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.

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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
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If you are disqualified please check your mail. This is an densely connected series your image might fit another theme.

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green texture

by HansGeorg Tacke

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Last Autumn there was a thick layer of green algae on the pond, New Botanic Garden, Marburg, Germany

Camera:	Fujifilm FinePix S100fs
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Submitted:	Sunday, 16th January, 2011 20:10 (GMT)
Taken:	Sunday, 5th September, 2010
Focal length:	101.5 mm
Shutter speed:	1/220 sec
Aperture:	F5.3
ISO:	100
Notes:	Raw processed with ACR 6.2, denoised and sharpened with Topaz
Views:	124
Galleries:	View this photo in HansGeorg Tacke's gallery

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