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Comment by Willa:
This is kind of interesting, bt there is too much blank space at the top.

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Comment by Amphian:
Great focus and lighting. I love the minimalism of this shot.

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Comment by john22132:
Great shot. This is one of my favorites this week. 8

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Comment by autool:
Composition: Subject Placement, Cropping, Background8,
Technical: Focus, Exposure, Lighting, Processing9,
Challenge: Does your entry meet it?10,
Appeal: Is it Interesting, Motivating, Etc.? 7,
Total Averaged Rating9. Autool

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Comment by goodtimecharlee:
great image. strong composition with strong impact. i fear you might get slammed for this though. not everyone appreciates this style. i'm sure you will get many simple critiques on what you did wrong. stylistically i love this. i really like the blown out background. i hope you do well in the challenge. if not, hang in there. you have achieved a pretty unique style which is a rarity on this site. 9

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Comment by decoteau:
Very nice. Great perspective!

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Comment by FranziskaLang:
wow, we do have a lot of admin notes this week. i just totally love your photo. the composition is awesome, although i can see why some people think it's a border, i'm sure you will enlighten us on monday as to how you achieved the effect. very nice selective DOF, and placement of the pencils, but i probably would've chosen a 640x427 format to just slightly reduce the negative space w/out loosing the concept. also, your paper is ever so slightly wavy under the diagonal pencil. but i'm just nitpicking here. my top 5 this week. -- gr8photos (10)

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Comment by RedRuthann:
Very simple, clean and well done. Great composition and angle. I like it very much. The choice of exposure suits this photo well. Great work. 10
Ruthann

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Comment by jsabbarton:
I love the technique, I love the shot.

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Comment by jmsetzler:
this is a really neat concept but it looks like it was cut and pasted into a new white frame in software... this is illegal... I score the shot an 8 just incase it is legal though... good idea :) - jmsetzler