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SREF codes

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Observations

The style uses highly realistic, monochrome photographic imagery with dense textural detail, strong tonal contrast, and a grainy cinematic finish. It stages surreal encounters between animals, cloaked people, overgrown nature, and monumental architecture, often using shallow focus, atmospheric smoke, and dramatic scale to create a dark visual narrative.

Look terms

Colours

Earlier versions

Same code, different picture. Midjourney changed how it reads SREF codes after V6.1, so V8.2 turns this code into a new style. The old one still works: add  or .

Applications

Similar styles

Martine Franck style (Photographers), Midjourney V8.2
Photographers
Raymond Depardon style (Photographers), Midjourney V8.2
Photographers
Edouard Boubat style (Photographers), Midjourney V8.2
Photographers
Joan Fontcuberta style (Various), Midjourney V8.2
Ingmar Bergman style (Filmmakers), Midjourney V8.2
Filmmakers
Bruce Weber style (Photographers), Midjourney V8.2
Photographers