Mini Challenge #292.........TEXTURE
This topic has been done before and generated some beautiful images.
Texture in photography subjects are everywhere. From types of art like sculptures, pottery, paintings, and so on.
When talking about photography, texture refers to the visual quality of the surface of an object, revealed through variances in shape, tone and color depth. Texture brings life and vibrance to images that would otherwise appear flat and uninspiring.
Please limit your post to 1-3 of your favorite images where TEXTURE is the main Emphasis.
This challenge will end Nov. 29, 2019 Midnight.
I will post a few examples of my idea of TEXTURE.
Historic Texture, El Rancho Hotel, NM.
Twisted Old Saguaro Arm
Or Just a 200 year old Red Barn Door at an Idaho Cattle Ranch
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There's a few to get started
https://www.flickr.com/people/scardenphoto/
Norwegian Shrimp
Razor Clams
Logs
Nikon gear & some lenses.
Why just two?
Well GrandmaR, Looks like I needed to read the Unofficial General rules....
I have added them to my original message above. Enter 1-3 photos and put them in a single post.
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Great theme Shawn! Here are 3 of mine:
1 Brick texture
2 Silky texture
3 Both gritty and soft texture
1. Four generations - the effect of age on Skin texture
2. Needlepoint sampler of stitches
3. Pastrami sandwich
Explanation: #1 has 4 hands - my mother's hand with the colorful hospital bands at 97 years old - my hand with the watch band at the top when I was 68, my daughter's hand (almost invisible} with the nicely manicured nails - age 37 and her baby's hand.
2- it is normal to have a sampler of crewel stitches, but I had a book by Erica Wilson which had many different kind of needlepoint stitches illustrated - more than just the normal needlepoint tent stitch. So I did a needlepoint for my mother (who was an iris judge) with the different stitches and put it on her footstool for her.
3 I like to take photos of food. For a picture to be appetizing, you have to show the texture of the food IMO.
Great theme!
For me taking photo's of textures leads to slightly more abstract images.
1: Boarding + brick
2: Peeling bunker cladding
3: Rock with wormholes
My SmugMug
Peter I really like the abstracts - particularly the first one.
There are some really nice Texture photos being posted.
Some of which kinda made me Hungry grandmaR and Herman Auer.
Don't stop Now!!
Really nice images Pegelli. The Bunker & wormholes are great.
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Bricks are definitely a good way to find Texture, and I really like the Silky.
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Here are my three:
Bricks, wood & wheels
Hoh Rain Forest
The variable fields of the Palouse
Photos: jowest.smugmug.com
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Book 2: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B079V3RX6K
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Fun topic! Here are mine:
Frost (on my ragtop)
Marbles (on my sidewalk)
Leaf (in Hawaii)
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Great challenge @shawnc , and so many great images. My contributions...
Dave Gillespie
https://dave-gillespie.smugmug.com/Daves-Favourites
https://www.flickr.com/photos/106721756@N08/
I'll give it a whirl.
Boots
Reminders of Dad
Clover & Rust
Sherry P.
I had a really tough time narrowing it down to 3 for this one. The bar has been set pretty high by the other entries - hopefully mine measure up!
1) Smooth stone, fine sand
2) Bronze, bricks and stone
3) Variations of lichen on a bridge railing (stream in the background)
I've pm'ed @shawnc to remind him that the time has passed for the closure of this mini challenge. So, I am officially closing it now to new entries, and we will wait 2 days for him to respond with a result of the mini. If no response if given by Monday Dec. 2, then I will post results and exclude my images from judging. Thank you for your patience.
Thank you to all who has participated. This challenge is now closed. I did not take into account being out of town for the thanksgiving holiday when choosing the closing date. I am home now & I will post results shortly. Thank you for your patience.
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