{"id":10717,"date":"2026-04-10T17:56:04","date_gmt":"2026-04-10T17:56:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/?p=10717"},"modified":"2026-04-10T17:56:05","modified_gmt":"2026-04-10T17:56:05","slug":"bendy-glass-daffodils-and-an-art-effect","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/?p=10717","title":{"rendered":"Bendy glass, daffodils and an art effect"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>I like to try out different techniques &#8211; I am always looking out for something a bit different that I can use, in this case &#8216;bendy glass&#8217;. Using some daffodils as a subject I tried different views and arrangements but the &#8216;straight&#8217; results were a bit boring. However, adding my &#8216;kl2&#8217; art effect gave me something a bit different. This results in those photos that you either like or hate:<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"576\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/F26_0485r1-kl2-1-576x600.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10721\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/F26_0485r1-kl2-1-576x600.jpg 576w, https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/F26_0485r1-kl2-1-288x300.jpg 288w, https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/F26_0485r1-kl2-1-144x150.jpg 144w, https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/F26_0485r1-kl2-1-768x801.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/F26_0485r1-kl2-1.jpg 1151w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 576px) 85vw, 576px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">A single daffodil through the &#8216;bendy glass&#8217; with my &#8216;kl2&#8217; art effect<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>Just moving the subject or the bendy glass a little alters the result:  <\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/F26_0497r1-kl2-1-600x600.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10722\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/F26_0497r1-kl2-1-600x600.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/F26_0497r1-kl2-1-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/F26_0497r1-kl2-1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/F26_0497r1-kl2-1-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/F26_0497r1-kl2-1.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">A second view of the single daffodil<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>Position it right and the glass breaks up the flower:<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"468\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/F26_0500r1-kl2-1-468x600.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10723\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/F26_0500r1-kl2-1-468x600.jpg 468w, https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/F26_0500r1-kl2-1-234x300.jpg 234w, https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/F26_0500r1-kl2-1-117x150.jpg 117w, https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/F26_0500r1-kl2-1-768x986.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/F26_0500r1-kl2-1.jpg 935w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 468px) 85vw, 468px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">This shows the head of the daffodil being grossly distorted by the bendy glass<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>I then introduced a second daffodil into the scene:<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/F26_0506r1-kl2-600x600.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10724\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/F26_0506r1-kl2-600x600.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/F26_0506r1-kl2-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/F26_0506r1-kl2-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/F26_0506r1-kl2-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/F26_0506r1-kl2.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Two daffodils through the bendy glass still with the &#8216;kl2&#8217; art effect<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>Re-arranging the flowers gave me this:<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/F26_0509r1-kl2-600x600.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10725\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/F26_0509r1-kl2-600x600.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/F26_0509r1-kl2-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/F26_0509r1-kl2-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/F26_0509r1-kl2-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/F26_0509r1-kl2.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">A second arrangement with the two flowers facing each other<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>I will try this again as I quite like the effect although we are coming to the end of the daffodil season&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I like to try out different techniques &#8211; I am always looking out for something a bit different that I can use, in this case &#8216;bendy glass&#8217;. Using some daffodils as a subject I tried different views and arrangements but the &#8216;straight&#8217; results were a bit boring. However, adding my &#8216;kl2&#8217; art effect gave me &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/?p=10717\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Bendy glass, daffodils and an art effect&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[154,9,100,131],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10717","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-effects","category-flowers","category-photo-effects","category-tests-and-trials"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10717","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=10717"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10717\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10726,"href":"https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10717\/revisions\/10726"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=10717"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=10717"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=10717"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}