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August 2024 Photo Contest

Focus on Texas: Textures

Don’t you just wish you could touch these?

The rough bark of a tree, the smooth surface of a pond in early morning, a display of soft bird feathers—the surfaces in our world offer a variety of visual and physical textures. From childhood we are told to look and not touch; but these offerings make us wish we could do both.

Cyril Fernandes, Pedernales EC: “Peacocks achieve their stunning plumage display through structural coloration called iridescence.”

Kelton Carver, South Plains EC: “This is my show steer for 4-H and FFA activities. His hair is velvety smooth! His wrinkles depict his inquisitive personality.”

Dora Caffey, Taylor EC: “A Rio Grande turkey shown in his finest ruffles.”

Tessa Kolodny, Bandera EC: “The Ernst Tinaja in Big Bend National Park. The textured wall above the tinaja is a combination of a wavy bedding of limestones, shales and volcanic ash beds.”

Tommie Calfee, Pedernales EC: “Bright red dianthus flowers glisten in the sunlight after a fresh spring rain on Onion Creek in Manchaca.”

Stephanie Holland, Pedernales EC: “A wasp nest with a lone circular chamber.”

Koro Currie, San Bernard EC: “The glowing embers of a dying fire.”

Rick Kieffer, Bluebonnet EC: “Varigated bolete: There is always something to see on a walk through the forest.”

Don Bickham, Bandera EC: “Wall of rock located at Ernst Tinaja in Big Bend National Park.”

Chelsey Chiesl, Trinity Valley EC: Found at Frogleg Ranch in Henderson County, this lichen, fungi and moss all live together on one tree.

Leslie Kraich, Tri-County EC, Oklahoma: A road covered in caliche.

Lori Sanders, Sam Houston EC: “An abandoned snakeskin I found on my porch.”

Jacob Saunders, Pedernales EC: A red admiral butterfly perches on a tree at an Austin park.

Richard Todd, CoServ: Detail of a wingtip on a cedar waxwing.

Gayle Waak, San Bernard EC: “We raise miniature horses on Bellville Ranch. Their manes are thick and wild with incredible textures.”

Susanna Wooten, Taylor EC: “Winter weeds can exhibit beauty, just as that of a spring bloom—especially when they meet the morning frost.”