Nano Banana Pro AI Image Generator

Sample prompts to try with Nano Banana Pro

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  Dragonfly wing macro

  Extreme macro photograph of a dragonfly resting on a reed at dawn, focusing on one wing covered in tiny dew droplets. Every vein of the wing membrane is visible, each droplet refracts a miniature image of the sunrise, iridescent blue and gold sheen on the body. Dark blurred teal background, soft rim light, razor-sharp detail, square composition.

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  Harbor lantern festival

  A crowded night harbor festival seen from a high balcony. Hundreds of floating paper lanterns drift on dark water, small wooden boats with families, food stalls with steaming pots along the pier, children holding sparklers, a brass band on a small stage. Warm gold light against deep navy water, many distinct people each doing something different, crisp detail across the whole frame, editorial documentary style.

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  Mechanical watch movement

  Macro photograph of an open mechanical watch movement lying on black velvet. Polished steel gears, blued screws, ruby jewel bearings, a balance wheel mid-oscillation, and engraved gold-toned bridges with fine geometric patterning, no logos or text. Low raking light reveals micro scratches and machining texture, shallow but controlled depth of field, navy and gold tones, luxury horology photography.

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  Orchestra rehearsal from above

  Vertical view from a high gilded balcony looking down into a concert hall during an orchestra rehearsal. Around thirty musicians in casual clothes with violins, cellos, horns and timpani, a conductor with raised arms, open sheet music on stands, empty red velvet seats below. Warm chandelier light, gold leaf ornament in the foreground, every musician distinct, deep perspective.

Sample images are illustrative; results vary by model.

What Nano Banana Pro does well

Small type that stays sharp

Nano Banana Pro is the Gemini image model Google points to for text inside images, and the gap shows at small sizes. In the sample, a cream specimen card beside a pinned luna moth carries a printed word and a grid of small numbers, and each character stays separate and correctly formed instead of melting into the paper fibres. This is the model for labels, captions, price tags and chart axes. Put the exact words in quotes, keep each label short and name the lettering you want, such as small serif capitals, so the text matches the object it sits on.

Close-up of a museum specimen drawer with a pinned luna moth and a cream specimen card beside it. The card has the single word "NORTH" printed in small serif capitals at the top and below it a neat grid of small printed numbers such as 01 02 03 04, all crisp and correctly formed. Fine paper fibers, brass drawer pull, soft top light, navy velvet lining, macro detail photography.

Detail at close range

Pro draws texture at a level that survives a close crop. In the sample, a chunky hand-knitted blanket drapes over a rattan basket, and you can follow single wool fibres, stray fuzz and the small splits in the cane, all under soft raking light from a window. That density is why it suits macro product shots, material studies and images meant for large prints. Describe the material, then the light that reveals it: raking side light for weave and grain, a soft top light for glossy surfaces. Ask for a macro lens when you want the frame filled with surface.

Extreme close-up texture study where a chunky hand-knitted cream wool blanket drapes over the edge of a woven rattan basket. Every wool fiber, stray fuzz and twist of yarn is visible, the rattan weave shows natural color variation and tiny splits. Soft raking side light from a window, warm neutral palette with a navy knitted stripe, macro lens, ultra-sharp detail suited to large prints.

Many subjects, one clear scene

Crowded scenes are where image models tend to merge people or repeat one face. Nano Banana Pro plans a scene with many subjects and keeps each one doing its own thing. The flower market sample holds a vendor wrapping peonies, an elderly couple choosing tulips, a cyclist with eucalyptus, a child feeding pigeons and a dog under a table of herbs, and none of them overlap. Google also says Pro can keep the resemblance of several people from reference photos in one composition. List each subject with a single action, then ask for them to be distinct.

A busy open-air flower market on a cobbled square in the morning. In a single balanced composition: a vendor wrapping peonies in brown paper, an elderly couple choosing tulips, a cyclist with a basket of eucalyptus, a child feeding pigeons, a dog sitting under a table of potted herbs, and a woman carrying sunflowers across the square. Striped awnings, buckets of blooms in many colors, soft morning light, each subject distinct and not overlapping, 28mm documentary photography.

Nano Banana Pro specs and pricing

Every price below comes from the live price list, so it changes here as soon as rates change. Credits are charged per image, or per second of video.