PhotoEssay: "Textures"

After downloading the images in my camera (Canon SX100si) after my usual daily "walkabout" this morning, I at first thought there couldn't possibly be any unifying factor to the wide range of subjects in the images that I found there...

Then I realized it was all about "textures"...

The tiny (approx. 1/8") magenta colored flowers of the native "chaparral pea" give it a unique set of "textures"...
The repeating curves of these rusted springs of an old automobile seat represent a completely different value...
The light and shadow play across the surface of this piece of weathered redwood burl...

Whereas the mottling of the foliage of my "variegated golden privet" plant lend a different quality...
The highly reflective surfaces of this collection of old chrome bumpers show another type of texture altogether...
As do the "whorls" of my hanging "burro's tail" succulent plant...
It is the stark contrasts in textures that make this old "Fordomatic" emblem still stand out after all these years of neglect...

I hope you've enjoyed seeing all of these different textures through my camera lens... What different types of textures surround YOU?

Comments: 16

Jeanette(Nettie) R. Mar 31, 2008, 3:23pm EDT

Those are great photos! I love taking pics of things that are out of the ordinary just to see what it will look like.
I'd like to know tho, how do you create a stroy board as you did above?

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Lisa J Mar 31, 2008, 3:24pm EDT

Hmmm... textures around me.... well, they never retexturized the wall right in front of me after ripping out the fire place years ago. Then there is the texture of the fabric of the Couch Kingdom. OH... Mr Twisty. He is a wonderful texture, both soft and sharp and pointy, depending on which part of him he is sharing...

Beautiful photos, Jean... :-)

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Jean, just the teensiest bit odd, F. Mar 31, 2008, 3:27pm EDT

Thanks for viewing, Jeanette!

I'm not sure I understand exactly what you mean by "how" I "create" an article like this...

Do you mean "technically" how do I put the images in the article or do you mean "creatively" how do I come up with what I'm going to include in it?

I'd be happy to help you any way that I can but I need just a bit more specific info from you... :o)

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Jean, just the teensiest bit odd, F. Mar 31, 2008, 3:28pm EDT

ROFLMBO, Lisa!! Do we detect just a HINT of sarcasm in some of those observations? hmmm???

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Lisa J Mar 31, 2008, 3:33pm EDT

Jean - if you were closer I'd tell you to come rescue me. My poor brains are seeping slowly out my ears as I traverse the myriad channels of daytime satellite t.v....

ROFL

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lena lemieux Mar 31, 2008, 3:42pm EDT

this is a great photo essay.
waht does ROFLMBO mean?

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Jean, just the teensiest bit odd, F. Mar 31, 2008, 4:04pm EDT

"Rolling on Floor Laughing My Butt Off", Lena... :o) Thanks!

Thanks so MUCH, Rose! I know you have quite an eye for textures -- as evidenced by your wonderful "clay/mud" essay!!! :^D

Poor, poor LISA! If I was closer, I'd come by and watch your TV... They turned off our satellite TV a couple of days ago because we couldn't pay the bill... :^(

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Rosa See Ya Mar 31, 2008, 5:33pm EDT

Excellent shots Jean, I love the Fordomatic, LOL, rust and all. The first thing that came to my mind when I saw it was: all things pass away...... and then I thought about the plasticwhirlpool out in the ocean and siad to myself - some things don't pass away fast enough.

The hanging basket of burro's tail made me hungry for grapes. LOL

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