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>>> The Macro and Close Up Fortnightly Thread. #2 (Textures) <<<

RonP
Dec. 9, 2025
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    RonP
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    Dec. 9, 2025, 10:21 p.m. Dec. 9, 2025, 10:21 p.m.
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    Welcome to the Macro and Close Up Fortnightly Thread. #2 (Textures)

    Our Forum Guide Lines may be found here.
    dprevived.com/t/macro-and-close-up-fortnightly-thread/7742/post/110318/

    G'day, all,

    Thanks for all the great contributions of the last fortnight.
    It's been a pleasure and an education to look at them.

    This time, I thought we could have a look at your Textures.
    Stuff can look pretty different close-up and here is your chance to show off some creativity.
    Let's concentrate on the surface, not the subject. The unexpected is fine.
    Remember, we are fortnightly, so you have plenty of time to set up something new and awesome.
    I strongly urge first-timers to jump in, the Forum water is fine.

    Ron

    Here's mine, a little patch of very ordinary Gippsland mudstone, shot in full shadow, so it's lifted a LONG way.
    You can clearly see the next flakes to fall off, on their way.
    A7R handheld, Sony FE 20/1.8, 1/30, F8, ISO 250, EV +0.7, A mode, Multi-metering.
    Flakey.jpg

    Flakey.jpg

    JPG, 7.0 MB, uploaded by RonP on Dec. 9, 2025.

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    AlanSh
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    Dec. 9, 2025, 11 p.m. Dec. 9, 2025, 11 p.m.
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    Here's one where I concentrated on the light I shadow which enhances the textures.

    DBCF0033-1_(Superlarge).jpg

    DBCF0033-1_(Superlarge).jpg

    JPG, 3.3 MB, uploaded by AlanSh on Dec. 9, 2025.

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    doctor
    Members 1103 posts
    Dec. 9, 2025, 11:20 p.m. Dec. 9, 2025, 11:20 p.m.
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    @RonP has written:

    Flakey.jpg

    A really beautiful image: the texture, the tracing of lines, the soft play of lights and shadows and those two complementary colors...

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    doctor
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    Dec. 9, 2025, 11:23 p.m. Dec. 9, 2025, 11:23 p.m.
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    @AlanSh has written:

    DBCF0033-1_(Superlarge).jpg

    Alan, you took great advantage of that hard, raking light to highlight the textures...

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    doctor
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    Dec. 9, 2025, 11:28 p.m. Dec. 9, 2025, 11:28 p.m.
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    Mmmm… this is the most appropriate for the theme that I could find...

    IMG_1797.jpeg

    IMG_1797.jpeg

    JPG, 4.5 MB, uploaded by doctor on Dec. 9, 2025.

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    xpatUSA
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    Dec. 9, 2025, 11:45 p.m. Dec. 9, 2025, 11:45 p.m.
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    To see the texture in Windows FireFox, open in a new tab or window and click once in the middle ...

    Cactus pear, called a tuna here:

    kronometric.org/phot/manor/cactus%20pear.jpg

    Mulberry leaf atop a trash can:

    kronometric.org/phot/manor/yard/Mulberry%20Leaf.jpg

    enjoy ....

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    RonP
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    Dec. 10, 2025, 2:23 a.m. Dec. 10, 2025, 2:23 a.m.
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    @xpatUSA has written:

    To see the texture in Windows FireFox, open in a new tab or window and click once in the middle ...

    Cactus pear, called a tuna here:

    kronometric.org/phot/manor/cactus%20pear.jpg

    Mulberry leaf atop a trash can:

    kronometric.org/phot/manor/yard/Mulberry%20Leaf.jpg

    enjoy ....

    Or, right click in the picture and Open Link in New Tab.
    Agree. Definitely faster.
    IQ looks OK, too ?
    Thanks for those.

    Ron

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    RonP
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    Dec. 10, 2025, 2:28 a.m. Dec. 10, 2025, 2:28 a.m.
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    @AlanSh has written:

    Here's one where I concentrated on the light I shadow which enhances the textures.

    DBCF0033-1_(Superlarge).jpg

    'and it worked.
    Almost went that way myself, trees are us; but remembered the stone shot.

    Ron

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    RonP
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    Dec. 10, 2025, 2:32 a.m. Dec. 10, 2025, 2:32 a.m.
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    @doctor has written:

    Mmmm… this is the most appropriate for the theme that I could find...

    IMG_1797.jpeg

    Nice contrast in the subject vs the background, can't beat Autumn Colour.

    Ron

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    RonP
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    Dec. 10, 2025, 2:45 a.m. Dec. 10, 2025, 2:45 a.m.
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    Original Post is here:
    dprevived.com/t/the-macro-and-close-up-fortnightly-thread-2-textures/7789/post/111097/

    @doctor has written:

    A really beautiful image: the texture, the tracing of lines, the soft play of lights and shadows and those two complementary colors...

    Far too kind,
    Antelope Canyon it 'aint, but it's always nice to see something in there, bring it home and extract a version you like.
    We're not blessed with the spectacular around here, our landscape is seriously old, so it's working with what you get, as ever.

    Ron

    image.png

    PNG, 13.7 KB, uploaded by RonP on Dec. 10, 2025.

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