The idea here is good, and meets the challenge, but the texture isn't actually evident. It's more implied by knowing it's sandpaper. Perhaps with some side lighting. I hope this helps.
I think your concept was pretty good...it's just the lighting and composition of this is not appealing for me. I think showing more of the sandpaper at a different angle would have helped...plus..most likely, we would have been able to tell what this was without showing the back of a piece of sandpaper above. Maybe if you had taken it at an angle from above....spreading out the pieces...It just needs some help in composition and lighting. kdjohnson
sandpaper could be a good choice of texture for this challenge... the arrangement of the sandpaper in the lower portion of this image is nice with the alternating colors. I think this image is severly damaged by having the back side of the sandpaper across the top and taking up most of the image space. This part of the image is uninteresting and it is covering up something that may be more interesting to the viewer... = 5 - jmsetzler
Interesting subject for a texture. I know what the texture is but its not from looking at the photo. The lighting isn't that well planned for staged shot, looks like its a single light of flash.
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This is a great idea! The chart at the top is a GREAT idea, the paper at the bottom, also great, here's the but, I would have liked to have seen more of the sandpaper. The center section of the upsidedown sheet only takes away this space, in my opinion. The sparkles in the sandpaper are a nice touch, could you have accented them more? Started with a five, talked up to a six, best I could muster! Swash
Nice selection of papers, but they are obscured by the boring back of the sheet labeling what I'm seeing. If you laid it out again, with the ali-gator-grit logo where the black sheet is so that the photo was converging lines of color with a snip identifying the item...I think you'd be happier with your composition.
hehe, funny idea and funny title. however, i'm wondering if you could've just let all the different sandpaper types speak for themselves, the back of the one sandpaper doesn't really add much for texture (except maybe explain what it is i'm looking at) IMHO. -- gr8photos (3)
Close up on the grit side without the back would have worked much better for me. The colors could have worked very well, but my eye keeps returning to 'read' about texture instead of seeing it. But that's just me :)
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