The coarse of a wall
by Sam Jowett

Comment:
Meets the challenge very well. I can "feel" the texture.

Adobe Exposed
by Sammie

Comment:
LOL! For a minute I thought this was a dig at Photoshop ... then I see real Adobe. What a hoot. Nice job with the textures.

Landed Gentry
by Imagineer

Comment:
This does a very nice job with texture. The colors on the tree are terrific. If I were to pick nits, I am bothered by the green sky. Because of basic editing, you couldn't selectively edit it, but you might have been able to use Levels or Selective Colors to prevent the color cast. One more minor nit, it feels a bit over sharp. Easy does it with sharpening.

Flower-(pattern).jpg
by David.C

Comment:
David, both these are pretty well exposed. Depending on what you're after in the photo, one or the other will work better for you. In this one, you have a nice histogram with pretty much all the data at the dark end of the spectrum, but have blown the whites slightly (sunlight just to the right of the center of the full flower, and sunlight on the leaves to the right. The red center of the full flower might be just slightly under exposed but it looks nice and does no harm.

This has given you lovely textures for the petals and probably pretty accurate colors. The foliage in the background is dark enough that it receeds from my consciousness. This focuses attention on the flowers, just where you want it.

Flower-(spot).jpg
by David.C

Comment:
In this version you have spot metered on the center of the full flower and the exposure there is essentially perfect. Anyone not believe me, select the center and look at the histogram ... perfect!

But perfection here is at the expense of highlights blown to a greater extent. Do we care? Depends on what you are photographing with your mind's eye and how you'll crop the final photo.

Since the photo is brighter overall, you have brought up the brightness of the background. It is more visible, you can see more detail, look at the lovely detail in the veins of the leaf to the right and below the full flower. Is this good? Or is it a distraction from the main event? Depends on what you're trying to do.

Thunderchild
by dw_photo

Comment:
Lots of leaf vein shots this challenge. This is a unique angle. Very well executed. I "feel" the texture. Possibly best of show.

Antropic
by mihaibadic

Comment:
Completely bizarre. Against all expectations, I LIKE it.

Perfect Time of Day
by butterflyqueen2k3

Comment:
This is so small i can't see the details I had hoped to appreciate. Try to use all the pixels available to you, 640 on a side.

Rugged To The Touch
by Joey Lawrence

Comment:
Good photo! Very dynamic. Good angle to convey action. Good capture of her expression. I guess I feel the texture of her life, but not the bricks as the title implies.

Wheat on Wicker
by ltaylor

Comment:
This is a worthy image that will not receive the score it deserves because it is so small. Try to use all the pixels available to you ... 640 on a side.