I was trying to get a sense of tension between the apple and the knife. I used a single light with a kleenex diffuser off to the right (florescent, probably not a good idea in hindsight, the apple seems a bit too orange).
Just a simple little set-up in my kitchen.
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i feel the apple's concern, which i would think isn't easy to acheive. but as you needed to zoom in to acheive this, i feel the composition suffers because for me the form is incomplete without the full knife.