12 tested prompts for Google's Nano Banana 2 image model: photo edits, old photo restoration, portraits and images from text. Every result below came from Nano Banana 2.
12 prompts · every result made with the exact prompt shown · updated Nov 2026
BeforeNano Banana 2Replace the background of this photo with a sunny Mediterranean street with white walls and pink bougainvillea. Keep the person exactly the same: face, hair, clothes, pose and lighting direction. Match the light and shadows to the new scene so it looks like one photo.
BeforeNano Banana 2Change only the clothes in this photo: dress the person in a tailored navy blazer over a white shirt. Keep the face, hair, body, pose and background exactly the same. Realistic fabric folds and fit.
BeforeNano Banana 2Relight this portrait with strong warm golden-hour sunlight coming from the left: orange-gold light on the left side of her face and hair, soft shadow on the right side, a warm glow on the background. Keep her face, features, expression, pose and clothes exactly the same.
BeforeNano Banana 2Remove all the people in the background of this photo and fill the space naturally with the street, buildings and pavement. Keep the main person and everything else unchanged.
BeforeNano Banana 2Restore this old damaged photograph: remove the scratches, stains and missing corners, fix the faded areas and sharpen the faces. Keep the people, clothes and composition exactly as they are and keep it black and white. Do not invent new details.
BeforeNano Banana 2Colorize this old black and white family photo with natural, period-accurate colors: realistic skin tones, muted clothing colors, soft daylight. Keep every face and detail the same and do not add anything new.
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BeforeNano Banana 2Turn this photo into a professional studio headshot: same face and expression, neat hair, dark grey blazer, plain light grey background, soft even studio lighting, head and shoulders framing. Photorealistic.
BeforeNano Banana 2Create a 1/7 scale collectible figurine of the person in this photo, standing on a round clear acrylic base on a computer desk. Next to it, the figure's box with the character printed on it. Realistic product photo, soft room light.
BeforeNano Banana 2Restyle this portrait as a 1970s film photo: warm faded colors, soft grain, slight light leak at the edge, flared collar shirt. Keep the face and pose the same. Looks like a real scanned print.
Nano Banana 2A cozy reading nook in a small Paris apartment on a rainy afternoon: an armchair with a knit blanket, a stack of books, a cup of tea steaming on the windowsill, rain on the glass, warm lamp light. Photorealistic interior photo.
Nano Banana 2A tilt-shift miniature diorama of a busy harbor town at sunrise, tiny boats, colorful houses, people the size of grains of rice, shallow depth of field, ultra detailed.
Try any of these on Nano Banana 2 here, or use one-click tools like Photo restoration when you just want the result.
Choose one whose result you like. Every image on this page came from the prompt under it, on the model named on the image, unedited.
Paste it into Gemini with a clear, well-lit photo, or press Try it now and upload the photo here.
Swap the outfit, place or light in the prompt, but keep the sentence that tells the model to keep the same face.
Say what to change first, then what to keep: 'Change the background to … Keep the person exactly the same.' Nano Banana follows short, specific edit instructions better than long scene descriptions.
They were tested on Nano Banana 2 and also work on the original Nano Banana and Nano Banana Pro. Pro follows long prompts and text in images more closely.
Yes. Nano Banana is the image model inside Gemini, so you can paste these prompts there with your photo.
Add 'keep the face exactly the same' and ask for one change at a time. Big scene changes in one prompt make faces drift more.
