Sharpened

Still playing with my new macro lens and focusing rail.

[Kerri]

Great colors

[Susan]

Love the focus on the red pencil, great colors and what fun you are having!

[Lin]

Instant fav - love the focus.

[mittens (Marilyn)]

Love all the bright colors and the creativity of this.

[Brigette]

wonderful macro. great shot

[👑 AnaZad]

Great colorful capture and focus.

[Faye Turner]

Fantastic focus and the colours are great! Fav

[Sue Wilde]

You are using an incredibly open aperture here. I like the focus on the tip of the pencil

[Joan Robillard]

Great macro.

[Bill Fenske]

great sharp focus and macro.

[Islandgirl]

Great colors and focus....................glad your enjoying your macro lens Kim.

[Stephen Brundage]

Very nice - tack sharp! I love the mix of colors.

[cheryl]

Great macro shot!! Love all the colors!

[Mary Lou]

great colours and composition

[Danette Thompson]

Love the focus.

[*lynn]

fabulous focus ... fav

[Kate]

Beautiful DOF and colors. Really well done. I would like to try macro photography someday. After I learn how to do some other things. The comp here is really cool with the red pencil sticking up. So cute!

[Pam Knowler]

Wonderful macro!

[Julia]

very cool! Love it!

[Tammy]

Love all the bright colors!

[Khawbecker]

So cool! Love the focus! Fav.

[Alexandra DG]

love it - I have a box of new colour pencils bought especially for photos like this and still haven't tried them out :)

[Yolandie Mostert]

Very nice focus. I love photos of coloured pencils.

[Vicki Dixon]

that is a great focus! it appears you have it all worked out1

[Meredith McNay]

Well done, I would love a focusing rail, has it helped you?

[Margaret Obey]

Lovely close up

[Annika]

this is pretty great!!! creative idea too

[Jenny Ren]

Great capture!

[Nicole Campbell]

You are having fun with your new lens, this is a fun shot

[Anita Russell]

Red wins, love it

[Lorraine Hardy]

love the depth of field

[Rachel]

I love the idea of the focusing rail. I have never used a tripod with my macro before. Nice dof.

[tony gig]

Love this wonderful setup and shot K...Fav

[Janiskay]

Souns like you are having fun getting use to your macro lense.

[Andy Gibson]

Kim now try your lens turning the pencils so you're focussing on the points...it makes for a fun project.

[Pete Roberts]

Lovely dof Kim and great idea to raise the red pencil

[Pam]

Fantastic macro! Awesome DOF! I think you have mastered it:)

[Suse♡]

Very neat idea....love that sharp one

[Frank Hymus]

Love the red one higher than all the rest, nice and sharp. Fav.

[KWind]

@andysg I did some straight on ones as well. Maybe I'll post today.

[Margaret Brown]

Nice focus, colours and lighting.

[Corinne]

Great focus !

[Kareen King]

Fabulous! Fav.

[Rosie Kerr]

Very nice focus! I enjoy the creative use of "found" everyday objects.

[☯ Sarah ☁]

Very cool shot, love the focus & comp your macro rail sounds excellent fun :)

[Jen Hudson]

There is always one that stands out from the crowd! The sharp focus certainly achieves this.

[Jocasta]

Brilliant macro - focus doesn't get any sharper than that.

[aurorajane]

Super job

[Tremerryn]

Brilliant - googled your new contraption (macro thingy), looks very complicated!

[Nicole]

This is fabulous!! Love the focus on just that one!

[Milanie]

Love the way you composed this - great focus on the red pencil.

[Shepherdman's Wife]

What is a focussing rail? This is a wonderful shot. So clear on the red pencil.

[Danny G.]

Really nicely done and a fav

[Graham Thresher]

Super shot.

[Pyrrhula]

A very creative find and beautiful close up capture. Good practice , well done.

[Call me Joe]

So whimsy---love it:)

[Jawo]

Always creative and fun capture you have. Love the colours and clarity.

[Mgreen]

Great shot.

[Gena Pegg]

Having a great time with your new toy. You and it are working very well together.

[Angelieke]

Wonderful!

[Alison Hewitt Bailey]

Great focusing and sharpness. As I type, your shot of your driftwood trees is directly above this in the thumbnails and I'm struck by the similarity in composition with one component standing taller than the others. Funny what catches the eye sometimes.

[Denise (lyndemc)]

Amazing detail in the sharpened wood of the red pencil.

[Kathy Dahn]

Another wonderful shot

[Julie Ryan]

Interesting shot, I like that one is sticking up

[Wendy]

Cool shot -- love the colors!

[Simply Amanda]

Sharp focus. Very cool. fav!

[Chris Johnson]

Love this composition so much!! FAV!