Crayon Colors
by abh1

Comment by goodtempo:
the teeth marks in the yellow-gold crayon is distracting but nice composition and exposure

Crayon Colors
by abh1

Comment by STEINR:
Would this also have qualified for PI?

Crayon Colors
by abh1

Comment by Crafty Sue:
good color, focus well arranged

Crayon Colors
by abh1

Comment by Denise Catania:
very nice clean sharp...nice eye

Crayon Colors
by abh1

Comment by crabappl3:
I like your composition. Good attention to detail. -danny

Crayon Colors
by abh1

Comment by Anachronite:
super sharp.. and good exposure...

Crayon Colors
by abh1

Comment by bamaster:
I like the circle. For some reason my eyes noticed the seam on some of the crayons. That could have been easily fixed. And are they in a certain order?

Crayon Colors
by abh1

Comment by kandyj:
Couldn't meet this challenge any better, eh? This is an excellent shot. Might have turned that one crayon (yellow orange on teh right) so that the two dents didn't show. 9

Five Seconds
by abh1

Comment by Davenit:
Alan congrats, looks familiar. You added a second and more detail... LOL //www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=1237162

Five Seconds
by abh1

Comment by abh1:
Thanks everyone for all the nice comments.

Achiral: The shot was actually taken mid-day in a sunlight room. I partially wrapped the clock and camera with black foam to get the exposure I wanted, and to control reflections.Here's what the setup looks like.

The hardest part of this shot -- aside from the dust -- was focus. Each time I modified the composition, I'd have to wait for the second hand to return to xx:35, and then had to work fast. :-)

e301 -- The clock is the sort that advances to the next second very quickly, then also stops quickly -- that's why you don't really see any motion blur between the seconds.

Swash -- Even though the second hand stops for almost a full second, I still needed to experiment with the angle of the camera so the photo would show enough of a side view. I had a few shots taken from a more vertical angle, and the second hand is hardly visible -- it's too thin.