There were too many great photos in this challenge, but that's exactly what we want to see. Thank you all for participating and hopefully we'll get even more in the next challenge.
Bruce Clark: masked, hollow eyes, good shot, it lets you imagination go. Pretty cool with the "bokeh" eyes.
Arjay Bee: excellent insect shot, focused so perfectly on the eyes, nice job. And the other "smile" shot is a killer candid!
Vaskebjorn: Larry the Lizard, I would have never guessed it was through a glass. Larry is giving you the eye, and it's nice and focused, with a beautiful bokeh behind him.
i_trax: Lily certainly has big wide open beautiful eyes, something really had her attention. Excellent job for 1/10 second, she really was interested in something.
devouges: Superb owl photo, straight on look with both eyes, I think he was looking at you as possible prey.
atupdate: Moe is a good sport for putting up with that, nicely done, it's hard to to shoot those black eyes on a black dog, even if they aren't wearing glasses.
dave2k: I agree that is an interesting color, but nature is often surprising with eye colors. Our cat Fester's eye seem to change color depending on the light, our other cat Emmie's don't. This is a great unusual angle on this bird too.
tessfully: What a great portrait of Tripper Dawg, beautiful eyes, so well exposed, I assume it's snow in the background. I know this is an eye challenge, but I can't help but liking the little water droplets on the chin.
jchorst: What a killer shot, not much to say, it's just great! That's a treasure that should be framed.
captainhook1969: Lady Bird's eye is nicely in focus, which draws you right to the eye.
Tamia: Wow, the snapper has some interesting eyes, part of the whole natural camouflage I assume. How big was she, I've seen them where the head was golf ball size to bigger than a baseball, that's a big scary turtle. Great photo!
slowpez: What beautiful eyes the lion has, such a nice crisp photo, I like your framing or cropping composition to really accentuate the eyes.
charliezap: Those beautiful eyes really stand out on the black cat, which really stands out in the snow. Beautiful photo, I love the composition.
sealonsf: Quite a few eyes in this urban art, but the third eye on the man is interesting.
bluestringer: Fabulous detail on this colorful dragonfly. Those eyes are really sharp. Great job in getting that close, with those eyes I'm sure the dragonfly saw you coming.
amontilado65: You never know what you may find in the woods. Nice job of framing the eye through the branches.
fstop18: Cute stuff, looks like she may be imitating you!
Sqideyes: Those eyes really stand out, perfect use of the natural light. Is that a photo pose, or a "not again" glare?
djb47: Someone had to do it! Thanks
SpecialK: That's what I call a steely eyed stare, or brass. Nicely done
Rense: That is so sharp it looks like it's walking off the screen. Those eyes are piercing.
photolady95: great timing, by the intense look in the eyes and body languge, this hawk is about to attack the next meal.
eva: Beautiful eyes of a beauty, great shot
geomez: Great shot, the focus on the eye and and shallow dof really works here. I like it better looking at it full size on Flickr.
Ychemerys:That really a creative self portrait and really shows the eyes off well, good stuff.
jacamar: I didn't expect anyone to do this one, but I'm glad you did, very well done, nice details in theat wing.
Hattifnatt: That is one tiny cat or one huge mousepad, but the cat has some big beautiful eyes! Really sharp too, well done.
rod_grant: Cool dude indeed, Now that's attitude!
Bill E Z: That's cool also, interesting eyes there.
noelcmn: Great photo, a really different look than we are used to of a zebra. I think the zebra can see you over his shoulder, nice job on that eye, and look at those eyelashes! Great Bokeh too.
Will in Seattle: That is a priceless shot!
garethjmorgan: Interesting art and I can see how the colors and eyes drew your eyes to it.
Aslyfox: Owls have incredible looking eyes and to get a reflection of the a building in the pupil is a nice bonus.
This is one of the better challenges I have seen as far as quality, outstanding job to all of you! but I have to choose a winner....
The Winning photo is the Boy Looking though Mail Slot photo by
Will in Seattle. The creativity of the photo is great, and the attraction of the eyes nailed the theme. Will, you are up to present the next challenge with a topic of your choice.
Honorable mention in no particular order goes to Hattifnatt, Ychemerys, geomez, tessfully, jchorst, and Tamia who also get the bravery award.