Citrus Drink
by MaYz

Comment:
cool. nice composition and crazy capture of the fly! love the stark color scheme! 10--amitchell

A Long and 'Rinding' Road
by chrisab

Comment:
this is way cool. i like the way the colors tie in together, not to mention the creativity of the shot in general! very nice job! 10 for you!--amitchell

Pomecornate
by Gotcha

Comment:
cool! i wanted to do a pomegranate, but we cant get them here this time of year! very creative! 9--amitchell

And The Winner, By A Knock-Out ......
by vestanpance

Comment:
hehe, made me laugh! very creative. nice composition, too! 8--amitchell

Forbidden Fruit
by jmsetzler

Comment:
John---You Rock!!! you gotta let me save some room for other people in my favorites! ;)

Forbidden Fruit
by jmsetzler

Comment:
just awesome. the lighting is perfect, the background is perfect--the contrast of the apple to the skin and background is perfect. i have to give you a 10 'cause i can't give anything higher!--amitchell

Lemon slices and .....an ant!
by Jean

Comment:
for some reason, this really cracks me up! i feel like i am looking at some surreal picture of lemons orbiting our planet! and the ant---well, just makes it that much more interesting! nice job! 9--amitchell

Disap-pear-ing
by Remie

Comment:
nice! great composition and subject! 9--amitchell

KiwiBerry
by Chilly0999

Comment:
Composition/Content: I am quite fond of fruit macros for some reason! I rated it high during the challenge. I like the way the lines and curves work together, but the most striking thing about this photo is the contrast of colors. The colors work nicely together, but the main problem I have is the focus of the berry. To me, it is as much the subject of this photo as the kiwi, so should share the focus. Right now it seems to be less of a focal point and more of just a contrasting object in the frame.

Background/lighting:

The white background works well here, although the lighting seems off on the berry. My eyes are drawn to the right side of the kiwi where the light hits it, but then flow over to the berry, where it just sort of fades. Maybe a secondary light would have been nice here.

Overall, I like this. I know with my fruit macros, I have to take many pics with many different angles to get the right focus and composition. I think the most important thing with something like this is the focus--perhaps playing around with getting closer w/ less zoom and vice versa. Keep in mind that I am NOT saying that everything in the frame should be in focus--just the focal point! :) For example, given the way you cropped the shot, you might have started the focus in the front corner and let the DOF fade into the background. Or maybe just incorporated more than just the left edge of the berry---bringing more of the berry's texture into view. Just food for thought! ;)

Spider Apples
by Manic

Comment:
i like this! the foggy background ties in nicely with the spiderweb--8--amitchell