A exploration of different effects for a basket of flowers

Using a single ‘bendy glass’ image, I tried different processing methods to see what I could get. First is the starting image alongside the sphere/ball version – drag the slider to show/hide the images:

The starting ‘bendy glass’ image of some dahlias
Sphere/ball version of the starting ‘bendy glass’ image of some dahlias

Now I show 2 art effects using the original image:

The same image with my ‘kl2’ art effect
The same image with my ‘kl2i’ art effect

Now I am showing 2 sphere/ball art effect versions of the image:

My ‘kl2’ art effect applied to the sphere/ball image
My ‘kl2i’ art effect applied to the sphere/ball image

I find that the more I play with these techniques, the more I learn what works, and what doesn’t…