Ordinary objects become extraordinary on the right canvas, where repetition, lighting and perspective change everything. This month has shaped up to be one of our best. So don’t be a square. Check out these diamonds in the rough
Randall Gay, Pedernales EC: The amazing pattern of a thistle plant.
Marlene Votion, CoServ: Eggsactly three dozen.
Reagan Ferguson, Central Texas EC: Light fixtures cast shadows on a building in Fort Worth.
Web Extra: Ashton Dillard, Sam Houston EC: “Found this on a hiking trail in Martin Dies Jr. State Park.”
Web Extra: Leoria Moore, Pedernales EC: A honeybee visits the beautiful spirals radiating out from the center of a sunflower.
Web Extra: Laurie Reagan, Bandera EC: “This cucumber grew too fast to rescue it from the fence.”
Web Extra: Lauren Matthews, San Bernard EC: A cow grazes at sunset.
Web Extra: Marvin Miller, Pedernales EC: Exfoliating granite slabs at Enchanted Rock State Natural Area.
Web Extra: Mike Prestigiacomo, Bartlett EC: Goblin Valley State Park in Utah.
Web Extra: Sharon Siebert, CECA: “Tepee against sunset on our ranch.”
Web Extra: Jency Weeks, CoServ: “Old-fashioned family game night.”
Web Extra: Jeffery Sharp, Hamilton County EC: Jasen Sharp, 10, captured this shot at a nature park in Lampasas.
Web Extra: Alesa Sargent, Central Texas EC: “Prickly pear in San Saba County.”
