Straight To The Point

It's the tip of a pencil from Frankie and Benny's.

The idea is commendable but in practice I have found it near impossible to reliably colour or draw with my desired colour.

Set-up: OM prime 28mm wide angle 1:2.8 lens set to f22 mounted backwards about 2cm from a Canon 450D body. All held in position with good old rubber bands.

[Emily Matia]

awesome close up!

[Kate Klinck]

great macro!!

[Sheila M Chin]

stunning detail!

[Kim Suzanne Kelley]

This is amazing!!

[Kathy A]

I find those pencils exceptionally difficult to use too.

[Alison Hewitt Bailey]

Great detail! The kids and I used to have one or two of these; I remember we found them rather disappointing too.

[Araminta]

Great shot, love the colour tone.

[Nicole]

I love how you can see the texture in the wood where it has been sharpened. Great shot

[Fiz]

Fantastic shot. Well worth all your effortt

[Juliette Packham]

Love the textures in this - fab close-up

[Carly]

nice one - am liking the idea of elastic bands to help out!

[Kristin Cruz]

Great macro!