These photos have been created by Smashing Magazine readeres in our Smashing Texture Contest. What can you do with them? You can use all textures for both private and commercial projects for free, without any restrictions whatsoever. However, you are not allowed to offer these files for download; please respect the interestes of over 300 participants of our contest. Please also consider the license information attached to the .zip-archives you download from our server. When it comes to usage of textures, different photographers may have different opinions and intentions.
Stuart Scott
Textures taken in Argyll – West Loch Tarbert near Loch Fyne Scotland. A supremely cold day when even the loch started to freeze.
Kory Pence
Beautiful sunrise morning dew on window.
Apostolos Koutropoulos
Taken by salem harbor, during the coming high tide. The sea shall overtake the cobblestone ramp. A good metaphor for global warming and the sea rising to take over the land.
Mads Kjaer
Weird foam on the beach in western Denmark, near "Ringkøbing". Taken
on February 18th, 2008 with my Fujifilm Finepix V10.
Michael Kristof
Closeup of morning dew collected on spider web spun inside flower.
Artem Krylov
Source: http://www.smashingmagazine.com/texture-gallery-water-ice-dops-liquids/