Nice take on the theme, and great shot.

I can hear it. How cool that you saved this apparatus. Very pretty setup.

Love the mood, so warm and elegant. The classical touch matches very well with the writing tool itself - well done

well done,great shot

Nice Job Congrats on your Win

Nice lighting of the holder. The stylus outline is very elegant.

nice

excellent.

Good Job Congrats

Using a pencil in case you want to erase the entry? LOL
Great shot. How did you do that?

That's pretty cool. Is the sharpened point stuck into the paper or something?

Eagle's eye, Mr. Kyri! wonderful effect, and so is the image, author

@ Mr.Kyricom : Unfortunately it is not...

How about stop action high speed capture of a falling pencil?

very awesome!! I love how you shot this!

Thanq...dem90

I'm sorry but I have a hard time believing this is real, especially without a high resoultion and the lighting on the pencil seems to be a bit off. I could be totally wrong, so could you please explain this? sorry but had to redflag

@K5683...Hi...dont be doubt on photograph..i can send u the high resolution Jpeg.and with tabletop photography u can not assume the subject with way of light...here the technik is simple... At the topend behind pencil is one needle to hold pencil...the needle shadow which is on diary and BG is cropped...(by framing only)to get decent result i used lights from three way...one is from right to illuminate BG...one is from top to diary and one is from left back to get hard shadow...those three lights r constant.. precisely controlled to get better result.

@cabldawg71 : Thanx for advice.... removed...

ok good job Author

thanks for the explanation, but I am really confused still. I see nothing that you say....a needle? You talk about a needle shadow but if it was there and is not now, then you are going against photography rules and guidelines by cutting out things.
Like I said, I could be totally wrong---which I have in the past---and said sorry before. As the picture is though, it is just hard to believe.

Great work !

Very neat. The soft lighting suits the subject and gently emphasizes the text. Fun idea with great execution!

Good Job Congrats

Thanx for all....

Phenomenal subject, I think a slightly lower angle may have been better but this is still superb.

Thanks a lot Locksmagic, I've re-cropped the image, hope now it's better

Really beautiful, but is water colours really a writing tool?

How are paintbrushes and paint not a writing tool?

No one said they are not.
If this was a "paint" contest this set up would be perfect.
It's a writing tools contest so i think that a letter or some sort of writing would be more fitting instead of a paint but that's just me Adam!

So if I show a pencil drawing a picture of a stick figure it's no longer a writing tool but is now a drawing tool? Come on people, just because it isn't writing atm doesn't mean it is no longer a writing tool!

This set up is not intentional, it is a shot I took along the road to an artist who was reproducing a scene of Budapest

Kanji is written with paint brushes, since kanji uses paint brushes, does that mean it's not letters?

i love the lighting, the photo is just too dark

Here's a better take the chalk writing tool.

Love this one, too bad I voted on the other photo.

I was trying too hard to use all the colors. This shot was looking me in the face and I like it better. Knowing you like this one means a lot.