chasing its tail
by owennnn

Comment by dwoolridge:
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Message edited by author 2003-10-10 12:44:10.

chasing its tail
by owennnn

Comment by owennnn:
A detailed description of how I made this is available at //www.geocities.com/owennnnn/makingof/chaisingitstail

chasing its tail
by owennnn

Comment by HBunch:
I used to have a round pencil. didn't work for crap. lol. the lighting is a bit dim here. looks like you may have done it on purpose though. what are all the white speks? I'm not sure exactly what the background is. looks kind of like a fuzzy sweater with a pocket on the front. placement and angle are great. good luck with the challenge.

chasing its tail
by owennnn

Comment by pauld:
Rubber pencil? Hard to see what this is.

chasing its tail
by owennnn

Comment by MrsKro:
I'm thinking this is supposed to remind us of a comet in the starry sky...but that's just my interpretation....comet has a "tail"....get it? and the purple looking blanket thing behind it almost makes it look like a galaxy....I'm not completely sure where you were going with this or even if I'm on target with my interpretation. But that is what I see...the white specks look like stars to me. Although on my screen I think maybe I see too much into the blackness...I see something holding this up...like a stem of something in the center of the bottom. And the line of the blanket directly above the pencil is somewhat distracting...good effort though and unusual...so I'm giving it a 6.

chasing its tail
by owennnn

Comment by David Ey:
gotta hear how you did this one---neat stuff

chasing its tail
by owennnn

Comment by Dennis:
Looks like a print from a very dirty negative.

chasing its tail
by owennnn

Comment by crisa58:
what an interesting technique. There seems to be a lots of white dust in the picture, whether noise or reflections from the curved surface used to reflect the pencil I don't know. I wish the whole image were brighter. Very clever approach and a nice eye

chasing its tail
by owennnn

Comment by lisae:
Very interesting... kind of dark and moody and surreal. It doesn't altogether work for me, but I appreciate that you were trying something very cool in this photo.

chasing its tail
by owennnn

Comment by cq107:
interesting, if it was better executed. ie no "wrinkels" from the old navy fleece, and no "specs" whatever those colored dots are all over, I would have given you a 10...