Creativity Tool
by stephan

Comment:
The neon-look of the pencil is amazing and makes this a special phoot.

Red and White
by Remie

Comment:
Thanks for the votes and the great and useful comments :)
The white pencil blending into the white backgroud was intentional and I have been thinking about doing the same with the red one. I came to the conclusion that it couldn't be done without destroying the balance of the photo. By using extra lights there would be either shadows on both sides of the pencils (giving the photo a fake unnatural look) or hardly any shadows at all (taking the depth out of the photo). But that's just my personal thoughts.
I did make an outtake with a black and a white pencil on which both pencils blend into the background, but it doesn't have the visual impact of this photo.

Balance
by timj351

Comment:
Congratulations Tim

Blacksheep
by whobee

Comment:
Great idea and a very good composition. - Well done!

Pressure Point
by rll07

Comment:
Great idea, but most of the attention is drawn to the clamp itself though, not to the real point of interest. I think this could have been achieved by shifting everything downwards even though it would have cut off part of the clamp. Somehow, I also would like to see the pencil being really squeezed.

The Force Be With You
by karmat

Comment:
It looks like he's doubting if he shoud go or not. You should have given him a laser-swords too :)
Seriously, I like the strong composition of this photo and the way the blue colored bag stands out is superb. Besides that I like the way you showed the first schoolday a lot! The angle of the wall on the right is distrubing though. Maybe you should have framed/cropped the photo in such way that it would not be visable at all. That's the only reason I give it a 9 instead of a 10.

New bales of hay
by jonr

Comment:
The sparks really make the difference. Well done!

Morning Harvest
by puppet10

Comment:
Beautiful atmosphere.

Bouquet for the drawing artist
by sylk

Comment:
I like this style of photography, so that's a bonus already :)
Both the composition and colors are very attractive. At first sight, I thought the right part was to bright, but on second sight I think it isn't. If it wasn't for that brightness, the overall photo probably would look to flat.

A New Addiction
by lamedos

Comment:
Hehe, your right!
A wonderful composition and I like the orignality a lot.