Ticonderoga Cutting
by mcmurma

Comment:
Very nice idea! The green leaf is a good addition to the yellow pencil. Good composition, lighting and focus. Good work that the glass shows (almost) no reflections from your light source.
-stephan

three
by FranziskaLang

Comment:
Very good use of the narrow DOF to focus on the pencils. The shadows below the pencils are a bit distrating because it's not visible if the belong to the pencils or something else.
-stephan

Prismacolors
by goodtimecharlee

Comment:
I like this photo! Very nice colours. Good composition (diagonal lines). I know it's stupid but somehow it looks a bit "hazy". As of the lightness was punched up a tad too much. A bit more contrast would be better for my taste. Anyway, still a very good photo.
-stephan

Ghostwriter
by gkoch

Comment:
Nice photo. I like the red line. What is it? I don't know about the reflection, can't say if the photo is better or not better with it. Good composition and very good lighting. The pencil is a bit unsharp. I don't know if you did it on purpose but more sharpness would be better in my opinion.
-stephan

Pencil-Necked Geek
by ClubJuggle

Comment:
Wasn't there a song from Weird Al Yankovic (sp?) about pencil necked geek? Funny :-)
The photo is not very interesting though... E.g. a less busy background wouldn't distract so much from your subject.
-stephan

Chemistry
by jaxx

Comment:
Nice idea! Very creative. Very good composition, lighting and focus. You chose an interesting angle. You also picked the right colours for each tube so that there are no mergers and the colours are on good contrast to each other. I like this photo very much.
-stephan

None
by manolo

Comment:
Wow! Very creative. I love the style of this photo. Good composition and lighting. The overexposure is great. I also like that it's a bit fuzzy. Only thing I don't like is that I can't really see what's going on with the hand. I know she holds the pencil but I can't really make out where the fingers go. It's a bunch of "something". But it's still a great photo and I really like it.
-stephan

Being of Sound Mind and Shell...
by Kaz

Comment:
Just a question: Was the lobster still alive while you used (abused?) him for your photo?
-stephan

Rest In Peace
by David Ey

Comment:
Nice idea. But the lighting is not so good. Flash is (in my opinion) a very bad light source. A desktop lamp casting its light from a lower angle and from the side would make this photo much better I think. It would give the petals much more depth and the glare on the pencil would be gone, too.
-stephan

Creativity Tool
by stephan

Comment:
Ther forum post with more explanation is here: //www.dpchallenge.com/forum.asp?action=read&FORUM_POST_ID=23461