1492
by amonteforte

Comment:
excellent idea :) I am not able to draw the association with the title though... I would love to hear your idea behind that :) When I saw this, I was thinking that 1944 would be a good title. This reminds me of the barricades that were on the French beaches during the allied invasion of France during world war 2 :) - jmsetzler

My true Love
by Baldur

Comment:
I love the composition and impression of this photo and I would love to score it higher, but the challenge was for a pencil... sorry :( - jmsetzler

Just testing-- How flat is Table Mountain?
by andrewm

Comment:
good use of depth of field here... everything is in focus :) the 'creative' use of the pencil in this photo seems a little bit weak to me though... - jmsetzler

FaberCastell
by john22132

Comment:
This is good work :) I really like the ice concept. The only possible improvement could suggest would be to have a little more light on the end of the pencil at the far left of the frame behind the ice... good work! - jmsetzler

Pencil-Necked Geek
by ClubJuggle

Comment:
this should have scored much higher... great shot :)

Pencil-Necked Geek
by ClubJuggle

Comment:
great idea :) This scores very high on creativity.. I love it! = 9 - jmsetzler

None
by manolo

Comment:
This is a very neat concept and I really like the image. I also believe that post processing can be used to significantly enhance a photograph. My personal problem (not yours) is that I try to draw a line between what is digital art and photography. This photo crosses that line for me. The post processing on this image gives me the impression of a pencil or charcoal sketch rather than a photograph. This image has great artistic merit and really do like it. I'm giving it a 9 rather than a 10 because of this twisted view I have of what is photography and what isn't :) Great work! = 9 - jmsetzler

Saturday Night
by elo

Comment:
very nice shot :) I love the way the mirror plays into this image. I'm trying to decide if the black and white works well for me here or not... Black and white with grain is something that I generally associate with 'old'. I'm not sure how those two aspects are improving this photo overall. The soft focus works nicely here... I would love to see the color version of this :) Good shot... - jmsetzler

Self-portrait with pencil
by GinaRothfels

Comment:
This is a great photo... The concept and imagination behind this shot is powerful to me :) As a possible improvement, I think that a standard yellow pencil would offer a bit of 'color candy' in this photo since it would make a better contrast with the background. I think another artistic improvement with that yellow pencil would have been to color the pencil in the sketch part of the photo yellow as well. This is just an opinion from a non-artist :) great shot... = 10 - jmsetzler

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

Comment:
cute.... not very appropriate for this challenge... - jmsetzler