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.

Too Soon
by JuliBoc

Comment:
I'm glad you left this shot in for the challenge... definitely steps outside the boundaries of the typical DPC winning shots! I tacked an extra point onto my vote for you since you had the guts to enter this, knowing it probably wouldn't score well (which made this one of my top 2 rated shots)! I'm glad to see that others took the time to look past the initial unexpected blur and liked it as much as I did, but still disappointed to see it place where it did.

I do like the other watercolor version that you did, but for me it goes a bit too far. I think I'd maybe prefer something that is in the middle of the two versions?

Cat smiling
by Melethia

Comment:
No matter how many times I see this, it still makes me smile! So glad you clicked the shutter at just the right moment! :)

Laundry
by Melethia

Comment:
I can't figure out what it is exactly that I love about this... but it's wonderful! So simple, yet I find so much to look at with the colors and shapes. I wish MY laundry looked that interesting! :) Very nicely done!