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Animal - Eye Contact

Challenge #3 in the Life is Beautiful series. Hosted by Smoir16.

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In this challenge, post your best photo of an animal making direct eye contact with the lens. Any photos of an animal that is not looking directly at the lens will be disqualified. All types of animals are fine but please do not submit photos of people. I am looking for animals only. It is fine if the photo is cropped so only one eye is showing as long as eye contact is still being made. Macros and black and white photos are both welcome.

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Announced:

Wednesday, 17th February, 2016 (GMT)

Submissions:

Wednesday, 24th February, 2016 – Tuesday, 1st March, 2016 (GMT)

Voting:

Wednesday, 2nd March, 2016 – Tuesday, 8th March, 2016 (GMT)

Processing rules:

No HDR
No photos that are noticeably saturated
No watermarks or forms of identification

Capture date rules:

No restrictions.

Additional rules:

Please give your photo a title. Do not submit photos with an image number.
No statues, carvings, stuffed animals etc.
Living animals only

Maximum number of entries per user:

Maximum number of entries in challenge:

100

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Sample entries

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Challenge comments

Total comments: 2

Can you clarify on this a bit for animals with eyes on the sides of their head? Prey animals often have monocular vision, so a straight on profile shot (like the duck and chicken in the sample entries) means the animal is actually looking away from the lens, you need a side-profile shot to have the animal looking at the lens.

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Thanks for the question! I am being leniant with entries of that nature. In this challenge, I want the photo to appear as if the animal is looking directly at the lens.

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