It's orange and it's food, but...

[Mike Buckley]

It's orange and it's food but it's not an orange. It's a kiwano, also known as a horned melon and an African horned cucumber.

Setup Photo #1
The background and tabletop are a single sheet of vinyl that is pre-printed with a gradient. A small continuous-light lamp is on the right side. A polarizer filter controls glare.

Setup Photo #2
The background is the same sheet of vinyl used to make the first photo. A small continuous-light lamp on the right side fitted with a flag made of black matte aluminum foil prevents too much light from falling on the background. A polarizer filter controls glare.

[Shadowman]

Nicely captured, especially like the closeup.

[Black Pearl]

That second shot really captures the essence a very unusual fruit - love it.

[lovelife65]

awesome. second is fantastic.

[JBW]

#2 is very strange...I love it!

[Mike Buckley]

Thank you, everyone!

[Wavelength]

Just awesome

[bnnrcn]

Hi Mike I googled kiwano as I haven't heard such a fruit before. Inside of it seems super with its green color and seeds. So why not cutting it in half and taking some images which shows inside of it

I like the images above ,nice colors and the skin looks interesting.

[Mike Buckley]

Thank you to Nandakumar and Binnur!

Binnur: I'll definitely cut into the fruit but haven't gotten around to that because of priorities that have temporarily taken me away from my makeshift studio.

[rpcrowe]

I love #2...

I really expected to see a Twinkie in this posting

[Mike Buckley]

Thanks, Richard!

A third photo of the same kiwano is now displayed here.

[rpcrowe]

Nice composition... Do you eat seeds and all?

[Mike Buckley]

Do you eat seeds and all?

I don't know. I do know that some people suck the juice but I don't know anything beyond that, as I haven't researched it much.

[NorthernFocus]

That's an interesting looking fruit. Nice colors to photograph.