With a little chiaroscuro I was able to highlight the texture of a beautiful pear and a bounce of light from the shiny skin. I then used some tonal filtering in Photoshop to bring out the greens.

I entered this photo into a contest with the theme of monochromatic but was disqualified for the small bit of brown in the stem and the flaw in the fruit's skin, both of which I think only make the photo more interesting.

by Karen Lingua