Oh, the memories!

Love the ruler with the built in compass holes

your subject is oof. perhaps try reshooting, and use a manual focus to get the pencils clearly in view.

Thanks for the advice and I completely agree...I didn't even realize how out of focus they really were.

Looks like artillery ready to fire. Next time be carefull with the focus, this had potential.

i think there needs to be a point of focus somewhere closer to the viewer. as it is, it seems the only thing in focus is the box.

Nothing is really in focus.