{"id":10808,"date":"2026-05-08T14:23:01","date_gmt":"2026-05-08T14:23:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/?p=10808"},"modified":"2026-05-08T14:33:01","modified_gmt":"2026-05-08T14:33:01","slug":"flowers-indoors-using-a-sphere-effect","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/?p=10808","title":{"rendered":"Flowers indoors: Using a sphere effect"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

For this post I am showing some fairly plain, close-up photos of flowers taken indoors and using my ‘sphere’ technique to transform the images into a circular ball or sphere. These are all taken using available light against a black background.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I am using a comparison slider to show the starting image behind the ‘sphere projection’ – drag the slider to reveal the other image.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

First I have some Fritillaria:

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The starting image of the Fritillaria on a black background<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The ‘sphere projection’ of the Fritillaria on a black background<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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These are a group of violas in a pot:

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Starting image of a group of violas in a pot<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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‘Sphere projection’ of a group of violas in a pot<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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These are a closer in view of the violas:

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Starting image is a closer view of a group of violas in a pot<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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‘Sphere projection’ showing a closer view of a group of violas in a pot<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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Finally a primula flower:

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Starting image of a primula in a pot<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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‘Sphere projection’ of a primula in a pot<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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An interesting exercise – I wasn’t sure how the black background would turn out…<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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For this post I am showing some fairly plain, close-up photos of flowers taken indoors and using my ‘sphere’ technique to transform the images into a circular ball or sphere. These are all taken using available light against a black background. I am using a comparison slider to show the starting image behind the ‘sphere … Continue reading “Flowers indoors: Using a sphere effect”<\/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":[103,19,141,154,9,100,3,131],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10808","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-before-after","category-close-up","category-comparison-slider","category-effects","category-flowers","category-photo-effects","category-photography","category-tests-and-trials"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10808","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=10808"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10808\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10830,"href":"https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10808\/revisions\/10830"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=10808"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=10808"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=10808"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}