{"id":1646,"date":"2026-05-01T10:51:58","date_gmt":"2026-05-01T10:51:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jrubinstein.co.uk\/?p=1646"},"modified":"2026-07-26T12:12:44","modified_gmt":"2026-07-26T12:12:44","slug":"swans-and-shadows","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jrubinstein.co.uk\/index.php\/2026\/05\/01\/swans-and-shadows\/","title":{"rendered":"Swans and Shadows"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I&#8217;ve been playing around with swans and their reflections for a while now and then I thought that their shadows might be interesting too.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I like the way that the shadows have their own shadows in the video.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a 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