Extreme Close-Up Prompt: Exact Wording and Example Frame

Extreme Close-Up example: extreme close-up of a watch face, the second hand and brushed metal filling the frame
Example frame made with this look. Scene: extreme close-up of a watch face, the second hand and brushed metal filling the frame.

What it is

The frame crops inside the face or the object: one eye, a hand on a latch. Detail becomes the whole story.

What it says: Detail that matters: a decision, a tell.

The prompt

Paste it into an image or video prompt as is, then add your own subject.

Prompt

extreme close-up filling the frame with one small detail, skin texture visible, shallow depth of field, macro detail

Lens: 100mm macro.

Not this

Not a close-up: an ECU crops inside the face or object.

Other names

ECU, insert

Pairs with

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Build a full look around it

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