{"id":9643,"date":"2025-05-23T15:37:42","date_gmt":"2025-05-23T15:37:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/?p=9643"},"modified":"2025-05-23T15:37:42","modified_gmt":"2025-05-23T15:37:42","slug":"reflections-in-a-convex-mirror","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/?p=9643","title":{"rendered":"Reflections in a convex mirror"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>We recently visited a relative who lives several hours drive away so we don&#8217;t get to see them often. The way their house is furnished and decorated is somewhat eclectic. In one of the rooms was a convex mirror on the wall which gave an unusual view of the room. So I took a series of photos, taking care that I didn&#8217;t appear in them. Below are the two best images that I took:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"424\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/H25_2529-NR-r1j1-600x424.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9644\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/H25_2529-NR-r1j1-600x424.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/H25_2529-NR-r1j1-300x212.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/H25_2529-NR-r1j1-150x106.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/H25_2529-NR-r1j1-768x543.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/H25_2529-NR-r1j1.jpg 1131w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">First image of the convex mirror showing mostly a welsh dresser with a mix of china ware on display<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"358\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/H25_2532-NR-r1j1-600x358.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9645\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/H25_2532-NR-r1j1-600x358.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/H25_2532-NR-r1j1-300x179.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/H25_2532-NR-r1j1-150x89.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/H25_2532-NR-r1j1-768x458.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/H25_2532-NR-r1j1.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\">This version includes more of the wall showing the corners of picture frames with poster art<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>A day later we visited the National Trust property of Nymans where there was, on one of the walls inside the house, a convex mirror but this didn&#8217;t work so well for me:<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"449\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/H25_2697r1-449x600.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9647\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/H25_2697r1-449x600.jpg 449w, https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/H25_2697r1-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/H25_2697r1-112x150.jpg 112w, https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/H25_2697r1.jpg 599w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 449px) 85vw, 449px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Decorative convex mirror at Nymans<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>One of the issues was that there were two candle holders on the sides which intruded in the photo. However, I suspect that at night with lighted candles in them the effect would have been a lot different.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I have decided to look out for a suitable convex mirror so I can take more photos at other locations&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We recently visited a relative who lives several hours drive away so we don&#8217;t get to see them often. The way their house is furnished and decorated is somewhat eclectic. In one of the rooms was a convex mirror on the wall which gave an unusual view of the room. So I took a series &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/?p=9643\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Reflections in a convex mirror&#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":[19,96,100,3,131],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9643","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-close-up","category-national-trust","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\/9643","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=9643"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9643\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9649,"href":"https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9643\/revisions\/9649"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=9643"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=9643"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=9643"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}