This is an excellent shot Hokie. It had an added impact for me because this was my first idea for this challenge, but it was eventually tabled for fear that it was just too difficult a shot to pull off... you have shown me just how wrong I was. And btw, I love that ant!
I was taking some nature photos on a walk one day, stuck the pencil in the ground...took about 20 photos at various angles and on the last photo this little ant crawled up the side of the pencil just as I snapped the shutter. He literally ran up the side so fast he was gone before I could get another shot off!!! Woah!
Just lucky this one and only photo was in focus!! Don't you just love photography like that :-)
This week I was very generous with my 10's - I gave five of them, I believe. Your image though was by far my favorite. In fact, it blew me away. Well done, Monet, eh I mean, Hokie.
theres something about this i really like..good DOF and focus on the pencil, i dont think this would have made it if the trees in the background were focused. good shot
One of my favorites of the week. Marvelous unfocus of the background, cool the detail of the ant. I would like to see the color version (perhaps there were a beautiful color contrast between the obscure green of the trees and the vivid yellow or orange of the pencil (?)), anyway I like it very much (9)
I love this image and have looked at it now a number of times. It's very artistic and has great appeal to me. It reminds me of impressionist paintings. The metaphor here is sublime. Love the fact that it is in B&W. It adds to the mood. This is a tough and ambitious image and you pulled it off. The only drawback as a result is the halo around the pencil. You might consider retouching that out which, of course, you weren't allowed to do for the dpchallenge. Well done. 9 Journey Update: I'm revising my score to 10. The artisticity of this image far outweighs the flaw of the halo. Great composition too. It's a hell of a job to have taken this shot. I have a bit of a hunch who did this image but have been wrong on my hunches before :) Regards, Journey
This is a classic; love it. It grabbed my attention. The clever angle and great use of B & W create a superb sense of scale and make an alien object look like it belongs in the in the overall picture. I think this shot shows a great eye for artistry. (10)
This is beautiful! I'm kind of looking at it and wondering what I would think if I didn't know if was for the pencil challenge. Would it make sense? It would be kind of surreal. As part of the challenge though, it's one of my favourites. 10 - lisae
I love this picture. What's on the side of the pencil? I find myself spending maybe too much time trying to see if that's an ant, a fleck of dirt, whatever.
Gee this is kind of a neat picture. I like your concept... very imaginative, although I find the picture kind of hard on the eyes. I'm guessing you got just the effect you were looking for.
I just LOVE this, the light is just fantastic. I'm a real city girl nowadays but this makes me think fondly of childhood days in the woods near where I grew up. (Hey, enter it again next week!). I like the angles and is that an ant crawling up the pencil? The only (very minor) thing I don't like is the leaf stalk towards teh bottom left which is rising up at an angle. This is a beautiful photo. 8, Kavey
I really like this. The soft focus in the background is perfect; with the light poking through... The forced perspective shot is amazing. My highest rating so far. 9 -lennier
each week i give out 1 score of a 10 and this week u r it! what a cute idea and this is a great photo. the black and white is wonderfull and the pencil actually looks like a tree in the thumbnail picture! nice job
Very nice. Focus looks good. The lighting seems a bit dark at the bottom. I like what you did with this picture. I'd really like to see what this looks like in color. 8
This is beautiful. One of 6 10's this week. Black and white is awesome. I think that if it had been in color, it would have taken away from the "likeness" of the pencil to the tree. Yes, I like the background being oof. Is that an ant making it's self at home on your pencil? Alternate title could be "like father like son". lol. Great lighting, great angle, focus, appeal. Excelent shot and good luck with the challenge.
Well, I am not finished voting yet but this is the best picture so far. I can't identify what is sticking out above the P on ther pencil, but I can't help wondering if it could be done away with. It is the only distraction I see from an otherwise dare I say 'perfect' shot. This might be one to retake and attempt to publish somewhere. --10 Agamemnon (I really like this)
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