More texture...

Hello all. I had a great time with the last weekly competition (texture) tramping around the park looking for interesting things to shoot. In the event I ended up with a whole gallery of my own texture pictures and I thought I would post a couple to elicit views as to their merits (or otherwise!?).

I should point out that this is the first time I have tried to add pictures into the forum so apologies if I have failed to successfully post the pictures... In terms of other 'firsts', this was a first proper run-out (for me) with the K-7 (lovely) and also the first time I have actively attempted to produce some black and white images...

This is effectively a rock in a pond, but I tried to bring out the rock's texture in the hope it would contrast with the (ideally smooth) water:





This is tree bark, which I thought I might try and make into a kind-of-abstract shot:





I liked the differences here between the rough tree bark and the smooth wood underneath:





...and these are spikey chestnuts:





Cheers

Mat

I fear I may have failed to successfully post the pictures...????


Mat

I'll try posting again... (apologies for ineptitude):

Hmm... maybe I'll revert to the Gallery...

I fear the same. Do you use a hosting service like Flickr or Photobucket?
If so...,copy the image url(must end with .jpeg or .jpg) and paste it between: the image tags when pressed on the image button beneath the comment box.

Martin.

Thanks Martin,
I shall try again. I am such a luddite! (fingers crossed...)

Hurrah! success...

Not only that, those pictures are marvelous. Each one of them.
Number one being my absolute favorite. Well done

edit:
small suggestion:
When posting in portrait format, try to keep the longest side around 800 px also. It makes the viewing experience a bit more pleasing, without the need of scrolling.

Martin.

can i enter the weekly competition from the gallery as i don't have a flick account or web site yet ?

James

Well done!

1) An interesting shape to the rock. I feel this doesn't quite make the best of it and maybe a tweak to the composition and to the tones in the image are needed. The top is rather light for me.

2) Pure texture. Excellent. Shots like this need to be crisp so maybe a tad more sharpening. But the image is just right.

3) This reminds me of a cave painting from prehistoric times...very nice. The area top right would be great if it maintained the texture of the rest of the background. You could do this in Photoshop by cloning or even copying another corner and blending it into the black section.

4) This reminds me of the cactus I knocked off a table and tried to catch before it hit the floor. I was pulling spines out of my hands for what seemed like hours....How about really closing in and just showing a section of the plant with no background, but lots of incredible sharp spikes?

Hope the comments help!

Go to Gallery>Competitions and press the button labelled Enter Competition. Just upload directly from your computer into the competition.

The weekly competition can (in fact must) be entered by uploading directly to the forum.
(same as gallery)

The fortnightly competition needs to be entered from a hosting service like Flickr or Photo bucket. The gallery on PUF allows NO hot linking.
A Flickr account is also available for free, so what's holding you, from entering that one also?

Martin.

Martin, John,

Thanks for the helpful comments - I shall have a little play further and see how I go

and thanks again Martin for the help in posting images - there'll be no stopping me now!!

Best Regards

Mat