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by Kimbly

Comment by sylk:
So you're the other person with the pencil shot ... I've been getting so many "I bet you wish you would've waited a week" comments ... grrrr .... I'm sure you have no idea what I'm talking about, right? ... lol ...
Great focus and composition btw!

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Comment by wenyao:
good idea for the challenge.

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Comment by HBunch:
At first, I looked at this and I was like...woohoo, a pile of new pencils. And then I noticed the blank lined paper there at the bottom and that made all the difference to me. Not sure why, cause usually I associate paper with a sharpened pencil, ready to write with. Maybe you could have tried to stagger them so you threw in some of the erasser ends too, but not sure how that would look in the way of appealing either. When the new challenge was announced that we were supposed to take pictures of pencils this week...the comments made were that it would be very boring, and visually uninteresting. This isn't the case with your photo. JUST a pile of pencils might have been pretty lame, but like I said, the paper makes all the difference. Great job on making something generally uninteresting look interesting. Good luck with the challenge.

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Comment by Swashbuckler:
Wow, bet you feel either silly or way ahead of your time, considering next week's challenge subject. That said, VERY nice shot, if a bit on the plain side, sorry, just my opinion.... I find it interesting that some pencils look like they were two pieces of wood jammed together, while others look more "solid". I also notice that the stacking isn't wholly orderly, I like that, nice. The only thing that I think is on the low side is interest, that devil! Tweek that factor and submit this week for a slightly better score (a bit of a joke?) Try getting an ant to hold up one pencil....
7 Swash

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Comment by courtenay27:
Another one of the few pencil submissions for this week. Hope you still have something up your sleeve for next week. I like this one because of the lines on the right and the repeated patterns of the unsharpened pencils which occupy most of the frame. The pencils might be a little too saturated to the point of looking orange. It's pretty good.
Score: 6
Courtenay

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Comment by jsabbarton:
Great picture, canĂ¢€™t fault it, but the challenge link is a bit weak.

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Comment by brianeden:
should've saved it for next week's challenge! :-) Nice shot.

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Comment by MagsCoyote:
looks like logs. great photo 8

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Comment by Kaz:
Ah to be psychic and know what the next week's challenge will be. :) This is great and I'm sure you'll come up with something equally great for this week's challenge.

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Comment by jimmsp:
Something new.
Composition - pretty good
Technical Aspects - pretty good.
Meets Challenge - yes
Visual Impact / Originality Ă¢€“ pretty good
Jim msp