Scarecrow in Sunflower Field at Sunset
Stable DiffusionAn SDXL prompt for a 3:2 scarecrow in a sunflower field at sunset — burlap sack head, straw hat, tall sunflowers leaning toward amber light, long shadow, distant autumn-coloured hills, crows on a fence post, warm golden and burnt-orange palette.
Last tested: August 2026 with Stable Diffusion SDXL 1.0
Part of the Stable Diffusion prompt library · see more vintage prompts .
How to use this prompt
"Burlap sack head and straw hat" is the scarecrow detail that prevents SDXL from rendering a human figure — without the burlap-and-straw material cues the model drifts toward a person in a field. "Casting a long shadow" is the sunset indicator that makes the low amber light feel real; without the shadow the scene reads as midday. The negative prompt bans "modern clothing" and "photorealistic people" because SDXL's instinct is to render a farmer, not a scarecrow. A few crows on a fence post is the detail that completes the autumn-harvest narrative without making them a focal point. Warm golden and burnt-orange is the palette that says "October."
Variations to try
- Replace the sunflowers with dried corn stalks for a late-October harvested-field variation
- Add a vintage pickup truck in the distant background for a farm narrative
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What to do next
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For developers — copy this prompt as JSON
{
"title": "Scarecrow in Sunflower Field at Sunset",
"prompt": "A scarecrow with a burlap sack head and straw hat standing in a field of tall sunflowers, the sunflowers leaning toward a low amber sunset, the scarecrow's straw body casting a long shadow across the rows, distant rolling hills with autumn tree colour, warm golden and burnt-orange palette, a few crows perched on a fence post in the background, no text, no letters",
"negative_prompt": "photorealistic people, modern clothing, text, watermark, blurry, deformed, neon, bright synthetic colours",
"model": "Stable Diffusion",
"model_version": "SDXL 1.0",
"settings": {
"aspect_ratio": "3:2",
"steps": 30,
"cfg": 7,
"sampler": "DPM++ 2M Karras"
},
"style_tags": [
"vintage",
"cozy"
],
"use_case_tags": [
"autumn-fall-seasonal",
"wall-art"
],
"source_url": "https://promptkoi.com/prompts/stable-diffusion/scarecrow-sunflower-field-sunset/"
}The whole library is available as an open JSON dataset · developer docs.
