Macro Pencil -- Day 62

Today's theme is "Sharp." I thought, "hmm what is sharp besides a knife or scissors?" Ah ha, a pencil. But I've already featured pencils two other times in the last 62 days, so I wanted a new way of portraying a pencil. I've been wanting to try out the reverse lens macro technique and this was the perfect subject. Now you know what sharpened pencil lead really looks like.
I really like this effect and I think I need to get myself a reverse lens adapter, cause holding my lens backward in front of my camera sensor and adjusting focus (by moving my subject closer or further from the lens) while also trying to not shake the camera on the tripod or move the lens too much and pushing the button wasn't exactly the easiest thing in the world to do. :) This is a combinations of two images, by the way. My depth of field was so narrow I couldn't even get the whole lead tip in focus at the same time. I had to focus on thinnest part first and then the thicker base and combine the focus of both images. I really like how this image turned out!