Textures and patterns

[TonyW]

Over the years, I have been collecting images of textures. I am not sure what I was going to do with them but they have a fascination for me. More recently, I have been experimenting with developing images which concentrate on patterns, but include parts that show interesting textures. It is the small scale patterns that I wanted to show rather than the larger forms.

1. Lonely leaf



2. Feral bee hive. This was high on a tree and therefore it is fairly heavily cropped. The hive is quite open as shown here. I would have liked to have avoided the heavy reflections from the bees wings but don't know how to do it in pp. I was mainly interested in the pattern of the cells.

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3. Spotted gum, with a butterfly as an optional extra



4. Discarded snake skin. I have posted another image of the same thing before.



5. Eucalyptus (or corymbia) tessellaris.



6. Another tree. I think this is called a stringy bark.

[Krawuntzel]

Over the years, I have been collecting images of textures. I am not sure what I was going to do with them but they have a fascination for me. More recently, I have been experimenting with developing images which concentrate on patterns, but include parts that show interesting textures. It is the small scale patterns that I wanted to show rather than the larger forms.

Hello Tony
I like your approach at "intimate landscapes" as these kind of pictures have been named. It is fascinating to detect those scenes, capture them and then develop them.
My suggestion to the choice, you have presented here, is: show only the textures/patterns without their "environment". For example, your #3 and #6 should show nothing but the bark.
I lately stumbled upon an ebook by Sarah Marino and Ron Coscorrosa entitled "Beyond the grand landscape. A guide to photographing nature's smaller scenes", which I think is very inspiring for the kind of shots you are looking for.
Erwin