Textures in nature

We always admire the most obvious in nature – a stunning view, blinding lightning, a cute butterfly, sweet cherries, sveltering heat, cool rivers, colourful wildflowers, majestic mountains, playful clouds…

Moving in closer we start noticing the less obvious, but intrinsic part of nature – its texture.  The feel of the roughness of  treebark under your hands, the smoothness of a pebble, the prickliness of a rosebush, the powder on an old limestone wall, the stubble of dried moss, the cool dense coat of green moss, the lumpy skin of a warty toad, the slipperiness of slyme, the delicate  artistry of a spiderweb…

Just like human life, the “older” nature grows, the more interesting the texture becomes…except of course, when texture is your lot to carry from birth, like our warty old friend, le crapaud commun – Bufo Bufo.

I chose to do shots of all “old and worn textures”.

…born old…

S: o,oo6s; A: f/5,0

…rust on an old chain…

S: 0,002s; A: f/5,0

…old dried moss…

S: 0,002: A: f/3,5

…a 150 year old wall…

S: 0,002s; A: f/5,0

…fine traces on an old brickwall…

S: 0,006s; A: f/6,3

…original stables wall from 1880…

S: 0.000s; A: f3,3

…an old weathered bistro chair…

S: 0,010s; A: f/13,0

…rustic arches..

S: 0,25s; A: f/13,0

…medici pots, withstanding the test of time…

S: 0,005s; A: f/6,3

…gravel, smooth and rough…

S: 0,002s; A: f/6,3

..a smooth snail on a smooth wall..

S: 0.008s; A: f/6,3

…the silvery stickiness of a home…

S: 0,004s; A: f/5,6

…a hairy creature in its  sticky home…

S: 0,004s; A: f/5,6

This  is a contribution to the Sunday Stills challenge – textures, hosted by Ed Prescott.

July 6, 2009 | Categories: Coin Perdu, Corréze, mountain home, nature, Puy d'Arnac | Tags: Coin Perdu, Corréze, mountain home, photography, renovation, Ronell van Wyk, texture in nature | 21 Comments