Strawberry- Banana Cream Puddingby
neenee1999Comment by Skip: This is a tough challenge to vote. I'm torn between "what are
you trying to do here" and "what do
I expect here". Further complicating matters is the question "what would I do here".
What I would expect would be a technically strong piece of eye-candy that would present the dessert in a way that I would want to at least sample it, if not order it. Along these lines I'm looking at technicals: backgrounds, distracting elements, exposure, sharpness. I'm also looking for creativity, imagination, and originality, which can make up for less than perfect technicals.
So, where does this leave me with your image?
Nice idea, but that serving spoon absolutely robs the background. A simple wooden spoon with no handle would have been ok, but as is, the contrast of the black comes across the same way a telephone pole does coming out of someone's head in a portrait. Without the spoon, and maybe with a squarer crop, I think you'd have a much stronger image.
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