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Give my ordinary portrait an extraordinary animal shadow

Keeps the person realistic while their cast shadow forms a symbolic animal with correct lighting.

Adult street portrait casting a realistic lion-shaped shadow
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Edit my uploaded full-body portrait so the adult subject remains completely realistic and unchanged, but their cast shadow forms the recognisable silhouette of [ANIMAL] in a [MOOD] stance.

Subject: preserve exact identity, pose, clothing, body proportions and environment.
Shadow physics: the human feet and animal shadow connect naturally at the contact point; the animal shape stretches across [SURFACE] according to one hard light source at [LIGHT POSITION]. Include realistic softness changes, surface texture showing through and occlusion around nearby objects.
Composition: wide enough to show both person and complete shadow, with the subject placed [POSITION].
Lighting: late [TIME OF DAY] sunlight or one practical lamp, warm highlights and believable exposure.

Do not add an actual animal, transform the person's body, create glowing eyes, smoke, magic particles or an independent floating silhouette. The shadow must look optically possible at first glance while clearly forming the symbolic animal.