Project 365: Eyes

This was a fun challenge for the week.  At first I found that I couldn't quite get the focus right on the eye--it would usually fall to the eyelashes instead.  So I practiced a lot this week and finally nailed the focus--in most cases by closing down my aperture a little more.  It was particularly difficult to get the focus right where I wanted it in the pictures of myself, since I was actually taking those pictures just hand-holding my camera.  You can even look closely and see in the catchlights the image of my arms holding out my camera with its strap dangling as I actually snapped the picture.  It's always fun to look in the catchlights of eyes and see what else you can learn about the room and what was going on during that picture.  Some of these shots are especially fun because the eyes show so much emotion like in the kids' pictures.  This was definitely a fun week.  I got so many good pictures that I really loved and wish I could share more, but here are the ones I posted on ILP for the challenge.