Gourd in monochrome

Brilliant. I absolutely love it. Would you be willing to give some detail, like lighting and lens?

I'm normally not a fan of food in black and white but this absolutely works.

Thanks Ellen. Nothing fancy. Raw capture makes it easy to calibrate the white balance, and since it's a still, long exposures with tight apertures are no problem. The setup is really simple:

Interesting subject. I'd have cropped the stem 1/3 way from top.

Nice.

Well, I could have followed the rule of thirds...in fact I did, and I like this version better. Thanks for comments.

Really cool pic that works well in mono. well done

Thanks bbs.

I like it!

Thanks 007.