Paper
by Count

Comment:
Daringly minimal photograph, and really won't do well here I'm afraid. I like your thinking though. That graining doesn't, however, register as a function of texture, perhaps because its so very fine - it reads more as eithe patterning or even possibly just digital noise. I certainly wouldn't have said it was paper without your title, I must say. Interestingly different submission though, thanks.

Valentine Smoke
by belchski

Comment:
neat idea. that smoke doesn;'t really register that well - probably you need more of it, rather than having done anything wrong technically. Good light on the rose, though some won't like it being so direct and hard I would think. Quite whether it really 'mmets the challenge', I'll keave for others to say. good image.

Soft Touch
by karmat

Comment:
very well done on the fringing of the feather, though I'm not sure the colour isn't a touch too over-done for me. The spine of the feather though, where it comes out of focus in the right corner, really pulls the eye all the time, making too much of a distraction for me.

Brickwork
by scrum8

Comment:
Interesting visula trick as to which section of brick is the one in front. Good texture on that section of facing that's parallel to the light, but the larger plane of brickwork displays no texture at all - oddly enough, it actually looks completely smooth, to the extent that it might even be a painted or printed panel. For a really saitisfying balance of composition, perhaps the right side is taken too far out of frame. Intriguing work though.

Steps
by novetan

Comment:
Good shot - great moment of light to capture, and interesting compositionally. Doesn't display much texture though, really.

Naturally Textured
by fsieradzki

Comment:
Good colour, on both the fruit and the leaves. Some sense of texture, but the disorganisation of those leaves upsets the puirt of your composition - being so well isolated, and well lit, takes it out of the natural already, and thus makes that randomness an inappropriate seeming element rather than a bonus.

The Mask
by jimmsp

Comment:
Good representative shot. Focus of light on the nose has an intriguing effect too, but perhaps detracts from the sense of communicated texture - the blowing out of those details there is a shame.

maple leaf
by General

Comment:
Not enough detailing to really show the feel of the wood. Focussed well enough, but that very fine detail isn't quite coming through. Nice subject, and could have been straighter in frame really.

Metal Hose
by hopper

Comment:
Another good rhythnic composition - sense of metl from the reflections. I wonder if less directly front-on lighting might have given a more profound sense of real texture, rather than a patterning.

Da Palm
by Resurrected

Comment:
Could have emphasised the texture more - this light is very flat. without that sense of feel, it makes for a pretty uninteresting shot I'm afraid. The sense of looming out of the dark might have been well done, but you've cropped too closely to let that impression form properly.