Lighting here was from behind. I adjusted the gamma using Levels to show off the subtle boundaries of the juice sacs, which were barely visible in the original.
I guess to get a top score I should have squeezed the fruit and photographed a drop of juice coming off it. :) But seriously, I can't complain about a top 75 finish in a contest with so many entries!
Thanks to all who took time to vote and especially those who commented.
Mandarin orange, in it’s self I don’t think would have been a good subject, BUT in this micro challenge I think it works. A good point of your picture is that it is in focus and you did a good job of backlighting. However it seems flat with vary little variance in color. Over all a good shoot!
Good lighting to get the background so uniform. Lighting from behind the mandarin would have made it a more attractive colour, bright. Alternatively you could change it in post processing.
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