Concept / Plant
Plant
A visual subject category depicting a plant
A visual subject category depicting a plant.
A neutral panel against a plain background
The standard boy comparison motif is a human subject and cannot compare a plant category, so it is replaced with a neutral object that does not pre-stage a plant.
Both languages share the English example images. Japanese prompts are the recorded translations.
A phrase to start with
Directs the scene toward a subject readable as a plant.
Appearance and effects
A form readable as a plant appears as a subject in the image.
Visual traits
- plant subject
- living form
- unspecified species
Expected changes
- A plant subject is more likely to appear
- The subject is less likely to read as fungus or animal
Five examples
1 — A neutral cube against a plain background
The standard dog comparison motif is an animal subject and cannot compare a plant category, so it is replaced with a neutral object that does not pre-stage a plant.
a single cube against a plain background with no cues to plant, fungus, animal, species, season, or location
- a single cube against a plain background
- a state with no cues to life or environment
2 — A neutral sphere against a plain background
The standard cat comparison motif is an animal subject and cannot compare a plant category, so it is replaced with a neutral object that does not pre-stage a plant.
a single sphere against a plain background with no cues to plant, fungus, animal, species, season, or location
- a single sphere against a plain background
- a state with no cues to life or environment
3 — A neutral panel against a plain background
The standard boy comparison motif is a human subject and cannot compare a plant category, so it is replaced with a neutral object that does not pre-stage a plant.
a single panel against a plain background with no cues to plant, fungus, animal, species, season, or location
- a single panel against a plain background
- a state with no cues to life or environment
4 — A single chair against a plain background
The standard unoccupied-room comparison motif has no plant subject, so it is replaced with a neutral object that does not pre-stage a plant.
a single chair against a plain background with no cues to plant, fungus, animal, species, season, or location
- a single chair against a plain background
- a state with no cues to life or environment
5 — A neutral stone against a plain background
The standard valley-landscape comparison motif has no plant subject, so it is replaced with a neutral object that does not pre-stage a plant.
a single stone against a plain background with no cues to plant, fungus, animal, species, season, or location
- a single stone against a plain background
- a state with no cues to life or environment
Meaning and scope
Definition
Plant is a visual subject category depicting a plant. It does not determine species, whether flower or tree, edibility, whether wild or cultivated, season, location, or cultural symbolism.
In more detail
It concerns a subject in the image being a plant. It is distinct as a living category from fungus and animal and from natural-object as a nonliving object. It does not specify kind, growth state, environment, or symbolic meaning.
Includes
- A subject depicted as a plant
Excludes
- Species, whether flower or tree, edibility, whether wild or cultivated, season, location, or cultural symbolism
- Fungus, animal, or a naturally occurring nonliving object
What this does not imply
- Species, whether flower or tree, edibility, whether wild or cultivated, season, location, or cultural symbolism
Variability
Kind, number, form, season, and setting can be adjusted separately.
Usage and adjustments
Usage
- Specify only plant as the subject category
Distinguish similar expressions
- Specify species, edibility, growth state, season, location, or symbolism separately only when needed
Typical uses
- Specify a plant as the subject of a scene
Possible failure modes
- It reads as fungus or animal, is fixed to a species or season, or edibility or symbolism is added without support
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