Dumbarton Landing
by lennier

Comment by CLarson557:
Beautiful shot

The Circle of PenciLife
by lennier

Comment by lennier:
The "mess" around the last pencil was actually intentional, I wanted it to look like it was "bleeding". Unfortunately, it just came out looking sloppy. Oh well..

The Circle of PenciLife
by lennier

Comment by sjgleah:
Feel the need to see more of the circle of life b etween the twig and the unsharpened pencil... i like it anyway.. wish it were cleaner around the smalles pencil 5 sjgleah

The Circle of PenciLife
by lennier

Comment by avb:
Only good thing about pencil is it goes back to nature and is recycled back to mother earth. Verywell conveyed. Picture could have been sharper.

The Circle of PenciLife
by lennier

Comment by RedRuthann:
I like this idea - clever. I like the contents and the composition. (I'm being straight forward - NOT to offend) 2 small things that I would adjust - the lighting and the background. For me, white backgrounds are difficult to achieve. Still - I can appreciate the time and effort put into this. Good work.
Ruthann

The Circle of PenciLife
by lennier

Comment by nborton:
nice idea, but the dirty background detracts from the overall photo

The Circle of PenciLife
by lennier

Comment by sgmallen:
Good idea and concept. Not as artistic or interesting as most but well thought out.

The Circle of PenciLife
by lennier

Comment by vin rigby:
a panoramic shot would have allowed your sharpening to be shown as tip material to tree seedling to tree - circle complete! 8

The Circle of PenciLife
by lennier

Comment by gcosue:
nice evolution =)

The Circle of PenciLife
by lennier

Comment by HBunch:
Very creative. You even wore the eraser down. lol. There were so many great photos in this challenge, but also a lot of very similar photos. I like how yours is different. The lighting is great and the color of those leaves is excelent. You must not be from Michigan cause all our leaves here have been eaten by bugs. The only suggestion I would have for this photo is to try to get the pencils and the stick either more vertical, or more diagnal. It's off so slightly that it looks like you tried for vertical, but missed. Still a really great photo. Good luck in the challenge.