grown older; they colour no more

6 word story... i guess... the concept still kind of eludes me and i'm never quite certain whether i'm just captioning or actually telling a story ;p

oh well... really this is intended for my get pushed challenge... once again involving colour (yeeesh! ;p)...

@shannejw challenged me to shoot something that combines the primary colours and it needs to be colourful... a little short on time today so i thought i would play with some bits of crayons we dug up the other day...

tx everyone for the continued views and comments... i really appreciate them all :)

[☠northy]

@shannejw :)

[Karen H]

I love the simplicity and negative space. And Yes that is a story, of childhood loss.
I hope you will be weighing in on the B&W book club next month.

[Laurie]

You nailed it! Love this! Fav!

[Katie]

Beautiful! Really, really love the 'story' concept here and perfect execution of your push.

(Also, shadows are the worst.)

[☠northy]

@tigerdreamer tx Karen... i have the book and plan to play :) any colour push challenges will be relegated to one of my other albums!

[Paul Myers]

I like it. Works well for the 6 word story and I really like the minimalism of the shot.

[Call me Joe]

(1)wordstory....Winner !!!:)

[Caryn]

Ooh! Very cool...nice crayon nubs you've dug up!

[Taffy]

I think it tells a story quite well and vividly. And uses negative space wo well.

[Taffy]

so well, not wo well

[☯ Sarah ☁]

Great shot, love the comp :)

[Nia]

Great use of primary colors against a beautiful clean white background. I too have the same thoughts re 6 word story, if I move some words up my Wheeehee shot form today would be a 6 words but is that what its about?

[Sheila]

It does tell a story.

[KWind]

I love the simplicity of this! All that white against that bright colours are wonderful!

[jayn]

cool shot and challenge surely met. I like your comp

[Jani M]

I think this is a great response to the challenge - feels like your shot even though it's in color.

[Loopy-Lou]

Fabulous, great idea like your creativity!

[Amy]

Fav for me! Love the set up, colour, everything!

[Julie]

I like it. I love the colours and the composition and the story fits too.

[Rachel Withey]

I think this does work as a story - great photo too. Love all the negative space. I keep getting pushed to shoot in colour, that or food!

[Boo]

reminds me, I have to replenish the colour pencil stocks...all my pencils are so short I just can't use them anymore...LOL trouble is, I can't throw them away either...hahaha

[Claire]

Brilliant

[kali]

there is something about aged crayons, they are not appealing , whereas the allure of new ones is incredible. I think your story is evocative.

[Lyn Todd]

aha a cleverly layered story - the viewer must decide was it the children that grew old, or the crayons....

[Issi Bannerman]

Wonderful! Fav.

[Dawn Reilly]

terrific job on the challenge!

[Nancy]

U make me laugh...darn color anyway :). This is simple but effective....that some kid somewhere used them up drawing dreams! Nicely done!

[Leana Niemand]

I love this, a great shot and a fav.

[Ken "Tasian"]

Excellent…simple and excellent!

[Sally Ings]

So effective, fabulous response to your challenge

[Adam]

This is a sad, but true tale. I like your use of the small portion of what remains of the crayons. Put them to good use ;)

[Lou]

Love this. The textures are fab - I can practically smell that tell-tale wax from here. The simple set-up works great, too. I won't debate your use of the semicolon, but I for one think it is a true story :)

[Penny Price]

Perfect simplicity, beautiful colours and I love the use of negative space.

[Rik]

Love the use of negative space

[dh (delena)]

I like the simplicity of this and the high key approach - nothing like your usual style.

[Marloes]

Great minimalistic shot.

[Shanne]

OK, colours - and cool minimalism

[Richard Sayer]

Everyone's comments tell you that you got this dead right - it certainly does tell a story. But you made a great point - it would be easy to be seduced by a clever caption whilst the shot lacked 'soul'... never fear, yours has it.

[Channelf]

Great composition.

[☠northy]

@rachelwithey hmmm... colour and food being things that you would prefer to avoid photographically-speaking? why am i not following you? ok - i've addressed that now!

[Brigette]

i am going to steal this idea.. one day ::)

[☠northy]

@brigette go for it! i can't imagine i was the first to think of this in any event :)

[Ann H. LeFevre]

I like it when you branch out into color. What I think is interesting about this one is that I can see it being just as strong in black and white. Great shot!

[Ruby]

Love it!

[Allison]

Love the negative space and pop of colour....love this....fav!

[Katia]

Neat! And so much colour.. :P

[Bill Fenske]

Excellent high key, love the negative space too. Nice to see some color.

[Mac]

Terrific, befitting of a Northy venture into rainbows and unicorns.

[Simply Amanda]

Aw, this is sweet and sad and true. Love how they are broken and old. You did good here, friend. Fav. Awesome story shot.

[❀ Lynn]

Lovely. A story, yes, it tells it. (had to play with 6 words!)

[Lisa Pouncy]

Definitely a story rather than a caption. It tells is as it is and the shot does too. We have boxes of these half used, mucky crayons and all my babies are growed up now :o( xx