Tide Pool at Low Tide
MidjourneyTide Pool at Low Tide is a Midjourney v7 prompt for an overhead rock-pool study at 4:5. Overcast light and an explicit no-glare instruction are what let the camera see through the water surface to the animals below.
Last tested: July 2026 with Midjourney v7
Part of the Midjourney prompt library · see more photorealistic prompts .
Prompt
A tide pool at low tide seen from directly above, clear shallow water over dark volcanic rock, a ring of pink coralline algae around the rim, green anemones some closed and some open, a single ochre sea star, blue mussels crowded along one edge, barnacles texturing the dry rock above the waterline, an overcast sky reflected as a soft even sheen on the surface with no glare, natural muted palette, macro detail throughout, no text --ar 4:5 --stylize 200
Settings
- Model
- Midjourney v7
- Aspect ratio
- 4:5
- Stylize
- 200
How to use this prompt
The water surface decides whether this image works at all. Direct sun turns a pool into a sheet of white glare and everything beneath it disappears, so "an overcast sky reflected as a soft even sheen with no glare" is the single most load-bearing phrase here. The band of barnacles on dry rock above the waterline is what tells a viewer this is low tide rather than a puddle — without it, the scale and the moment both go missing. Naming actual species gives Midjourney real anatomical forms instead of the generic sea-life blobs it invents.
Variations to try
- Golden-hour version: warm low side light across wet rock with the pool surface still shaded
- Pull back to a wide 3:2 shot of a whole rock shelf with several pools and the sea beyond
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What to do next
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For developers — copy this prompt as JSON
{
"title": "Tide Pool at Low Tide",
"prompt": "A tide pool at low tide seen from directly above, clear shallow water over dark volcanic rock, a ring of pink coralline algae around the rim, green anemones some closed and some open, a single ochre sea star, blue mussels crowded along one edge, barnacles texturing the dry rock above the waterline, an overcast sky reflected as a soft even sheen on the surface with no glare, natural muted palette, macro detail throughout, no text --ar 4:5 --stylize 200",
"model": "Midjourney",
"model_version": "v7",
"settings": {
"aspect_ratio": "4:5",
"stylize": 200
},
"style_tags": [
"photorealistic",
"moody"
],
"use_case_tags": [
"wall-art",
"pinterest-pins"
],
"source_url": "https://promptkoi.com/prompts/midjourney/tide-pool-at-low-tide/"
}The whole library is available as an open JSON dataset · developer docs.
