal compression

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Shift the visually dominant shoreline and nearest wave zone only slightly downward, approximately 6–8% of the image height compared with Image 1. Keep most of the original calm spacing and mood.
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## Variant 2 — moderate compression

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Shift the visually dominant shoreline and layered wave zone downward approximately 10–12% of the image height compared with Image 1. Increase the visible sea/water share while leaving a clearly calm dark-sand buffer around the ring.
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## Variant 3 — compressed through shallow water

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Bring the wave zone moderately closer and extend a thin, low-contrast receding water film into the midground. Shorten the perceived distance without making the nearest foam visibly approach the ring. Preserve the original upper-wave character.
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## Variant 4 — strongest acceptable compression

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Shift the sea and layered wave zone downward approximately 14–16% of the image height compared with Image 1, but stop well above the ring and preserve a calm untouched area around it. This should feel like an intimate shoreline, never like incoming danger.
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