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  1. imgbenchdude · · focus · HN ↗
    Tried Flux 3 on a tiny subjective image benchmark I’m calling One Knee Wonder.

    Exact prompt:

    Generate a photorealistic image of M81 urban BDU camouflage cargo trousers, shown by themselves. One trouser leg should be posed with the knee lifted 30° from vertical.

    Accurate reproduction of the M81 urban camouflage pattern is critical. Match its colors, shapes, scale, distribution, and overall appearance as faithfully as possible.

    No person, other clothing, or props.

    Ground truth swatch: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;commons.wikimedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;File:US_City_Camo_(M81_Urban).png" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;commons.wikimedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;File:US_City_Camo_(M81_Ur...

    Gemini 3 Pro Image (stronger pattern): <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;i.postimg.cc&#x2F;bZNQYYjx&#x2F;2026-10-02-google-gemini-3-pro-image-n1.png" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;i.postimg.cc&#x2F;bZNQYYjx&#x2F;2026-10-02-google-gemini-3-pro... Flux 3 (this run): <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;i.postimg.cc&#x2F;Xr7wNN0H&#x2F;2026-10-02-black-forest-labs-flux-3-image-n1.png" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;i.postimg.cc&#x2F;Xr7wNN0H&#x2F;2026-10-02-black-forest-labs-f...

    Flux 3 gets greyscale urban-ish trousers and a lifted knee, but the blotches aren’t real M81 Urban — softer &#x2F; wrong geometry vs the swatch. Not the worst I’ve seen on this prompt; clearly behind the Gemini 3 Pro Image example above on pattern.

    Curious what other models do on the same prompt.

    1. thomasikzelf · · focus · HN ↗
      In the context of knee bending: I was creating a simple walking animation with gemini 3 pro and could animate all the poses instead of one, left leg bend right leg straight. Right leg bend it had no problem but this one it just did not seem to understand.
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