{"id":10966,"date":"2026-07-08T13:46:32","date_gmt":"2026-07-08T13:46:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/?p=10966"},"modified":"2026-07-08T13:46:32","modified_gmt":"2026-07-08T13:46:32","slug":"pink-dahlia-spherised","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/?p=10966","title":{"rendered":"Pink Dahlia Spherised"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>More experiments! This time I used a simple photo of a pink dahlia on a black background. Using the comparison slider I show the starting image and the sphereised version:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"image-compare-viewer\" ><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/F26_1149r1-bg1-600x600.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10967\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/F26_1149r1-bg1-600x600.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/F26_1149r1-bg1-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/F26_1149r1-bg1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/F26_1149r1-bg1-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/F26_1149r1-bg1.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\">Pink dahlia on a black background<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/F26_1149r1-bg1-uw-sp1-600x600.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10968\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/F26_1149r1-bg1-uw-sp1-600x600.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/F26_1149r1-bg1-uw-sp1-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/F26_1149r1-bg1-uw-sp1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/F26_1149r1-bg1-uw-sp1-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/F26_1149r1-bg1-uw-sp1.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\">Sphereised version of the pink dahlia<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>I didn&#8217;t like the way the black background worked with this image so I replaced the black with an enlarged and processed version of the dahlia. I am showing the image with the new background with the sphereised version:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"image-compare-viewer\" ><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/F26_1149r1-bg2kl2-600x600.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10969\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/F26_1149r1-bg2kl2-600x600.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/F26_1149r1-bg2kl2-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/F26_1149r1-bg2kl2-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/F26_1149r1-bg2kl2-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/F26_1149r1-bg2kl2.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\">The pink dahlia with an art effect background<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/F26_1149r1-bg2kl2-uw-sp1-600x600.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10970\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/F26_1149r1-bg2kl2-uw-sp1-600x600.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/F26_1149r1-bg2kl2-uw-sp1-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/F26_1149r1-bg2kl2-uw-sp1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/F26_1149r1-bg2kl2-uw-sp1-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/F26_1149r1-bg2kl2-uw-sp1.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 sphereised version<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>I much prefer the second version with the art effect background: I find it worthwhile playing with these ideas. Not all work though&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>More experiments! This time I used a simple photo of a pink dahlia on a black background. Using the comparison slider I show the starting image and the sphereised version: I didn&#8217;t like the way the black background worked with this image so I replaced the black with an enlarged and processed version of the &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/?p=10966\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Pink Dahlia Spherised&#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":[155,103,141,9,100,3,131],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10966","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-abstract","category-before-after","category-comparison-slider","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\/10966","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=10966"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10966\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10971,"href":"https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10966\/revisions\/10971"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=10966"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=10966"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=10966"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}