Textures

Challenge #3 in the Back to the Basics! series. Hosted by odyk.

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Textures. Coarse or fine, hard or soft, firm or loose, harsh or smooth,tangible or elusive anything goes as long as it is texture.

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Announced:

Tuesday, 4th January, 2011 (GMT)

Submissions:

Tuesday, 11th January, 2011 – Monday, 17th January, 2011 (GMT)

Voting:

Tuesday, 18th January, 2011 – Monday, 24th January, 2011 (GMT)

Processing rules:

Basic post-processing allowed.
Cropping allowed.
No HDR.
No Borders.
No watermarks.
No Tints.

Capture date rules:

No restrictions.

Additional rules:

No People , Animals, Insects or Logos unless they are not recognizable as such
For your second submission do not post similar photo as your first
Shots entered in other DP challenges not allowed
Avoid easily recognizable objects. Keep your submissions as minimal and subtractive as possible, think big or think small, use the Framing rules or even better brake them
Hint: Use falling light to emphasize texture
Hint: Look for texture in both man-made and natural objects,(clouds looks like cotton after all...)
Voters keep in mind that this challenge is about Composition and Framing.
I encourage everyone who submits a photo to also vote on all the submissions as we don't want the fate of the photos to be chosen by just a few
Please avoid negative votes
If you are disqualified please check your mail. This is an densely connected series your image might fit another theme.

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Material Landscape

by Randello

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This is a shot of a small portion of an exhibit in the Science Museum, London.

Camera:	Fujifilm FinePix F50fd
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Submitted:	Sunday, 16th January, 2011 19:12 (GMT)
Taken:	Saturday, 13th February, 2010
Focal length:	8 mm
Shutter speed:	1/58 sec
Aperture:	F2.8
ISO:	400
Notes:	I rested the camera on the exhibit (which was intended to be touched) to mitigate and hand shake that I was at risk of by not using a flash.
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Galleries:	View this photo in Randello's gallery

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