An apple a day. An exercise with one light.

I've done few still lifes and wanted to explore the use of one light

and reflectors. I kept it purposely simple to see the effects.

Comments welcome.

I don't know if the reflection in knife was part of the purpose. I personally would like to see the apple moved down and right to position itself in a rule of third power point. The one hot spot on apple is overpowering when I look at the entire image so I would tone down the flash. The dark background is very dramatic and clean. I think you're on to something, just needs reworked. Ilona Wellman was queen of this sort of thing. Here is a link to her work:

http://www.photo.net/photodb/member-photos?include=all&photo_id=1594479

Karen, Thanks for the comment. Its rare to get constructive critiques these days. Yes, the refle3ction on the knife was on purpose. I should however spent a little time cleaning it up and polishing it. I tried moving the image down and to the right, but with the knife it took on a more stagnant look. I was really having trouble with the hot spot, I even considered coating the apple with a non glossy lacquer. I'll have to work it over with PS. I checked out Ms. Wellman's images, very impressive. She also seems to like those black backgrounds.

Thanks again, Peter