Mini-Challenge #358: Here's Looking at You! RESULTS
Thank you all again for entering this "Here's Looking at You!" mini-challenge. As mentioned earlier, I think you all did a better job of finding photos for this theme than I did, partly because the eyes are much more visible in your entries. Having so many great entries made it challenging to judge this mini, so I took a little time. It was still hard! But here goes...
Honorable Mention
@slpollett Daughter and Cat
Both portraits of your beautiful daughter are quite striking. For this particular challenge, I am drawn to the portrait of your daughter holding Sugar and both making eye contact with you. Lovely capture!
Honorable Mention
@GSPeP Border Collie
While all three entries are a good fit for this theme, I am drawn to the picture of the border collie with the bright eyes and alert connection with you. To me, the slight tilt of the head suggests the dog is wondering what might be coming next?
3rd Place Tie
@bfluegie Shadow in Sun Room
The eye contact, lighting and composition all come together to make this photo very appealing to me.
@heatherfeather Girl Holding Leaf
Such a sweet portrait of the girl holding a leaf with her warm smile, eye contact and the overall composition. The warm colors also enhance this photo and suggest autumn even without the leaf.
2nd Place
@Cavalier Wally (who ruled the roost ...)
Love the lighting, Wally's connection with you, and the overall look of this capture!
1st Place
@sarasphotos What's up?
This is such a fun capture! I love the way the window frames the goat and its curious gaze. Great composition!
Sara, congratulations! Looking forward to seeing what you come up with for the next mini!
And thank you to all who entered this time! It was great to see your photos and to hear from you! Gretchen
Comments
Really fun mini! Thanks for the 2nd place and congrats to Sara for the win - a very special goatee!
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Great mini, Gretchen @sapphire73. I really enjoyed everyone's entries. Thanks for giving my photo of Shadow a tie for third place. Congrats to @sarasphotos for the win, and to all the other participants. I wouldn't have wanted to judge this one .
Great topic for a mini, Gretchen @sapphire73 and thanks so much for the unexpected win! Congrats to all of the other winners, all of which were great entries.
We're expecting dinner guests in an hour, so I'm a little tied up for the rest of the evening. I'll get a new mini up sometime tomorrow.
Congratulations everyone and @sarasphotos
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We were in the German Saarland and French Elzas and Vosges.
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Thank you for the HM and congrats to all the participants and winners for a great mini.
Sherry P.