Thanks Penny and Rod. I hope to clean this up a bit tonight - not happy with the burn of the background - jpeg very different from original. Might try a different crop here too.
-- angioman
I'm not keen on cropping picys into existence but a virtical crop to just right of the packet & just left of the sweets makes this work a lot better for me. Nicely done Kurt.
Interesting idea for a shot Kurt and carried out pretty nicely. This is a tough shoot though. I think the image would look better if it was captured before the candies (minus the brown ones) hit and seemingly start to stick to the boy (your son perhaps?) and I know that would be difficult to get. Your model seems to be sweating, which doesn't flatter much and doesn't help with the flash (which seems a little strong) reflecting off his skin. Ultimately, for me anyway; there is so much going on that color doesn't strongly come to mind when looking at this. Maybe a tighter shot with just the bag, candy and mouth. Of course others may see this entirely different from me :-)
~Brent