Night Bus Window Reflection, by GPT Image 2 Medium

A young man on a night bus, the lit city reflected across the window glass.

An early version landed in the uncanny valley — half amateur, half AI, committing to neither. The fix was to fully commit to one camera effect: a night bus with the neon-lit street reflected and motion-streaked across the glass, double-exposed over his profile. Fast 35mm film, heavy grain, halation around the bright lights, mixed warm-streetlight and cool-fluorescent color. A strong, intentional look beats a clean, generic one every time.