When a pen dance with a pencil
by kaiyang

Comment by kaiyang:
Thank you all for the votes and comments. All the comments have been very encouraging, and pointers that I will take note in future shots.

When a pen dance with a pencil
by kaiyang

Comment by sidpixel:
Hello from the critique club

An appealing image that contributes to the challenge

This is a great idea Yao. I really like the way you have combined these together, its an interesting and original concept that works well. What I feel would improve it is for the wood shavings to also be sharp. You have a plain black background so against that having everything nice and sharp would definitely improve its impact.

When a pen dance with a pencil
by kaiyang

Comment by nam:
Fun idea.

When a pen dance with a pencil
by kaiyang

Comment by kiwinick:
great entry makes me smile

Grab the sun
by kaiyang

Comment by sidpixel:
Hello from the critique club

An unusual image that contributes to the free study challenge

I can see why these unusual structures are considered to be iconic and why you have timed your shot to coincide with the suns position in relation to the bowl. I have to be honest and say that this just doesn’t work for me, I think its probably because of the conflict of the natural scene surrounding these strange structures arising from its growth, the two, for me, just do not belong together they leave me feeling rather uncomfortable that they are there at all. The other thing that detracts is the over-saturation of the colours, it is a natural scene with unnatural structures that feels unnatural. Sorry I can’t be more positive Yao but do please keep your entries coming.

When a pen dance with a pencil
by kaiyang

Comment by Cyrilda:
Well done

When a pen dance with a pencil
by kaiyang

Comment by Art Roflmao:
Composition: 9
Technical: 6 - A bit soft.
Creativity: 9
Appeal: 7
Challenge: 6
Overall Calculated Average Score: 7

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Cherry Blossom
by kaiyang

Comment by sidpixel:
Hello from the critique club

An appealing image that meets the challenge

Welcome to DPC Yao. I like your thinking behind the image but I don’t think it quite works as well as you would have hoped. The main thing that lets it down for this specific challenge is that there is far more soft focus than sharp focus. This would not have mattered if you had really concentrated on the sharper aspects by over saturating and over sharpening them they would have really stood out strongly against the rest of the image. Alternatively perhaps a closer crop of the sharp flower may have worked better?

Cherry Blossom
by kaiyang

Comment by Tumbleweed:
The flowers being soft on the left side and sharp on the right doesn't do it for me. When I zoom in on the flower on the right side I like it much better.

Cherry Blossom
by kaiyang

Comment by torl0311:
Pls stop