Almost Sinfully Good.
by Lydia

Comment:
This is an attractive setup, well-lighted and photographed. I especially like the choice of plate and how it fades into the background. However, the angle and relatively large DOF make it a bit too flat. The cropping could be quite a bit tighter, especially on the left.

minute on the lips... life time on the hips...
by Giles

Comment:
This is an attractive presentation and the lighting, focus and colors are good. However, I think the cropping is far too wide. I don't feel like you need to include all four corners of the plate, all four extra raspberries and all the cocoa powder, or even the whole dessert. Also, the depth of the fork compared to the DOF makes the tip disappear into blurriness and that looks a little strange.

Greecian Baked Cheesecake
by hotpasta

Comment:
This is a beautiful set-up and nicely photographed, but I think there's too much in the frame and the main subject ends up looking too small.

New York Cheesecake With Fresh Raspberries
by Cuttooth

Comment:
Nice lighting, focus and color balance. In judging this challenge I don't ask "Does this photo make me want to eat this?" -- I ask "Would I want to hang this on my wall?" This is good technically and might be a good photo for a foodie magazine, but it isn't that exciting for an artistic photo. I feel there are too many elements in the photograph (cheesecake and more cheesecake, a cup and another cup) and the background elements demand too much attention.

little tarts
by bobcc

Comment:
The subject is well lit and focus is crisp. Your dessert looks delicious but in judging this challenge I don't ask "Does this photo make me want to eat this?" I ask "Would I want to hang this on my wall?" This is good technically and would be a good photo for illustrating your dessert in a menu or cookbook, but the presentation is plain and it isn't that exciting for an artistic photo. A much tighter crop would make it more intriguing (most of the berry tart, and just parts of the other two).

Naughty Delight.
by power47

Comment:
The cupcake frosting is too close to the color of the skin and it takes a while to see that it's there (and not just because of the pretty model!) Since the model is looking to our left, all the space on the right is unneeded and the bright white spots there are a little distracting. Good focus and lighting.

The Loch Ness Pastry Monster
by wejna

Comment:
In judging this challenge I don't ask "Does this photo make me want to eat this?" I ask "Would I want to hang this on my wall?" Other than some weaknesses this is good technically and would be a good photo for illustrating your dessert in a menu or cookbook, but it isn't that exciting for an artistic photo. It could be cropped tighter since the eye moves between the "monster" and the tip and bowl of the spoon and there's extra space that is unused. Also, the plate is a little dark as a backdrop for the dark chocolate.

Berries for my sweetheart
by gpuretic

Comment:
This has great colors and color balance and ranks fairly high on my list. I really like the tilted perspective instead of the straight upright composition which is common in this challenge. The ribbon adds a lot of excitement and the subject is crystal clear. The only thing I'd change is having a tighter cropping to eliminate the less-interesting parts of the image (much of the blue above and to the side of the berries and the base of the glass).

fresh blueberries
by skewsme

Comment:
This is one of my favorites! I love the colors and the creative use of abstraction compared to other entries in this challenge. Normally I don't go for the "abstraction by blurriness" technique but you use it to good effect here. The overlap of shadows makes an interesting combination of intermediate colors.

Chocolate Tuxedo Cake
by vawendy

Comment:
This is a very good entry. I love how the fork leads the eye into the dessert and the color of the plate is only slightly darker than the background so as not to distract from the main subject. The cropping choice is excellent and the little extra space at the top gives room for the converging lines of the rolls to lead away.