You can capture the amazing detail in fruit slices without any specialist lighting kit – all you need is a sunny day. Any citrus fruit will work fine as a subject, but kiwi fruit is a great starting point because the seeds and radiating patterns provide extra points of interest. With this technique, you need to work quite quickly, or the fruit slice will dry out and lose its sheen.
If you find that the backlighting is a little flat, augment your fruit slice with a little front lighting. To do this, hold a small white card alongside the lens. This will bounce light back onto the surface of the kiwi. Varying the angle of the card will give different lighting effects across the surface.
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