{"id":11244,"date":"2026-11-05T18:20:42","date_gmt":"2026-11-05T18:20:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/?p=11244"},"modified":"2026-11-05T18:20:43","modified_gmt":"2026-11-05T18:20:43","slug":"sphere-photos-with-sparkly-backgrounds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/?p=11244","title":{"rendered":"Sphere photos with sparkly backgrounds"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>After my previous post of 3 sphere images with a coloured backgrounds I have reprocessed some images to use &#8216;sparkly&#8217; backgrounds instead of plain black. Here are 3 images of flowers and scenes from our garden that have these backgrounds. <strong>Note that on a small screen the sparkles may not be visible<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For these I am using a comparison slider so you can compare the sparkly versions to the plain background versions. Drag the slider to show\/hide the images.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Wooden mushroom with plants:<div class=\"image-compare-viewer\" data-startingpoint=\"75\"><\/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\/10\/F26_2299r1-sq-uw-sp1-kl2isparkley3-600x600.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11249\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/F26_2299r1-sq-uw-sp1-kl2isparkley3-600x600.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/F26_2299r1-sq-uw-sp1-kl2isparkley3-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/F26_2299r1-sq-uw-sp1-kl2isparkley3-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/F26_2299r1-sq-uw-sp1-kl2isparkley3-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/F26_2299r1-sq-uw-sp1-kl2isparkley3.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\">Sparkly version of a sphere\/ball image of a wooden mushroom surrounded by plants<\/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\/10\/F26_2299r1-sq-uw-sp1-kl2i-600x600.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/F26_2299r1-sq-uw-sp1-kl2i-600x600.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/F26_2299r1-sq-uw-sp1-kl2i-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/F26_2299r1-sq-uw-sp1-kl2i-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/F26_2299r1-sq-uw-sp1-kl2i-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/F26_2299r1-sq-uw-sp1-kl2i.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\">Plain background version of a sphere\/ball image of a wooden mushroom surrounded by plants<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/div><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sweet pea:<div class=\"image-compare-viewer\" data-startingpoint=\"75\"><\/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\/10\/F26_2143r1-f16sparkley3-600x600.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11252\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/F26_2143r1-f16sparkley3-600x600.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/F26_2143r1-f16sparkley3-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/F26_2143r1-f16sparkley3-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/F26_2143r1-f16sparkley3-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/F26_2143r1-f16sparkley3.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\">Sparkly version of a sphere\/ball image of sweet peas<\/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\/10\/F26_2143r1-f16-uw-sp1-sweet-pea-600x600.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11253\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/F26_2143r1-f16-uw-sp1-sweet-pea-600x600.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/F26_2143r1-f16-uw-sp1-sweet-pea-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/F26_2143r1-f16-uw-sp1-sweet-pea-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/F26_2143r1-f16-uw-sp1-sweet-pea-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/F26_2143r1-f16-uw-sp1-sweet-pea.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\">plain background version of a sphere\/ball image of sweet peas<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/div><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dahlia: <div class=\"image-compare-viewer\" data-startingpoint=\"75\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/F26_2344r1-uw-sp1sparkley3-600x600.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11255\" style=\"width:630px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/F26_2344r1-uw-sp1sparkley3-600x600.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/F26_2344r1-uw-sp1sparkley3-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/F26_2344r1-uw-sp1sparkley3-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/F26_2344r1-uw-sp1sparkley3-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/F26_2344r1-uw-sp1sparkley3.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\">Sparkly version of a sphere\/ball image of a dahlia<\/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\/10\/F26_2344r1-uw-sp1-dahlia-600x600.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11256\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/F26_2344r1-uw-sp1-dahlia-600x600.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/F26_2344r1-uw-sp1-dahlia-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/F26_2344r1-uw-sp1-dahlia-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/F26_2344r1-uw-sp1-dahlia-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/F26_2344r1-uw-sp1-dahlia.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\">Plain background version of a sphere\/ball image of a dahlia<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/div><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I think this only works if you have a sufficiently large image to see the sparkles&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After my previous post of 3 sphere images with a coloured backgrounds I have reprocessed some images to use &#8216;sparkly&#8217; backgrounds instead of plain black. Here are 3 images of flowers and scenes from our garden that have these backgrounds. Note that on a small screen the sparkles may not be visible. For these I &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/?p=11244\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Sphere photos with sparkly backgrounds&#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":[103,19,141,154,9,52,100,3,156],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11244","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-before-after","category-close-up","category-comparison-slider","category-effects","category-flowers","category-garden","category-photo-effects","category-photography","category-sphere-image"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11244","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=11244"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11244\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11260,"href":"https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11244\/revisions\/11260"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=11244"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=11244"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=11244"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}