Knobbly Heirloom Gourd Stalk

A knobbly heirloom gourd fills the frame with its curved stalk arcing across the foreground. The image is rendered in black-and-white with side lighting that brings out the speckled ridges on the stalk and the bulbous, bumpy texture of the rind. Small white flecks dot the stalk and the rind forms tight, rounded lobes across the surface.