Theme-colorpencil

[Beau]

Hey all. Hope everyone is having a great holiday season, winter or if you're from the Bahamas....well, just keep having...um....great weather.


Well, somehow, I got myself into doing a colored pencil theme for an entire week. Sometimes the fun of photography is to take one subject, and see how many ideas you can come up with. Different perspectives, different lighting, art styles...etc.

Thought if some wonderful people out there were looking for ideas, maybe you could join along. You don't have to do a whole week, but we'll make the theme a week long.

Photo has to contain a pencil...colored preferred, but regular is fine. Photo has to be new. This is not a competition, but a way of sharing ideas and techniques. Please include how you captured the shot...so others may try if they want to.

Theme will run from today, Dec. 28, 2014 to Jan 4, 2015.

Tag your photos theme-colorpencil

And please feel free to post the shots on this thread.

Have fun.

[Beau]

Today's Capture
Macro filter on a Nikon stock lens. Light from window illuminating pencils in background.

[☠northy]

That's pretty glorious! Cool theme... Well,except for the colour part ;). I'd play in black and white only I'm at the cottage with no pencils... Mind you, the power has gone out and so maybe I should run into town to buy some (pencils, not power)... Instead of just sitting here in the dark eating Naxos by candlelight... Wonder if any stores would still be open... Hmm

[Beau]

@northy Sorry to hear about the power. The nacos and candlelight sound fun though. As for the pencils....go for it, if you can find one that is. Give it the Northy touch. :)

[Taffy]

Fabulous shot, Beau. Really creative!

[Toys on 365]

@losthorizon - you're awesome!

[Sam]

[Beau]

@gigiflower Brilliant Sam.

[Sam]

@losthorizon Very kind of you Beau! Thanks for setting up the theme!

[Anita Russell]

Lovely idea, I want to try this.

[Carl Thomas]

I'm afraid this isn't new, but gives an idea of what you can do with coloured pencils and a glass of fizzy water

[Amanda]

Here's my try-- def not as impressive as all of yours, but I'm going to keep playing with it :)

[Beau]

@carlt Was thinking of trying this Carl. Thanks for the idea. Soda right?

[Beau]

@satanama626 Great capture Amanda. I like the rustic pencils....they look like little trees.

[Carl Thomas]

@losthorizon thank you and just plain sparking water was used

[Beau]

@carlt Interesing idea. I'll see if I can give a try later in the week.

[Beau]

Day 2. Pencils plopped into a cup.

[Janice Cote]

Great image, simple yet unique composition.

[Hope D Jennings]

@losthorizon...you set the bar too high my friend.Here is my first go.

[Beau]

@mzzhope Hope....that's stunning right there. Great work. Thanks for joining. :)

[Amit]

With so many great ideas and photos out here, I'm hesitant to post this one :-)

[Amit]

And one more…

[Lavender Bells]

@losthorizon Hi, can you tell me how to post a photo in the comments as I have a few pencil photos. Thanks.

[Paula McLaughlin]

Some glittery light with the pencils--

[Amit]

@lavenderbells Lavender, click on the three dots under your photo (…) and copy and paste the link to this discussion thread...

[Beau]

@lambda Great captures Amit.

[Beau]

@lavenderbells Lavender....sorry, was a long night at work. Amit posted the how to above. Can't wait to see what you captured.

[Beau]

@paulam Awesome work Paula. Like the bokeh.

[Beau]

Day 3 for me.

[Lavender Bells]

@lambda Thank you for explaining

[Lavender Bells]

Not as good as everyone else but here's one of mine.

[Alice Nellis]

[Paula McLaughlin]

@lavenderbells Love the selective color on the black and white--very cool and creative, Lavender!

[payyourrates]

[Beau]

@lavenderbells Lavender....great idea, pattern and selective color. Thanks for posting.

[Beau]

@alicenellis Like the touch of red Alice. Great shot.

[Beau]

@payyourrates Awesome pov.

[Beau]

Day 4.

[Maggie]

So many creative ideas and beautiful lighting - mine's a bit average but I'll throw it into the pot for what it's worth.

[Lavender Bells]

Todays effort. Sharpening pencils......I do live life on the edge ha ha!!!

[Lavender Bells]

@losthorizon Love this b&w photo

[Beau]

@snaphappi Great shot Maggie. :)

[Beau]

@lavenderbells The color really pops on this one Lavender. Great shot.

[Maggie]

Heres mine for day 2:

[Chris Johnson]

Love photographing color pencils!!

[Beau]

Day 6:

[Beau]

@snaphappi Great shot Maggie. :)

[Beau]

@cjphoto Perfect focus Chris.

[Lavender Bells]

My one for today.

[Chris Johnson]

@losthorizon - Thanks so much for commending my focus cuz it took forever to get it right. Really appreciate it and I'm totally loving your color pencil images!!

[Beau]

@lavenderbells Wow Lavender....that's great. Funny, I was considering doing the same thing today, but went with the drops instead. Like yours so much better. Colors are fantastic. :)

[CandyS]

I love this challenge. Perhaps the biggest was how to post my pic on the feed. I am a very new 365er and enjoyed having a topic to challenge me. I did find myself wanting to phone an expert when things weren't working though.

[Tanja R]

I found my pencils, yay!

[Peter Heath]

Here's my photo of pencils

[Debs Stott]

Here's a couple I've done ... interesting that both are b&w.

This one done with 18-55mm lens and a macro filter



This one taken with 55-250mm lens at 200mm

[Maggie]

So many great ideas above; this is a theme I will return to when I need inspiration.

[Beau]

Day 7

[Beau]

@candysiegmueller Great shot Candy. :)

[Beau]

@tande Awesome composition and lighting Tanja.

[Beau]

@coyspeter Stunning detail Peter. Great work.

[Beau]

@dibzgreasley Love the monochromatic approach Debs.

[Beau]

@snaphappi That's great Maggie.

[Tanja R]

I will use my pencils in the future as well, this is fun! :) My second picture for the theme.

[Peter Heath]

@losthorizon Thanks Beau

[Peter Heath]

@losthorizon Clever shot of pencil shavings. Like it a lot

[Beau]

@tande Great shot Tanja. :)

[Beau]

@coyspeter Thanks Peter. It was a fun exercise for everyone I think.

[Charles]

Here's my feeble attempt, I think I need more practice with stacking images.

[Hope D Jennings]

This was so much fun @losthorizon !Everyone should check out the tag page for this theme.Some amazing work! http://365project.org/tags/theme-colorpencil
Please share if you come up with another item to play with Beau!