good take and capture.. its lovely..

different entry; awesome idea; amazing shot !

Love it!

Nice idea. Pencil highlight is a bit too blown out imho. Good luck.

Congrats on your 1st

Congratulations!

I don't know what it says, but it's lovely calligraphy

nice shot.. so what does the writing say author..? something related to paper and pen photography contest on pxleyes.com..? and what language it is?

If nobody has guessed it by the end of the contest I'll give the answer but let's wait and see if anyone knows it.

beautiful

Thanks for the compliments everyone, but since I'm brand new to photography constructive criticism in greatly appreciated Looking back on it today I can see at least two thing I would change so I'm sure everyone out there as better photographers can find more things that could be improved. Thanks!

alright, I'm adding it in comment watch to see what does that mean.. good luck..

Good job, author...I like the texture of paper....and light... good luck to you!

Lovely shot - have no idea what it says though

Ok I can't believe only one person had a guess as to what it said! It is the inscription from the the inside of the ring from "The Lord of the Rings","One ring to rule them all, one ring to find them; One ring to bring them all, One ring to bind them" Are there seriously no other Tolkien fans out there? And the language is Sindarin, created by J.R.R Tolkien, and has Old English and Welsh orgins.

Congrats on your 2nd

Like the angle of this image

Nice one

GL

I wanted smth like this, but i didn't found my color pencils :P

Congrats on your 3rd

Funny. Good job (I like the teeth marks) :-0

and sometimes we find pencil marks on the teeth..!! good jcomposition.

Funny...looks like my daughters homework paper! LOL! Nicely done

Well done - I liked algebra at school

i hate algebra ! but nice shot !

nice work

never could figure why we had to learn it, I mean how many times you gonna use it in real life..........

Very nice close up but noise is just too much for my taste...i think you over did it (imho)!
I all so think that you should use a higher f number.That way you would have a "wider" in focus "clear" surface on the pen!
Over all, personally i "got" the "old" feeling that you wanted to impress & i really like this photo!
Sorry if i am "hard" on you author.
Good luck!

Karaflazz, I agree with you.........author, this has the makings of a great shot, but it has been over done. The noise is just too much for this type of close up shot......a good crisp shot of the face of the nib would have been much better.

Ok guys, thank you very much for your constructive criticism of course. I have taken note of your tips and of course will use them in the future. I thought that the noise, would just add a stronger sort of effect to the old age image, but if you think that it is overdone...

Like the contrast and noise -- quite effective image

I understand why people are saying that there is too much noise and from a photographers aspect that may be true but, my friend saw this picture just now and loved it because of the "graininess".

I think as photographers we need to evaluate our view of "what is correct" in photography. Is it what we as photographers view as correct or what the "uneducated" public thinks looks nice?

locksmagic, I guess that everyone has their own taste, and we can not really criticise them for doing so. Some people won't like this image, because it is too noisy and seems "incorrect", while others may find it quite artistic.

It is up to personal preference, and at the end of the day, thats why art is so beautiful - everybody likes different things.

I like the noise for the subject. It fits the old style pen. This would definately not work on a modern pen tip.

I like the noise in this. It adds to the aged look of the shot.... and I usually dislike noisy shots. Is that a mark on the paper just above the pen nib or do you have dust on your sensor?

I doubt that it was dust on sensor, because it doesn't show up with such small apertures. However I think that it could be possible a mark on the lens, or a bit of ink on the paper.

Thanks for your comment!

GL