Tuesdays of Texture: Octopus

Posted on September 13, 2016

This week, a bit of the yuck factor. It’s not to everybody’s taste – certainly not mine (and I’ve tried it) – but there’s no doubt that octopus does have a distinctive texture, even if it’s not one you would go out of your way to feel. Or eat.

This example was photographed on a stall in the Fish Market near the Rialto Bridge in Venice, so at least you can assume it was fresh.

Tuesdays of Texture

Category: Texture Tagged: Fish, markets, Octopus, Texture, TuesdaysofTexture, Venice

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Tuesdays of Texture: Frost

Posted on September 6, 2016

One of the few things that have thrived through this summer’s drought has been the grass known as Queen Anne’s Lace. Late last year, however, I took this photograph of frost on one of the characteristic seedheads. I like the contrast between the detail on the nearer stem and the out-of-focus blur of the one behind it.

Tuesdays of Texture: Week 37

Category: Texture Tagged: Frost, Macro, Queen Anne's Lace, TuesdaysofTexture

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Tuesdays of Texture: Cobbles

Posted on August 30, 2016

For Tuesdays of Texture this week, I’ve chosen an image that I came across again when I was looking through my photographs of Petra, (yet) another of which I used for the latest WordPress Weekly Photo Challenge.

This is a detail of one of the city’s cobbled streets: note the rut worn in the cobbles by the passing of countless wheels thousands of years ago:

Tuesdays of Texture: Week 36

Category: Texture Tagged: Cobbles, Cobblestones, Petra, Texture, TuesdaysofTexture

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Tuesdays of Texture: Paper

Posted on August 24, 2016

The Moulin du Gôt is an historic working paper-mill near St Leonard de Noblat, in the Limousin region. Paper is still made there using traditional methods and from some unusual primary materials – not just wood and linen, but various vegetal matter (leeks, for example). Some of the papers they produce are used to make lampshades with fascinating textures:

Tuesdays of Texture: Week 35

Category: Texture Tagged: Abstract, Lampshades, light, Moulin du Got, Paper, Texture, TuesdaysofTexture

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Tuesdays of Texture: Statuary

Posted on August 16, 2016

A fortuitous angle of light source helps to bring out the textures of these statuettes, which are located up on a wall of a side chapel in the cathedral of Limoges:

Tuesdays of Texture: Week 34

Category: Texture Tagged: Architecture, Carving, Limoges, Limoges Cathedral, statuary, statues, statuette, Stonework, Texture, TuesdaysofTexture

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Tuesdays Of Texture: Window

Posted on August 9, 2016

Alerted by the estimable Norm 2.0, I thought I’d make a contribution to the ‘Tuesdays of Texture’ stream hosted by Narami at De Monte Y Mar.

This old window is to be found high up on the wall of Paulette’s barn, here in the very hameau referred to in the name of this blog. I think the textures of the wood, the stone work and the metal are all worth a look.