Fog

October 4, 2026 · 5 works

The series where it all started: I wanted a filmic morning fog without blown highlights or a plastic look. Mentioning 35mm film and muted colors did the trick — without them SDXL keeps making postcards.

a narrow river winding through a pine forest, 35mm film photo, early morning fog, muted colors, soft diffused light, qui

Settings

Model: Stable Diffusion XL 1.0 (base)
Prompt: a narrow river winding through a pine forest, 35mm film photo, early morning fog, muted colors, soft diffused light, quiet atmosphere
Negative: lowres, blurry, jpeg artifacts, watermark, text, signature, deformed, extra limbs
Steps / CFG: 30 / 6
Seed: 1100
Size: 1216×832
Time: 15.9 s
Original: PNG, 1.4 MB

an old wooden bridge over a misty lake, 35mm film photo, early morning fog, muted colors, soft diffused light, quiet atm

Settings

Model: Stable Diffusion XL 1.0 (base)
Prompt: an old wooden bridge over a misty lake, 35mm film photo, early morning fog, muted colors, soft diffused light, quiet atmosphere
Negative: lowres, blurry, jpeg artifacts, watermark, text, signature, deformed, extra limbs
Steps / CFG: 30 / 6
Seed: 1117
Size: 1216×832
Time: 13.8 s
Original: PNG, 1.0 MB

birch grove with tall white trunks fading into fog, 35mm film photo, early morning fog, muted colors, soft diffused ligh

Settings

Model: Stable Diffusion XL 1.0 (base)
Prompt: birch grove with tall white trunks fading into fog, 35mm film photo, early morning fog, muted colors, soft diffused light, quiet atmosphere
Negative: lowres, blurry, jpeg artifacts, watermark, text, signature, deformed, extra limbs
Steps / CFG: 30 / 6
Seed: 1134
Size: 1216×832
Time: 13.3 s
Original: PNG, 1.5 MB

a lonely bench on a hill above a foggy valley, 35mm film photo, early morning fog, muted colors, soft diffused light, qu

Settings

Model: Stable Diffusion XL 1.0 (base)
Prompt: a lonely bench on a hill above a foggy valley, 35mm film photo, early morning fog, muted colors, soft diffused light, quiet atmosphere
Negative: lowres, blurry, jpeg artifacts, watermark, text, signature, deformed, extra limbs
Steps / CFG: 30 / 6
Seed: 1151
Size: 1216×832
Time: 13.4 s
Original: PNG, 1.2 MB

power line towers disappearing into thick fog over a field, 35mm film photo, early morning fog, muted colors, soft diffu

Settings

Model: Stable Diffusion XL 1.0 (base)
Prompt: power line towers disappearing into thick fog over a field, 35mm film photo, early morning fog, muted colors, soft diffused light, quiet atmosphere
Negative: lowres, blurry, jpeg artifacts, watermark, text, signature, deformed, extra limbs
Steps / CFG: 30 / 6
Seed: 1168
Size: 1216×832
Time: 13.7 s
Original: PNG, 1.3 MB