Honeydewaa
by psychephylax

Comment:
This has got to be one of the strangest things I've ever seen. LOL. What is DPC doing to us? The lighting is great. There is definately originality and creativity. The only thing that I would have to comment on is the slight left tilt. I understand that it was probably difficult to get it to stand up in the first place, so I won't count it against you, just an observation. Good luck in the challenge.

Total Addiction.
by BigSmiles

Comment:
I don't know about pencil addiction. Personally this week I've had enough of pencils. LOL. Great photo though. original idea, and pretty creative. I like how the light shines through the ash tray and makes the glares. sometimes glares work, sometime they don't and you have pulled it off nicely here. I also like how the eraser is gone. Great job and good luck in the challenge.

Children are Special
by Chilly0999

Comment:
That is a pretty cool pencil. I like the angle at which you took the pencil, but the angle of the rest of the photo kind of bothers me. It looks like the kid is going to fall right out of the left side of their seat. The lighting is good, and the photo has a lot of nice color in it. You did a really great job of keeping distracting glare and reflection off the matallic colored pencil. Looks like maybe the kid isn't a natural lefty, but rather just in the left hand to get a good angle on the pencil. That has no bearing on anything. LOL Just an observation. Great job and good luck in the challenge.

One #2 pencil 17,643 chickens
by boyte1

Comment:
Too funny. The chicken in front seems to be saying "what the??" LOL. Were you in an actual chicken farm to get this photo? The lighting is good. It gets a bit dark to the back, but it's not your fault, and it's not distracting, so it doesn't really matter. Definatley original. Didnt see any other chickens on here. LOL. Great job and good luck with the challenge.

Pencil Sketch
by mcrochip

Comment:
You put the eraser where the eraser should go. At the end of the pencil!! I love it! That is really cute. The lighting is good, the shadows are subtle enough they aren't distracting. However, toward the pinky finger on the hand, there is a dark outline going around the finger and down the back of the hand. I tried to enlarge it and change the lighting to figure out what was making it, and I actually couldn't figure out if it was a funny dark shadow, or if you may have moved your hand while the photo was being taken. Anyway, If i'm getting that picky, then you have a nice photo. Good luck with the challenge.

Modernization
by Maverick

Comment:
There is definately a pencil here. I'm not sure I understand, but I think it has something to do with how something used to be done, and how it's done now. In my opinion, it's not very visually appealing, however, my son loved the "big truck". Setting all that aside...The lighting is good, and the angle on the dirt is good. I wish we could see more of the bull dozer. Good luck with the challenge.

Writing Instrument (6 letters)
by sulamk

Comment:
Reminds me of my grandpa. he was always doing puzzles. Great idea and great angle. The lighting is good and there is nothing distracting. It looks like you might have tried a tad bit too hard on getting the pencils in the photo. This is just an opinion, but a few less pencils would have worked just as nicely, and wouldn't have made the top right corner look so busy. An added not, I just noticed that the line across the top of the puzzle book, where the Date is, looks like it is the shape of a pencil too. Cute. Nice job and good luck in the challenge.

Petals
by kathleenm

Comment:
The dark background works well with the yellow subjects. It is creative and original. The colors are beautiful and the placement within the photo is very nice. May have had a higher visual impact if the Pencils were a bit more straight. The 2 horizontal pencils are pretty straight across from each other, but the vertical ones kind of zig zag. Over all great photo. Good job and good luck in the challenge.

Negative Space Odyssey
by Froober

Comment:
Cool effect. I like the idea. Placement and angle are good. Lighting and focus are great. The only thing that stands out to me as odd is the blemish in the eraser at the bottom right of the photo. unless the rest of the eraser is like that or worse, maybe rotating the pencil to a different spot of the eraser could have avoided showing this. The background is absolutely great. Very nice job and good luck in the challenge.

Homegrown Pencils
by xertion

Comment:
Monday night, at midnight, this was the first photo that popped up in my list. I laughed my butt off. Thanks for that. This is a great photo. The angle and focus are great and the lighting is simply perfect. I don't see a shadow in the picture at all. I have to wonder though if you got the seeds from the photographer of "how does your garden grow". This challenge has been a riot. Thanks again for adding to the humor and doing such a nice job of it. Good luck in the challenge.