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Aerial view from a drone to the south-west at summer midday. The L of two steep dark slate roofs meeting in a valley, with the one roof window on the main wing's slope facing the yard, just west of the valley, and the black flue on the north slope. Silver larch walls on a strip of pale gravel. In the corner, the flagged yard with an oak table, two raised beds of herbs and lavender and a washing line, and a log store at the west gable. To the west, a small timber shed and a fenced vegetable patch. A gravel track comes in from the north through a gate in the dry stone wall, and a stream lined with trees runs along the valley below walled fields and limestone edges. Off brief: the yard table has no chairs.

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Aerial over the valley, summer midday

Exterior, view 03. Attach the model screenshot, then paste the prompt.

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Aerial over the valley, summer midday

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Exterior · view 03 of 14 · for ChatGPT image generation, in landscape format.

Attach model-aerial.jpg (shape reference), the screenshot from the model's Aerial view. The screenshot is retaken from the model on the idea's page, which shows the roof window; the concept book's own screenshot hid it under wing 2's roof. The first image here is the result, made from this screenshot; the second is the first take, made from the book's.

Start a fresh chat for each view, so it does not borrow from the last image. Attach only the one reference image named, if there is one, then paste the prompt.

how it came out

The second take keeps the roof window on the main slope near the valley, where the first take lost it. The shed, the vegetable patch, the washing line, the track and the stream all came through again. The yard table has no chairs.

prompt

Turn the attached 3D model image into a photorealistic architectural photograph. Keep the exact shape, proportions, camera angle and position of every window, door and roof from the attached image. Only change the materials, lighting and surroundings as described below.

Setting: high summer midday, bright sun, a few soft clouds casting shadows across the fields. Drone about 40 metres up to the south-west, looking down.

Shape rules (do not change these from the image): a modest one-and-a-half storey house in an L-shape. Two simple gabled wings meet at a right angle, each about 5.4 metres wide, with steep 45 degree roofs of the same ridge height that meet in one clean valley. The main wing is about 9 metres long; the second wing projects about 3.6 metres from one end. The eaves are low, about 4 metres up, so the roof is the main shape and the bedrooms sit inside it, lit by windows in the gable ends. No dormers, no chimney stack, no porch, no extensions.

Materials:
- Walls: vertical untreated larch boards, weathered to an even soft silver-grey with a little honey colour left under the eaves, with slim dark grey corner trims.
- Roof: dark grey fibre-cement slates in neat straight courses, crisp thin verges with a small overhang, a lead-lined valley, slim black half-round gutters and downpipes.
- Windows and doors: plain standard-size casement windows with slim anthracite grey frames, set neatly in the boarding. Only one roof window, in the main wing's roof slope that faces the yard, close to the valley.
- Base: the house sits on a low dark timber skirting just above a narrow strip of pale gravel. No brick or stone plinth.
- A single slim black steel stove flue rising through the north roof slope near the west end.
- The flagged yard in the corner of the L with its table, raised beds and a washing line.
- A small timber shed and a vegetable patch a little way off to the west, and a gravel track arriving from the north.

Surroundings: the house sits alone in a flat walled paddock in a Peak District valley, a patchwork of small fields with dry stone walls, a stream lined with alders, gritstone edges and moorland rising beyond.

Style: high-end architectural drone photography, natural colours, sharp detail. Avoid: changing the shape, dormers, brick, render, stone walls on the house, porches, conservatories, big glass walls, barn conversion look, modern villa look, people, text.

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3 · lift any one out
Aerial view from a drone to the south-west at summer midday. The L of two steep dark slate roofs meeting in a valley, with the one roof window on the main wing's slope facing the yard, just west of the valley, and the black flue on the north slope. Silver larch walls on a strip of pale gravel. In the corner, the flagged yard with an oak table, two raised beds of herbs and lavender and a washing line, and a log store at the west gable. To the west, a small timber shed and a fenced vegetable patch. A gravel track comes in from the north through a gate in the dry stone wall, and a stream lined with trees runs along the valley below walled fields and limestone edges. Off brief: the yard table has no chairs.
01 · Aerial view from a drone to the south-west at summer midday
First take. Aerial view from a drone to the south-west at summer midday. The L of two steep dark slate roofs meeting in a valley, with larch walls and a gravel strip round the base. In the corner, the flagged yard with its table, chairs, two raised beds and a washing line with white sheets. To the west a small timber shed with logs, and a fenced vegetable patch. A gravel track arrives from the north through a gate in a dry stone wall. Around it, a walled paddock, scattered trees and a stream lined with alders, and a valley of small walled fields and gritstone edges beyond. Off brief: the roof window does not show on the main wing's yard slope.
02 · First take
Screenshot of this idea's 3D model from high to the south-west, in flat colours. The two grey roofs and their valley seen from above, with the roof window just west of the valley. The windows on the yard walls, the flagged yard with its table and raised beds in the corner of the L, the log stack, the gravel strip round the base, and the track arriving from the north. The shape reference for the aerial.
03 · Screenshot of this idea's 3D model from high to the south-west