Breakfast

This photograph is a study in false perspective. The subject is a peeled orange. My hope is that the first impression the viewer has is of a subject sitting on the floor within a few feet of a door of some kind with light shining through and under. In fact, there are two sources of light that are separated by a distance of about 8 feet. The main light source is the morning sun coming through the kitchen window (roughly 8 feet from the subject). The second source (the bright spot at left-center) is only a few inches from the subject. It is a reflection being thrown by the beveled front of the stove. That these two light sources seem to combine into a single plane of existence is a remarkable illusion in my opinion. Other aspects of composition took a back seat to this effect and in retrospect I would have liked to have had just touch of fill lighting. Perhaps even a small bounce card of come kind throwing some of the sunlight onto the unlit part of the subject.

Aperture: 2.8
Exposure: 1/2,000
ISO: 100