# Introduction
**Rain has once again foiled my weekend photography plans.  Luckily I had a lot more artistic textures to work on.** 

These were taken the same day that I went to photograph [my local church](https://steemit.com/photography/@thecryptofiend/some-moody-church-photos-to-test-my-new-lens).  It is amazing to me how much beauty is all around us in the most mundane places and objects.
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## Processing - get the Nik plugins for free
They were processed in the excellent Nik Analog Efex Pro 2 (get it free [here](https://www.google.com/nikcollection/)) which has some beautiful film like processing effects that really help to bring out grain and fine detail as well as giving a nice filmic look.  

**Make sure to download all the free Nik plugins using the same [link](https://www.google.com/nikcollection/) - they used to cost over $1000 dollars if bought separately ($500 as a bundle) and I paid £500 to buy them a few years ago due to the usual UK price premium.  There is no guarantee that they will be free forever!**

For a couple of them there was more than one version which I couldn't decide between so I have put both in the post.  There are actually a lot more that I haven't processed yet because it does take a bit of time to do each one even using the excellent Nik plugins.  
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## Do you want more?
Let me know if you would like more - I have lots of sky/cloud shots too - I wasn't sure if people would find them useful.  I have been collecting them recently to use as backgrounds on photos that have boring skies.

Are there any particular types of texture you want to see more of or is there anything else you would like me to photograph?  Let me know in the comments.
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## Steemit4free
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## The Photos
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#### 1
https://i.imgsafe.org/f8f50d5976.jpg
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#### 2
https://i.imgsafe.org/f8f5022089.jpg
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#### 3
https://i.imgsafe.org/f8f50e8ea9.jpg
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#### 4
https://i.imgsafe.org/f8f51189c8.jpg
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#### 5
https://i.imgsafe.org/f8f5566ab8.jpg
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#### 6
https://i.imgsafe.org/f8f50347ab.jpg
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#### 7
https://i.imgsafe.org/f8f51089ef.jpg
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#### 8
https://i.imgsafe.org/f8f51af0be.jpg
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#### 9
https://i.imgsafe.org/f8f5476b1c.jpg
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#### 10
https://i.imgsafe.org/f8f560b329.jpg
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#### 11
https://i.imgsafe.org/f8f55dee9d.jpg
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#### 13
https://i.imgsafe.org/f8f55bc2a9.jpg
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#### 14
https://i.imgsafe.org/f8f5304a0a.jpg
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#### 15
https://i.imgsafe.org/f8f55ceb70.jpg
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#### 16
https://i.imgsafe.org/f8f3576ea6.jpg
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#### 17
https://i.imgsafe.org/f8f3691888.jpg
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#### 18
https://i.imgsafe.org/f8f3c52c42.jpg
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#### 19
https://i.imgsafe.org/f8f3fd884e.jpg
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#### 20
https://i.imgsafe.org/f8f46e52ff.jpg
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#### 21
https://i.imgsafe.org/f8f4736d69.jpg
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#### 22
https://i.imgsafe.org/f8f4343f69.jpg
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#### 23
https://i.imgsafe.org/f8f402cb08.jpg
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#### 24
https://i.imgsafe.org/f8f4ac7153.jpg
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#### 25
https://i.imgsafe.org/f8f4c4fc0d.jpg
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#### 26
https://i.imgsafe.org/f8f4c6b105.jpg
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#### 27
https://i.imgsafe.org/f8f4781041.jpg
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#### 28
https://i.imgsafe.org/f8f5f11852.jpg
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#### 29
https://i.imgsafe.org/f8f5c6bcd4.jpg
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#### 30
https://i.imgsafe.org/f9130a19c2.jpg
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## Some Shots for Context - some of the objects I used to get the textures
#### 31
https://i.imgsafe.org/f8f5e82f18.jpg
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#### 32
https://i.imgsafe.org/f8f5d362fd.jpg
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#### 33
https://i.imgsafe.org/f8f4ae319e.jpg
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#### 34
https://i.imgsafe.org/f8f51c2231.jpg
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If you like my work and aren't already, please follow me and check out my blog (I mainly discuss photography but I do other topics too) -  @thecryptofiend 
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*__Camera: Nikon D800 with Nikon 16-35mm/4 lens.__*
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_**Photo Credits:**_ _All photos are my own unless otherwise stated and free for you to use under the terms of [Steemit4free](https://steemit.com/steemit/@thecryptofiend/steemit4free-an-idea-for-a-library-of-free-images-for-steemit-reuse)._
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# **_Some of my other recent posts_**
* **_[The sponsorship model for advertising on Steemit](https://steemit.com/steemit/@thecryptofiend/the-sponsorship-model-for-advertising-on-steemit)_**
* **_[Some moody church photos to test my new lens](https://steemit.com/photography/@thecryptofiend/some-moody-church-photos-to-test-my-new-lens)_**
* **_[Some beautiful, artistic textures for you to use in your own posts](https://steemit.com/photography/@thecryptofiend/some-beautiful-artistic-textures-for-you-to-use-in-your-own-posts)_**
* **_[Snowy - some adorable cat photos (feel free to use them in your own posts)](https://steemit.com/photography/@thecryptofiend/snowy-some-adorable-cat-photos-feel-free-to-use-them-in-your-own-posts)_**
* **_[5 Months on Steemit - what I have learned and tackling some misconceptions](https://steemit.com/steemit/@thecryptofiend/5-months-on-steemit-what-i-have-learned-and-tackling-some-misconceptions)_**
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