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Pascal Immerzeel
This is a texture experiment for which I photographed the lawn sprinkler in front of our hedge.
Shannon Putchaven
Clay Pot
Anees
when we went to a trip in coonoor, karnataka we visited a tea plantation. There tea plants were nurtured in a nursery. The shot is of the walls of the nursery which protects the plants.
Arita Liu
Darío Vigil Hernandez
One texture from a reflection I photographed in Madrid, Spain, which is where I am from.
Priscilla Louzada de Sena
Trash on a street
Mariella Johns Smith
The palm of a hand.
Michiel Terpelle
What you see here is an close-up from a soccerball. You can
see by the damaging that it’s a really old one, but that’s what
gives the picture it’s charme.
Ng Ay Hoon a.k.a Jas
This photo is took in my house. They are jellys in vase.
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