Keep “vintage pistol lowered at his side (not aimed)” to preserve the restrained pose, and replace “steady, intense direct gaze” with “hard, watchful stare angled slightly downward.” Change “warm golden-hour amber lighting with heavier contrast” to “cold overhead bar light with stark side shadows,” and replace “casually” in “leaning casually against a bar counter” with “coiled and rigidly leaning against a bar counter.”

Replace “vertical half-body framing” with “tight vertical head-and-shoulders portrait,” and change the “85mm lens look” to “105mm portrait lens look.” Keep “shallow depth of field,” but replace “blurred patrons and whiskey bottles implied behind him” with “abstract smoky bokeh with no readable background objects.” Add “eyes and beard in critical focus” after “realistic skin texture” so the gaze becomes the visual anchor.

Keep the fixed style block: “Hyper-realistic cinematic film-still look,” “vertical half-body framing,” “85mm lens look,” “warm golden-hour amber lighting,” “deeper blacks and muted highlights,” and “1920s-inspired smoky lounge.” For each variation, replace only “young man” and the clothing phrase “dark olive Peaky Blinders-inspired tailored wool suit with a light pinstripe waistcoat” with controlled alternatives such as “female jazz singer in a burgundy beaded dress” or “older bartender in a cream linen vest,” while preserving “steady, intense direct gaze” and the same bar-counter pose.