{"id":11083,"date":"2026-08-15T13:52:02","date_gmt":"2026-08-15T13:52:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/?p=11083"},"modified":"2026-08-15T13:52:03","modified_gmt":"2026-08-15T13:52:03","slug":"buttons","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/?p=11083","title":{"rendered":"Buttons"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

I find it a worthwhile exercise to try and make something a bit different from something mundane such as a collection of old buttons. Here I show my attempts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The first pair show the original photo and a sphere image from that photo. I am using the comparison slider to show these pairs side-by-side. Drag the slider to show\/hide the images:

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Starting image of a collection of buttons<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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A simple sphere version of this collection of buttons<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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Here is the same sphere image with 2 different art effects applied, my ‘kl2’ and ‘kl2i’ methods:

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Sphere image with kl2 effect applied<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Sphere image with kl2i effect applied<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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Next I show a different sphere version of the same set of buttons along with it processed with my ‘kl2i’ art effect:

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A second sphere version without any art effects applied<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The same sphere image with my ‘kl2i’ art effect applied<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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Next I show two images where I have pushed the processing techniques to the limit: A ‘near two-pole’ and an ‘extended pole’ distortion’

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Button sphere image almost showing showing 2 ‘poles’
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Button sphere image showing the effect of an extended ‘pole’ distortion<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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I wasn’t sure how this would turn out but I did get results that were different. Whether you like it or not is another matter…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I find it a worthwhile exercise to try and make something a bit different from something mundane such as a collection of old buttons. Here I show my attempts. The first pair show the original photo and a sphere image from that photo. I am using the comparison slider to show these pairs side-by-side. Drag … Continue reading “Buttons”<\/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":[155,103,141,154,100,3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11083","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-abstract","category-before-after","category-comparison-slider","category-effects","category-photo-effects","category-photography"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11083","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=11083"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11083\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11095,"href":"https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11083\/revisions\/11095"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=11083"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=11083"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=11083"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}