Joints of Steel
by mgsmith53

Comment by bvlindalou:
nice close up.....shows a lot of muscle

Only a Dollar Eighty-four, Plus Tacks
by mgsmith53

Comment by cebuloulou:
Nice composition

Joints of Steel
by mgsmith53

Comment by neophyte:
Nice detail on this. I like the metal tones.

Joints of Steel
by mgsmith53

Comment by MonsterPhotography:
loveley detail and monochrome affect

Joints of Steel
by mgsmith53

Comment by ELLIPS:
Beautiful textures, works well in B&W

All Hail the Blue
by mgsmith53

Comment by landon1013:
wow very cool. (that probably took awhile.)

All Hail the Blue
by mgsmith53

Comment by LadyK:
seems a bit dull. could use a bit more pazazz, maybe a shallower dof, a tighter angle. i do like the idea though. maybe organizing the crayons by color in some way would make it seem more uniform(i do know that that's what everyone else did, so maybe its better that yours is different)

Joints of Steel
by mgsmith53

Comment by SaraR:
one of the strongest entries in the challenge. A thoroughly interesting image, well composed with a good monotone conversion that displays the textures well.

Only a Dollar Eighty-four, Plus Tacks
by mgsmith53

Comment by Gallatin:
colorful

The Edge of the Earth
by mgsmith53

Comment by freakin_hilarious:
**Critique Club**

Well, you certainly created an interesting submission! I'm actually surprised that there aren't bigger spikes at the top and bottom ends of the voting breakdown. I would have expected more people to love it or hate it. I see that you were going for a humorous entry. To be honest, I didn't see that in voting. In retrospect, I don't think you went far enough. The border and text work well toward that end, but the image itself doesn't convey the humor that well to me. The main problem I have is that it's way too small (and I'm practically alone on this issue, so feel free to ignore me completely.) Something that's 576px on the long edge just can't compete with a 720px submission in my book.