Crop, Contrast, USM. Cleaned up spots. Also cleaned up the black background.
This was a 20 second exposure where I gave the pepper 10 seconds on one setting, slipped a black paper in front of the lens, set the zoom lens farther away and withdrew the paper for another (approximate) 10 seconds. I used a flashlight intermittently for lighting.
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Nicely done. Does a double exposure fit for a challenge that was for long exposure??? Good composition ad great colors. Great food shot for art or calender. Well done and good luck in this challenge. <7>
Perfect! I predict a ribbon without even looking at all challenge entries. I'd be curious to know if this was done by changing the zoom, or by moving the camera.