Shadow and Light
by LanSnake

Comment:
Thanks for all the great comments. The blemish in the top center is a pencil marking on the paper backdrop. Over the course of the week I had taken approximately 200 pencil photos on this paper work-area. Some of my experiments used many pencils (40+), so by the end of the week the paper had several light pencil lines. My submitted photo was taken very late at night. I should have placed a new sheet of paper down, but didn't think of it till the next day when I noticed this marking in the photo. It was a very faint marking on the paper, but brought out in the final image because of the over-exposure (the over-exposure was intentional).

Pencil-Necked Geek
by ClubJuggle

Comment:
Wonderful idea! I like this photo very much -- wish the shirt color didn't blend so well with the computer monitor in the background though.

I love pencils>
by cathysapp

Comment:
Those teeth are SCARY! ;-)

Red and White
by Remie

Comment:
Wow! This is really a cool photograph -- I love the symmetry, and how the white pencil disappears. I guess to be consistent I might like this more if the red pencil also disappeared into the red background. This might be a difficult thing to do (to eliminate the shadow on the right of the red pencil by changing the lighting setup). Great Job -- one of my favorites this week. LanSnake

Tufted Titmouse
by pnicholls

Comment:
Excellent capture -- did you have to wait long? I love the detail in this image, especially in the feet, and feathers. Depth of field is very good too -- great job! 10 LanSnake

Forest Fire
by Kimbly

Comment:
Very creative! I love the colors in your photo, especially the brown/green combination. Depth of field very effective also. Nice abstract quality -- is that a flame in the photograph, or just intense sunlight or ?

Obvious Imposter
by syamjonimi

Comment:
Excellent -- I love the humor! The background and reflective surface are very effective here. Love the photo....only thing I see that I might consider changing...the dark pencils; third and fourth from the left; seem to vanish against the dark background. I might like it better if the far end of the pencils formed a continuous line across the back.

A New Addiction
by lamedos

Comment:
My favorite photo of the week -- very creative idea! The only thing I can see that MIGHT improve this image -- the all-white flap of the box is rather large and close to the center of the photo. I might like the photo better if this flap were not so central in the image (make it smaller? put more emphasis on the box label somehow?). Great job -- extra points for creativity. 10 LanSnake

Monetary Reforms
by stephan

Comment:
Finished all the voting and keep coming back to your image. I initially had this photo in the top 30 or so, but I think it's better than that. One of my top five for the week -- excellent work; really like the light gradient from left to right. 9 LanSnake

Big Al's Old Bus
by Guillermo

Comment:
Nice subject -- I think the photo would be better with a bit more contrast (everything is now almost the same shade of gray).