i love looking at this photo and oddly enough it kinda makes me hungry for an apple lol, anyway the lighting is very nice i think possibaly elimanating or softening the shadow on the bottom left of the apple would have helped make the apple stand out a bit more in this. maybe the use of a reflector would have helped. either way very nice. i think for me i would have liked to see more of the basket on the left side, being a bit more direct with the rule of thirds and putting the title a bit more out there. very nice work!
A technical success, it's less than successful in an artistic sense. DOF control is on the edge of being good and the lighting isn't over done creating blooms. The subject is less than interesting. Perhaps a different background with a slightly different angle would have helped. A little more thought and better framing would have brought the rating higher.
I really like this picture! I like how there is a contrast between the red of the apple and the silvery color of the tacks. It makes the tacks look almost like crystal! :D The only thing I would have done differently was maybe have had a black background, but as it is, the gray works fine.