A gift of nature
by IreneM

Comment:
What a great mix of textures... smooth, ridged, fluffy... great composition, and the water drop adds a nice focal point. Great lighting to show off the ridges in the feather and catch the tips of the fluffy parts. Very well done.

Nuts to Ya
by wardmac

Comment:
Great texture, and the side lighting helps to bring that out even more. I think a slight levels adjustment here to brighten it up and a slight sharpen would help to make this stand out a bit more and deepen the textures.

Bathroom Textures
by CLiPPeR

Comment:
Great variety of textures... but wheres the big soft fluffy bath towel?

Tidal Flats at Low Tide
by alexzen

Comment:
Great use of lighting to accentuate the textures here!

Pot Pourri
by figaro

Comment:
Now there are some textures! I can feel each small item just by looking at it. Nicely arranged so that you could get all of the textures in focus, but still use a shallow dof. Composition may be just a bit too centered for my tastes, but you definitely nailed the concept of the challenge.

Aged
by CEJ

Comment:
Oh, what a great texture! You can just feel the jagged, hard edges that have come from years of exposure. The shallow dof is great here and I like the angle you took this from. I just wish this were a bit sharper... the soft focus/blur is exactly opposite of the texture itself.

Omelette.
by JopperTom

Comment:
Love the textures (and color) of the cardboard tray against the eggs. I can't help but feel like that top egg is going to topple over, since it's not leaning against that left egg! It seems like you have just a bit of a blown out spot on the edge of the eggs there, which makes us lose the feel of the slight bumps on the egg by smoothing it out. Perhaps just a little less or softer lighting, but the direction of the light is great. I love how you can see the light through the pores on the darker side of the eggs.

Jardín de Cactus
by talj

Comment:
The main subject blends into the background too much for my tastes. Perhaps getting a nice tight and sharp shot of those little prickles would have been a better choice to help the viewer feel the texture? I love the way you placed the shot on a diagonal though for both the subject and background.

On the Way Down
by banmorn

Comment:
Love the variety of textures here, the long ridged petals, the fluffy part, and the tiny curlicues are all unique. The shallow dof is great, and I like that you got all of those parts into the focused area. The composition of the shot feels awkward to me though. I like that you got right into the subject, but it seems sort of static. Perhaps angling the stem a bit more to come in from the corner, and placing the focused area of textures on the rule of thirds line would help? And I think angling the light source so it shined across the flower instead of directly onto it would help to bring out the shapes and textures even more. Nice subject though for the challenge.

Green on Red
by timfythetoo

Comment:
I can see where you were going with this... broccoli has a great texture. I think placing the light source more to the side would have shown off the bumps more, giving the viewer more of a feel for the texture. As it is, we have to rely on our knowledge of how it feels. Great choice for the background too, to really make the texture part stand out.