I like it as an idea, and it's very nearly there, but the off white vertical perspex is ruining it for me slightly.
You could try bleaching it, or something similar, in PP.
That was the problem Mark, you over whiten the perspex sheet and you lose the reflection, you get a great reflection in the white and you lose the reflection on the black, you just have to balance it so you can get a reflection on both.
Dave
I get the idea but it seems slightly off to the right to me. The brown and white pencils protrude too far into the picture compared to the others.
I like the idea and you've nearly carried out! ... I think to make the shot work as it could, you need the pencils vertical and definitely get the reflections working! ... The whole shot could do with a contrast boost! but I do like the idea and I've not seen it before, so nice try All IMHO of course
Thanks Splog, er ..... Lucy...... er.....
Very good, I also think that this would work very well without the pencils just black and white.