Fire Lane: a pencil of a ho[r]se
by antonabaya

Comment:
If 1's was your objective with this snapshot you have succeded. I only wish I could have given it a zero. I doubt you just stumbled upon this contest,saw the challenge topic and took this sophomoric picture of a poor representation of a horse cock. As you well know, the origional topic was a number 2 pencil, later changed to be any grade of pencil because of the difference in the global numbering system for lead pencils. Your using some slang interpretation is idiotic. Do you spend a lot of time at Allbangedup.com? This snapshot should have been DQ'd by management for being off topic. This if far too liberal. Have you always had trouble understanding and following instructions? Do you see you are the only entry that fails to understand the topic?
If my comment hacks you off, I am sorry----sorry I didn't post it Monday so you could have been hacked all week.
Try a little harder to stay with the topic next time and not pick some goofey off the wall meaning of "children". Maybe something your mother would be proud of you for entering.You might work on your focus too. If you ever really NEED to photograph this part of a horse, try laying underneath. (face up)

Red and White
by Remie

Comment:
This is a GREAT photo---the ONLY thing I wish were different was the elimination of the shadows but I have no idea if that is possible. This is one of my favorites.

Rose Wanna-Be
by kevinswope

Comment:
I don't know why soft focus don't work for these voters. NICE SHOT

Rose Wanna-Be
by kevinswope

Comment:
First Class!!!!!! Excellent shot. This has to be the winner. I love the color match and soft focus and lighting and framing and background and title and-------------------too feminine for my screen saver this week though.

Rhythm and blues
by Jean

Comment:
This looks like pencils placed parallel and stuck together with clear RTV and some type of liquid between them which reflects something colorful above. The image in lower left appears to be laughing which is probably what you are doing while thinking of us jerks trying to figure out this nonsense. I don't like it at all cause I can't tell what it is but I score you an 8 for the colorfulness of it and it is focused well. Those are pencils aren't they? If not-----a 1 for you.

More than meets the eye...
by HBunch

Comment:
WOW

My Brother's New Life
by rumttugger

Comment:
How sad, I am so sorry.

6 Days
by amonteforte

Comment:
You just have to love this photo. With all the talk of the rule of thirds I gues I am missing it but this looks perfect to me.------ PERFECT------- The expressions are priceless. top 4

Taking The Lead
by autool

Comment:
Fantastic idea and so well executed too. How many days did it take to sprout? This looks more like about 9 days to me but, whatdahiknow. top 4 I really like it.

Cups of Sugar Available Next Month
by spiderman

Comment:
Picture perfect--angle,color,crop and title. One of the few this week that un-deniably met the challenge. Great job. top 4