I'm with J, I like this one better than the other, wish you've gotten closer though. Also, wish you've focused on the pepper, it's seems the focus is a bit behind it.
I like this shot the best of the two - didn't like the brick background on the other picy. With this image, it appears the cam focused more to the left of the pepper as the pepper doesn't seem quite in focus. I do like that the light was diffused on this shot. jano