Straight Images - Texture

Definition - Texture

Definition:

Web Definition:
The web definition of texture is it comprises the small local deviations of a surface from the perfectly flat idea.

My Definition:
My definition of texture is any surface that appears to have indentations, lumps, bumps or any type of imperfection as opposed to a perfectly flat surface.

Rough,
Undulating,
Character,
Fabric,
Taste,
Feel,
Scheme,
Form,
Grain,
Warp,
Organization.

Here we see that the surface of the leaf looks rough but the light that hits it tells us that the surface has a layer of gloss over it which makes it a sticky rough smooth surface.

In this image we can tell the texture of the surface just by looking at it, because there is scale like pieces stacked on each other it creates a rough texture and the wood also create a rough surface. This is emphasised by the direction of the light.

 

Here we can see the surface of the Elephant is rough because the pit marks on the animal create a scale like almost burnt structure which make it rough. The light adds to how rough the surface appears.

We can't tell the texture of the snow because as soon as we touch it, it changes and compresses. It can be rough and smooth at the same time it tends to take on the form of what is under it.

Work Dairy - Texture

Evaluation
In this section on formal elements I concentrated on Texture. I enjoyed this subject and think I excelled in using depth of field in my photos as well. I think that the made texture in the photos stand out more that organic items because the main focus in the photo was in a small area and the background was blurred so the main focus was the texture..

The main thing I like about this photo is the way the light hit the bricks. It was late in the day so the rough texture was highlighted by the angle of the light. I added in more shadow and contrast  in Photoshop to show off the texture within the photo.

I like this photo because by turning it sideways it looks odd and makes you double take.  I boosted the light and shadows in the photo to make the texture stand out even more than when I shot it. I like the fact that the texture appears to be getting finer and finer from left to right. I don't think the leaf adds to the shot so if I  were to do this again I would find a clean large it of gravel to shoot.

Progression:
If I were to continue doing this subject of photography then I would take more closeup shots of surfaces. All surfaces change with age and the texture of cracks always looks interesting. I would also like to get an image of a ripple across water because the ripple makes it look rough but the water surface is smooth.

In this photo we can see a close up of something that I cant work out what it is. All I see is the lovely way the cracks make a unique and random pattern. The light is at just the right angle the emphasise this. The photographer has used some depth of field but not enough in my opinion to add to the shot.

Here we see another close up like the one above and we still can't identity what it is. The surface seems to be rough but to a touch it would probably feel smooth. There is no indication of scale. So this could be 1mm or one mile across. These are some of the types of photos I would like to take because they only bring attention to the surface of the object and nothing else so you don't get distracted by other elements in the photo other than the pattern made by the light hitting the surface.

Image Bank - Texture

Here I have found some images of texture from the internet. Texture is the feel or appearance of an object. This is rather interesting because by using texture we can tell how the object will feel and you can also tell if the image is 3D or 2D which is rather interesting. Texture is rather interesting because it is an underline feature in most photos but you just don't notice it as much as the photo itself.

Here we see that the surface of the tree stump is rough. We know this because if we look at the surface structure of the tree we can see the cracks that go across it . This shows us that the tree trunk is rough.

In this image we see the photographer has taken a photo of a rough bumpy surface and has managed to capture the texture of the wall in the image. This is done because we can both see the bumps in the wall and we can see the shadows that they cast.

We can observe in this image that the photographer has has managed to capture the smoothness of the apple, this has been done by capturing the light that hits the apple on a small surface covered in water.

In this we can see the surface of the leaf that looks rough, but even thought  there are lots of cracks throughout its structure the leaf is actually smooth to a touch. This means that even though the photographer has captured a rough surface it is actually a smooth surface.

In this we can see what looks like a rough surface of rocks which it is but they have also capture a rough surface on the rocks as well which shows two different surfaces one made from the other.

In this image we see the rough scale like surface of an alligator or crocodile. Even though the combination of the scale may be rough to the touch of a single scale it is smooth. In this the photographer has only capture the roughness of the surface.