Todays set of royalty-free stock photos consists of four wood textures (well, sort of, but they probably all make a good addition to a designers background archive).
Image number one, an oak wood texture:
Stock photos number two and three are close-up / macro shots of some tree bark:
And texture number four: A macro photograph of cork:
We had some recent searches for WATER STOCK PHOTOS and IMAGES OF WATER DROPS, so, here are some, which perhaps make some useful abstract textures for your designs (and work well as backgrounds):
From the same series of water images:
And a macro photo of a water drop splash (a royalty-free stock image classic… but they are still fascinating):
Plus another abstract background, a water texture consisting of air bubbles:
The last one for today, something botanical - a macro photo of water drops on a leaf:
Update: I forgot to include the sparkling water image - if you are looking for some abstract blue background either for your designs, your web site or your desktop, try this one:
After all the textures posted here recently, I should perhaps have some images again even my great-aunt could recognize as a photograph, because, after all, this web site is not just about free textures but free royalty-free STOCK PHOTOS, so today, and just in time for the weekend, some gourmet coffee pictures:
A still life image of an espresso coffee cup and a water glass. Perhaps I will open a new category called FOOD STOCK PHOTOS at some point, as there shall be many more food and beverage related pictures in the future.
The same scene, but in vertical orientation:
If you are into gourmet coffee and espresso makers, you will probably like the following picture:
Download the hi-res photos by clicking on the low-res pics, and make some nice coffee-related designs and web sites out of it…
One of my favorites: Layers of old paint on old wood in intensive colors. Preferably blue. I´m sure you designers can do something with these textures… As usual, these are free royalty-free stock photos, which means, use them freely in your designs or on your web sites, but please don´t resell or otherwise re-distribute the images themselves.
Difficult to say how many times this wood has been painted, but evidently, there was always another color in the bucket:
More cracked paint in funny colors:
Here somebody applied some greyish blue on green paint, and they evidently did not like each other (good for the texture hunter):
Interesting pattern in the following image as well:
Btw., download hi-res files by clicking on the pictures (I´m too lazy to place a separate DOWNLOAD link underneath each photo):
We had some searches for LEATHER TEXTURES here recently, so I went through the image archive to see what I can make available for download as free stock photos. Here they are, hope they are of some use:
Though I did not use a specialized macro lens for this shot, there´s a good amount of detail visible (considering that it was a quite fine leather, too). The next photo has large out-of-focus areas, but, because one never knows what a designer may need tomorrow, I put it into the gallery as well. Perhaps it makes a good dark, nearly black background:
Another detailed close-up / macro photo:
Black leather texture with seam:
And another photograph of hand sewn leather - look at the stitches in the seam:
Some more black leather textures - close-up:
Plus a lighter background in grey:
Some close-up / macro photos of weathered wood with a greyish patina:
(Just for anybody new here - you can download images by clicking on the prevs. and use them for free in your designs, but please don´t re-sell or re-distribute the photographs - these are free royalty-free stock images but not copyright-free photos).
Some wood, if not treated, developes through weather and sun a beautiful silver-grey patina, actually this surface is protective; I have see a wall made from raw Northern pine aging over 10 years, and although it was fully exposed to rain, wind and snow the wood was absolutely fine (it could always dry off completely, though).
The last stone wall texture post had some images left to be displayed, so for today I will continue with that and finish it before it gets boring… before you wonder why there are these endless stone photos on this page, remember that this web site is about stock images for designers, so I assume you are not just coming here for fun, but for downloads…
Some sort of grunge texture:
A rather complex old stone wall made from different materials:
Below photos of a quite colorful old stone wall which had to face some repairs over the years:
Here´s a rather dark background:
And a more light-colored version:
Plus a light-grey texture with some plastering:
Another colorful image with regular pattern of a wall made from big stones:
The next set of stock textures will not be about stones…
Here they are: Photo textures of colorful stone walls. As usual, you can download all those stock images for free by clicking on the low-res pictures (and use them in your designs, on your websites or as backgrounds of course, but please don´t re-distribute them. These are FREE ROYALTY-FREE IMAGES but not copyright-free images).
Some of the stone walls are ages old, some old but renewed, and some new with shiny stones, after all I could not say which ones I like best, so instead of editing tightly I decided to upload them all so you can go through and see what you need or find useful. Flocking through my photo archives, I found quite a few, so as a result this page may load a bit slow, so please be patient if downloading images takes a bit longer.
Look at these old stones, they have some stories to tell.
As stock photos should be by definition as universally usable as possible, there´s little or no sharpening applied to the images here. You may want to do that according to your needs. A web site background needs perhaps less crispy detail (with a positive effect on loading times).
Among all of them, this stone wall texture is perhaps the most useful in a designers photo archive:
While I like this one to:
A more close-up photo:
A plain and rather light texture for backgrounds:
And a darker one:
I´ll stop here for today to keep the loading times of this page manageable and will post the other half of this texture series the next days. The last image is of an old, dark-colored, grungy stone wall full of green plants:
Today - quickly - two stock photos of cracked concrete, before I start going through the stone wall textures promised here recently.
A builders nightmare, but handy in all sorts of designs, i.e. as website backgrounds…
I like the textures of stones and rocks not just for designs, but for their own sake. Weathered and aged, the surfaces often turn into very interesting colors. So here´s another set of free stock images; I may prepare an additional one dedicated to stone wall textures in the near future:
As a side note, from a photography point of view not many subject matters are as demanding on the equipment, esp. lens resolution and image processing techniques, as finely textured stone surfaces. They make excellent starting points for designs though (and good dark backgrounds, too).
I posted some grunge textures a few days ago, if you are still looking for more, you may want to download the following:
Well, this one is an example of how colorful a weathered stone can become:
Another colorful closeup photo:
If you are into rust metal textures, you may like this one (it is stone):
And the last photo for today (remember, in order to download the stock images, you have to click the low res pix):
