A daring photo here with that deadly looking knife too. This high contrast mono does seem to work although I am slightly surprised that it does. I do like to see the texture in the wood here. Well done.

Cheers. Herb

I'll take these comments as a "maybe" Herb..........I was aware that it wouldn't be to everyone's taste, but as you know, I like to experiment.

Thanks for taking the trouble to drop in and leave your well thought out comments. Much appreciated.

Du bist unter unseren Hobbyfotografenein wahrer Meister des Stilllebens lieber Keith,was dir immer so einfällt,deine Ideen sind immer vom Feinsten,auch diese Ananas Vorstellung mit dem Messer im Brett ist dir ganz toll gelungen und das Ergebnis ist spitze,hast du das Messer aufgehängt oder hast du einen anderen Trick verwendet,toll passt auch dieser Look :))

Wünsche noch einen schönen Abend,liebe Grüße Güni :))

Thank you for these lovely comments Güni............I'm glad you like this one........it was a bit of an experiment..!!

The point of the knife was actually pushed far enough into the wooden board so that it would stand upright.

Have a lovely evening my friend. Best wishes, Keith.

Beautiful b&w. Looks like a face-off between knife and pineapple; the trick is to keep out of the way once the battle is joined. The other mystery, for me, is how to assess whether the pineapple is ripe.

Thank you very much Steve............glad you like it. You're very kind.

According to the label on the pineapple, they are picked when ripe and once they are picked they stop ripening. So in theory, it should be OK to eat and any time after getting into it. I haven't tried yet!

Super Komposition. Ganz großes Kino.

Thank you so much for your visit and kind comments Klaus.

je hebt ze eervol behandelt

A wonderful image Keith I like the underexposed result I'm undecided about the rivets in the handle the bright cutting edge goes well with the tittle. Pineapples used to be a sign of wealth !!!
If you don't want to eat all of it you can freeze it

Stunning still-life.
Works very well in b/w.

Wenn ich Ananas wäre, würde mir jetzt schlecht werden. Sieht ja sehr martialisch aus! Ich hoffe, es ging schnell, daß die arme Frucht nicht leiden mußte! ;-)

Excellent monochrome!

Ouch! :))
But the photo is top and expressive! :)

Like this Keith also like the mono and high contrast.
Have a great weekend.
TOZ