I shot this with a gray and blue background, I went with this. I may get some dings from people who don't think this fits "candy", but I hope it does well.
CS3 Proc: Heal and cloned out some hot reflections. Adjust hue/sat, Selective color, adjust cone (brightnes, levels, contrast). USM, Resize, USM, neat image, save for web
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I'm not partial to candy sprinkles, but my God that ice cream looks tasty. Excellent food photography, and the choice of color for the background is a perfect color for the theme, though the backdrop gets a bit dark at the top. Great clarity, lighting, and melt control! :-)
Great capture, looks very yummy. IMO the brightness/contrast could have been kicked up a touch. Second time viewing it and I'm gonna kick it up a notch higher on the score board :) nice work!!
very good details on the cone - the lighting is great on the bottom of the cone but seems not as even on the ice cream itself - and the colors seem just a bit too vibrant