Decided to take a closer look around my backyard this morning before work to see what sort of textures surround me everyday. In the fire pit I found ashes mixed with cigarettes and orange peels, and right beside it a pile of ready-to-use wood. As I was noting the textures, I was questioning why certain textures were more visible than others. For example, in the fire pit picture, I feel the textures of the ashes and the orange peels are more visible in the shadows than the light. However, in the wood picture, I notice the texture of the wood more in the light than I do the shadows. Not sure why this would be...could it be something to do with the relation of light to color? My guess would be the following: since the ashes and undersides of the orange peel are more white than the wood, more light is reflected off the ashes and orange peels than off the wood, leading the eye to see less texture.
You assessment seems pretty correct. Texture is about contrast in color and then the angle at which the light hits it. The latter (angle) plays heavily into these images as the light on the wood is scraping across it, revealing more texture, while in the pit, the objects are mainly in shadow from the side of the fire pit.
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