Mmmmm.... Lunch
by bmatt17

Comment by ElGordo:
What a great smile!! A bit sharper focus would be nice. 6

Mmmmm.... Lunch
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Comment by Tiberius:
Good ideea. Not very sharp though. Using a faster speed and freeze the tongue would have been great ( if the light allowed you!!!)

Mmmmm.... Lunch
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Comment by MrAkamai:
Background is quite distracting and focus seems to be off somewhat. The tongue is very blurry.

Mmmmm.... Lunch
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Comment by nborton:
interesting perspective. the mouth looks a lot like a snake in some ways.

Mmmmm.... Lunch
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Comment by Skip:
ay-yi-yi! i think i'd like it more without the tongue (or with the tongue in focus).

Mmmmm.... Lunch
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Comment by Dr.Confuser:
Love the picture. Lose the tongue.

Moonlit Night
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Comment by TechnoShroom:
Very interesting idea but I think it could have been executed better. How, I'm not exactly sure.

Mmmmm.... Lunch
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Comment by annasense:
Quite creepy, let's just hope this is your pet. ;) The eyes are so interesting, I want to turn and run, but they almost look like they're teasing me. I really like this one, even though the tongue's blurry, that just makes it more active... like it's hungry and about to attack. Great shot.

Mmmmm.... Lunch
by bmatt17

Comment by vtruan:
Nice tongue.

Back from the Candy Store
by bmatt17

Comment by graphicfunk:
From the critique club:
This is a cute picture with more a personal feel. It is well composed in so far as the general position. However, it is not the best for the challenge because the chocolate does not have a prominent role. It is acceptable to downplay the chocolate if the rest of the comp makes up for it.

Like I said this is a likable picture and one that the family and friends would be happy to look and enjoy. What follows is merely a suggestion on how to add a little more interest and make it more of a contender.

You opted for a studio-like background and this is okay, however, I would have decreased the dof to blur the backdrop a bit. Second, The shinny top creates an immediate problem because it will hog most of the light. So the general rule is: use bounced light for shinny objects instead of direct.

Next: the chocolate. If you want to keep the identical cropping than have the cute boy look at the chocolate instead of into the camera. Now, to add even more interest, I would have stayed with just brown chocolate and smeared a fair amount around his mouth. Of course, a tighter crop would have added more interest because it would bring the chocolate closer to the viewer.

I know just how these things happen. You state your idea and your models gets dressed and then you play with the viewfinder and somehow you decide to include more and more into the picture. After all, the outfit is so attractive, why not include more of it. Well, this is the temptation the photographer faces. There is always the natural impulse to include more at the cost of the main interest of the composition.

To conclude: Like I said, these are merely suggestions. The picture has enough value to stand as is. You seem to have the talent to pull a composition together. You just need to keep more focus on the subject in order to exploit its meaning.