Week 4 - Textures
by BeckyT

Comment by tjbel05:
Very nice...the right side of the flower looks upside down the left side looks inside out.

Week 4 - Textures
by BeckyT

Comment by pixelpig:
Yes I do! It's an interesting optical illusion. What a cool Dad you have!

Week 3 - Textures
by BeckyT

Comment by HarveyG:
Lovely texture with a 'dried mud' crackling like effect. Seed pods caught in the winds of time add a forlorn feel but with the promise of new life. Nice.

Week 3 - Textures
by BeckyT

Comment by salmiakki:
excellent texture shot. I use luminosity mode a lot too (especially b&w layers). I wonder if you tried the spicify at 25% luminosity to see how that would look?

Week 3 - Textures
by BeckyT

Comment by nam:
I like the webby (not a word but you maybe get my idea) look here - at first I thought it was a dried leaf with nothing much but the veins left. I like the tones.

Week 3 - Textures
by BeckyT

Comment by tjbel05:
Really cool textures.

Week 3 - Textures
by BeckyT

Comment by daisydavid:
Could almost be a shot from outer space of a desert landscape, interesting texture.

Week 3 - Textures
by BeckyT

Comment by jomari:
Interesting textures. The sharpening effect comes from the Topaz spicify which is a fairly aggressive filter even though blending in luminosity mode maintains original colour (or close to it)

Week 3 - Textures
by BeckyT

Comment by Dennisheckman:
The high contrast is a little hard on the eyes but I don't have any suggestions really. It certainly is an interesting texture though. I wonder if you would have framed the dried seed in the upper right and introduced more of the circular part of the bird bath into the frame. I don't know?

Week 3 - Textures
by BeckyT

Comment by Ann:
I like it. It's an interesting texture. I wonder...I don't think it's oversharpened at all, maybe undersharpened if anything. What would happen if you both reduced the contrast you did just a bit, then added a wee bit of sharpening? Nothing too much of either change, but just a bit..... I'm splitting hairs, you might already have it exactly right, but it's worth a try to see what you think.