Poolside Fun
by xertion

Comment by DigiPique:
Beautiful, spontaneous, candid shot! Fantastic color - love this image.

Poolside Fun
by xertion

Comment by alanfreed:
Very nicely done -- kudos!

Poolside Fun
by xertion

Comment by KarenB:
Nice moment. Clear, well framed.

Homegrown Pencils
by xertion

Comment by FranziskaLang:
good idea, in fact, i was toying with doing something similar, but ran out of time. i think i would've preferred it if you had cropped in closer on the pencils, all the dry and green grass takes up a lot of the photo and isn't so visually appealing to me. the watering can and the 'picked' pencils are a nice touch though. -- gr8photos (4)

Homegrown Pencils
by xertion

Comment by mcmurma:
very, very silly. but it is also cute and it cracked me up. (5) ~mcmurma

Homegrown Pencils
by xertion

Comment by autool:
Composition: Subject Placement, Cropping, Background8,
Technical: Focus, Exposure, Lighting, Processing6,
Challenge: Does your entry meet it?10,
Appeal: Is it Interesting, Motivating, Etc.? 7,
Total Averaged Rating8. Autool

Homegrown Pencils
by xertion

Comment by vin rigby:
planted a bit close together - looks like my garden!

Homegrown Pencils
by xertion

Comment by mcrochip:
Might work better if the pencils looked like they were actually IN the ground (as if they'd been planted) without the visible trench. It looks like the pencils were just shoved into the ground, which I know they were, but it looks too staged.

Homegrown Pencils
by xertion

Comment by HBunch:
Monday night, at midnight, this was the first photo that popped up in my list. I laughed my butt off. Thanks for that. This is a great photo. The angle and focus are great and the lighting is simply perfect. I don't see a shadow in the picture at all. I have to wonder though if you got the seeds from the photographer of "how does your garden grow". This challenge has been a riot. Thanks again for adding to the humor and doing such a nice job of it. Good luck in the challenge.

Homegrown Pencils
by xertion

Comment by jimmsp:
Composition - good
Technical Aspects - quite good
Meets Challenge - yes
Visual Impact / Originality ΓΆ€“ good
Other suggestions ΓΆ€“ a tighter cropping would have helped a lot

Jim msp