When photographing “almost” flat surfaces quality and direction of light plays a major role in getting textures within our subjects right – more so in macro photography. See the above image and the same one below. The only difference is the direction of light used. For the above I used light falling on the subject in a oblique angle and for the one below it is front light.
See the difference !!
Why oblique angle of light made so much of difference ? It is because “texture” is characterized by fine play of light and shadows as shown in below two small crops (100%) of the above images.
Next time when you are photographing almost a flat surface give it a consideration for angle of light falling on your subject !!
