Hopeful Thoughts
by fsieradzki

Comment:
Did you want glare on the lower left letters? I think I would have liked a little more pencil. I normally don't care for black and white, but this shot might have transferred to the scheme nicely. 7 Swash

Hand Drawn Hands
by sohr

Comment:
Great shot, wonderful drawing, interesting coloration of the hand (waffling on like it/don't like it). I thought about doing something similar, but didn't. (I can't figure out the words about giving credit to Esher, but something along that line might have been a nice thing to do.) 8 Swash

Pure
by Patella

Comment:
I thought I had figured out how you did this, but no, I can't, so how did you do this? The only photographic issue I have is that the background is a bit too close in color value to the pencil bodies. Otherwise, this is a nice, interesting shot.
7 Swash

Disappearing Act
by mci

Comment:
Wow, this is a great trick! Since you have the admin's note, would you be so kind as to "explain" your trick after the challenge? (Is it in your photo comments?) The pencil is sooo much sharper than the bills (is that part of how this trick was done?) (I think I may have figured this one out!) 8 Swash

Ticonderoga Cutting
by mcmurma

Comment:
This is such a clever idea! Nit - the root seems like it's bolted to the pencil? This is so good, I had to bump you up one, welcome to the nines! Swash

MMMMM Good Pencil
by waltoml

Comment:
Great shot! That's a happy cat (and an unhappy pencil) Very good focus and depth of field. A "ten" shot would have included both ends of the pencil. Hey, you "borrow" that pencil from work! 9 Swash

mechanical free fall
by cq107

Comment:
Great idea! Love the action of this shot, just wish I could see it. I think I see four elements in this photo. Three seem to be mech. pencils, what is the fourth item? I think it has a white cap. IMO, too much blurrrr. Suggestion: use a more textured background and move the camera with the dropped items. That would blur the background for your sense of motion, while attempting to preserve your subject's viewability. But if blur is what you want, you got it! 7 Swash

Poo Moo
by MagsCoyote

Comment:
Focus seems to be on the white hat. I don't care for your angle of attack, it's too hard to see "what's going on". I don't get the pencil coral or the stuff in the background. Sorry, 5, Swash

family outing
by queen 91

Comment:
Very clever idea! Great color! (Packed car!) 9 Swash

"You want me to hold what???"
by marvinmartian79

Comment:
Great title! Looks like the cat already did some drawing, you missed it! (joke) Very nice pic of the cat, challenge met. You're probably going to hate this, but my suggestion: work the cat for a different expression. All of my cats are very expressive, esp. with proper motivation. They hate my camera! I might not be able to talk to animals, but I can "read" them. This one is mildly annoyed. Go for fully annoyed, or confused (cats are soo easy to confuse...) or whatever.
Nice work! 8 (formally 7) Swash