Frozen Forest
by karmat

Comment by robcon:
very cool

Look, I Can Use a Spoon
by karmat

Comment by jjbeguin:
I'm not sure the profile view was the best choice. Also, from my own experience, spinach gives much better results.

Look, I Can Use a Spoon
by karmat

Comment by drewmedia:
Really funny photo. Great choice of angle. Less than great choice of border :)

Frozen Forest
by karmat

Comment by ChrisW123:
Hmm almost looks like just that one spot is frozen. Interesting.

New Year's Eve Watch Night Service
by karmat

Comment by Gracious:
Well...I liked this one right from the first time I saw it. The lighting is very well exposed Karma, and there are no overexposed, blown-out hot spots, yet there is still some detail visible within the shaded area. Very well done!
The background is appropriately black to provide good contrast. The symmetrycal composition works well here.
The only thing that needs work, is the glare near the peak of the roof. Although it couldn't be done for the challenge, it can be easily cloned out.
I like the way you framed the picture with a color from the image.
Nice job Karma. A lovely image!

Stranger in Candy Land
by karmat

Comment by Azrifel:
~~~~Critique Club Comment~~~~

Composition (content)
I think this is too "set up", the big black hole between the "Squares" and the "Chicklets" gives it away too much. Another angle, more from above might have given a better, more complete, less obvious view. The shelf suggestion of Indigo is a good one. Another interesting idea is to put it in a sea of M&M's and paint a M&M logo on the tomato. The red M&M color almost matches the tomato's.
The "Kisses" produced a lot of nasty glare and are very dominant in the image.
Good lighting, no nasty shadows.

Background
See composition.

Camera Work (Technical)
Good exposure, but the foreground is a bit soft. Was this from close by? If so, try to stand back and zoom in to create a larger field of focus (increase the DOF at F8). The focus is good.

Digital Processing (technical)
It looks a bit oversharpend to me, a lot of jaggies around the curves of the M&M's and all the letters on the packages in the background. Colors are very good.
The jpeg quality can be a level higher as you have some room for a higher filesize. Stronger compression enhances the sharpening jaggies.

My opinion
The concept has some interesting potential, but as it shows too much that it is a setup. I don't have problems with setups.

Look, I Can Use a Spoon
by karmat

Comment by Gekker:
not only funny but actually well taken.

Frozen Forest
by karmat

Comment by JamieWillmott:
Looks very cold.

Stranger in Candy Land
by karmat

Comment by indigo997:
I like the idea but do think that you tried to show too much. Taking the shot closer or from above and limiting the candy to those not in boxes might have helped. The tomato just doesn't stand out well enough. One tomato in a sea of kisses would stand out more (although that foil is tough to avoid reflections/glare on). Using something to contrast with the red color would help it pop out. Putting it in a more natural setting so that it isn't so "set up" would help too - like putting it on the shelf at the store between the snickers and kit kats or something. Tough lighting - do you try to diffuse it with some cloth?

Look, I Can Use a Spoon
by karmat

Comment by aussie:
That looks YUMMY!! Great photo and great capture. GL