Reflection
Thank you to all who have commented and left congratulations for winning the Eyes Have It “Black and White Eyes” competition!
(This image has also had the honor of being featured on the homepage of Redbubble)

Reflection belongs to the following groups:
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Jess Andrews
Absolutely stunning…
Judith Oppenhe...
amazing
Paul (Quixote)...
Deep eyes. Excellent capture
emapearl
this is SO BEAUTFUL! stunning eyes :)
arawak
lovely portrait
Micah Sampson
i don’t even know what to say. perfect capture!
vonnie1989
This is an amazing shot, one of the best!
Craig Hender
Amazing eyes, beautiful image.
George Lenz
great shot… it says a lot….
Robin D. Overacre
this looks like a national geographic. nice work
Rachel Leigh
Thank you everyone… I appreciate your comments!
Michael Rowley...
outstanding etes,brilliant work.
Jamie Lee
Beautiful portrait
Olga
Stunning eyes and expression! Children are so precious…!
ScaryTinkles
what pretty eyes =]. love the angle
ElegantSavage
Absolutely fabulous.
imageworld
love the stunning clarity of this photo, great portrait & well composed
Ginny Schmidt
You could drown in those eyes, couldn’t you just.
Alyson Pearson
gorgeous!
micmac
Perfection…
Andy73
Wow, this is perfect…Love everything about this!
Rachel Leigh
Thank you for the wonderful comments, I appreciate all of them!
Mark Gardner
totally captivating :-)
Jodie Carruthers
Amazing eyes
KarDanCreations
very captivating
nic78
I love her eyes!
Tracey Bransfield
Beautiful image… wish I had those captivating eye’s.
Ann Garrett
Such beautiful eyes
Jeremy Harrington
this is a fantastic portrait.. those eyes are stunning
Douzy
How gorgeous is she!! Well done for capturing her so well.
Mariska
wonderful image ….gorgeous eyes
JessieP
Wow..!
Dennis Rubin IPA
Super portrait, great eyes, RL!
Rachel Leigh replied
Thank you Dennis!
Trace Lowe
Stunning work!
Rachel Leigh replied
Thank you Trace, I appreciate the comment!
Irish
BEAUTIFUL!
Jen Cannella
Simply stunning!
Rachel Leigh replied
Thank you Jen!
waitin' for ra...
amazing portrait !
Rachel Leigh replied
Thank you Stran9e :)
Elizabeth Duncan
what lovely eyes great use of light
Rachel Leigh replied
Thank you Elizabeth!
mandi andreasen
very beautiful!
AnGeLLe
These eyes omg. Just beautiful.
Emma and Dave ...
Stunning photograph, and what a model! Beautiful eyes. A perfect portrait!
caryj58
This is everything I look for in a true portrait; mystery, deep, soulful, a true person exposed, a person you want to meet and in fact felt that on some level you already know.
Excellent, beautiful shot.
coffeetea
Excellent ! bw photo. Congrats for the homepage !!
Joanne Bradley
Beautiful child! Great portrait! Mesmerizing eyes! Congrats on making homepage!
Mandy Fell
fabulous shot the eyes are amazing
bettyboop
What a beautiful child, and photograph
David Harris
Stunning eyes!! Great capture!!
Jo Conlon
All agreed, the eyes are just divine very beautiful subject and equally beautiful photo :)
Rachel Leigh replied
Thank you so much for your comment on my photo! I am glad you enjoyed it.
Matt Halls
Just beautiful…incredible portrait
Marion Cullen
Congratulations on making home page, such an incredible work. Those eyes are simply mesmerising.
Rachel Leigh replied
Thank you for the congrats and the comment on this photo, very kind of you!
Angi Baker
Stunning portrait and some gorgeous eyes…WOW!
ieva andersone
skin looks completly soft and milky.
Irish
PERFECT
RebeccaT
Amazing Gaze. I love this portrait!
CameraObsessed
What an amazingly beautiful portrait. Just glorious.
Eyal Nahmias
What a piercing stare. Extremely powerful capture. A well deserved image to be on the home page, congrats… :-)
Rachel Leigh replied
Thank you Eyal, I appreciate your comment!
Dave Warren
Stunning!
inspiration
That is awesome
SkyFox
This is one of those image you know an artist for – the image you dont forget and easily recognize as a particular artists images – absolutely perfect!
Rachel Leigh replied
Thank you Sky for the lovely comment… how sweet of you!
Carol Lirette
excellent capture!
Matthew Reed
Just awesome… so expressive…. just, cool!
Erick67
This is just stunning. I love the eye’s and the b/w here is excellent.
evex8x8
Marvelous work. :0)
sanne
wow this is one of the best I have seen insite here ..it is like she is really looking at me…so perfect
Rachel Leigh replied
Sanne, thank you for your comment… I have the same feeling when she poses for me as though she sees through the camera. I apprecated your thoughts on this photo!
calam19
What a stunnin shot!....makes u want to just keep lookin at it
jaywalker
That stare. I just feel compelled to give her something. If she asked me for the shirt off my back, she’d have it. Incredible shot.
Rachel Leigh replied
Thank you very much for your thoughts on this photo,... I thought your comment was cute and kind!
PPPhotoArt
what a superb portrait, beautiful child!!! congrats on the home page!!!!
ccproductions
cant stop staring at this – such wonderful shades and those eyes are so captivating – great job!
Emily Allison
AMAZING photograph!!!
Marita McVeigh
just wonderful!
John Violet
So simple and so lovely
nvcreations
She is so innocent and so beautiful! Just tell her, we love her so much. I think she is a very sensitive and deeply thinking girl. Lovely. I love both of her photos very much.
Rachel Leigh replied
Thank you , she is very sensitive and a deep thinker so i am glad that it shows through in her photos. I appreciate your time in commenting on this photo!
LoveMy7Cs
What an amazing shot. This is so sweet. So minimally perfect.
screamqueen
cute
Catherine Beales
simply stunning!
Rany Lutz
Amazing eyes….well shot!!
Lindsey W
this is absolutlyyyy gorgeous! the eyes are amazing, such an emotional shot- if i could favorite it more than once, i would.
Rachel Leigh replied
Thank you, I am do glad you enjoy this photo.. it is one of my favorites of her. Thank you for your comment!
Rachel Leigh
Thank you for everyone’s comments, most of the following will just be individual thank yous… I appreciate the privilege of being on the homepage.. it was exciting!
Mariaan Krog
She’s a beauty!
katt471
stunning!
Rachel Leigh replied
Thank you Katt!
mmills3080
beautiful!
Rachel Leigh replied
Thank you!
inge
i like it !! :)
Rachel Leigh replied
Thank you inge!
RavenSoul
She has BEAUTIFUL eyes
Rachel Leigh replied
Yes, she is a great model to shoot… hard to take a bad photo of her. Thank you for your comment!
Rachel Leigh
Yes, she is a great model to shoot… hard to take a bad photo of her. Thank you for your comment!
Steve Chapple
Simply stunning!
“If you’re photographing in color you show the color of their clothes – if you use black and white, you will show the color of their soul.” Ted Grant
Rachel Leigh replied
I just realized when I replied to you months ago that i did not hit the “reply” button… so wanted to correct that mistake :)
Thank you, she is very soulful, isn’t she? I wish I could do her more justice but… it’s something. Thank you for your comment :)
Rachel Leigh
Thank you, she is very soulful, isn’t she? I wish I could do her more justice but… it’s something. Thank you for your comment :)
david malcolmson
An exceptionally fine natural light portrait, Rachel, and you have a great young model – what striking eyes.
Rachel Leigh
Thank you very much David.
lisagerken
This defeintely is all about the eyes on this girl! Did you edit these eyes at all ….Geeze! This is awesome!
Rachel Leigh replied
Thank you Lisa, i did general editing on this photo. She has very photogenic eyes, love to photograph her. Thank you for your comment!
Ginger Barritt
Look at that childs eyes!!!!!!! Stunning.
Rachel Leigh replied
Thank you Ginger!
Sheila Pasket
stunning image…here eyes just speak volumes. great work
NathanLobert
stunning eyes great shot
Rachel Leigh replied
thank you!
NAPaul
brilliant photo, fantastic capture
Rachel Leigh replied
thank you napaul!
kellyjomitchell
this little girl is stunning and you havecaptured her sparkle beautifully…soulful is the description that comes to mind
Rachel Leigh replied
Thank you Kelly! She gets compliments everywhere she goes on her eyes so not much credit to me for her grat photos, ha… but thank you!
Megan Dacy
Wow, this is a gorgeous portrait.
Rachel Leigh replied
Thank you so much Megan!
Angel Warda
wow….this is so stunning! Those eyes are truly amazing! Wonderful Portrait!
Rachel Leigh replied
Thank you Angel, she takes all the work out :)
Mahjabeen Mankani
BEAUTIFUL! great work!!
Rachel Leigh replied
thank you so much Mahjabeen!
Miri
stunning shot, she sort of demands the truth!
Rachel Leigh replied
Yes, she is a very insightful little girl… annoyingly so sometimes, haha :)
Thank you Miri!
Squealia
It’s those eyes again, awesome
Mark Chapman
Wow great shot
alexa70
Absolutely Beautiful !! Gorgeous eyes !!!
Hollie Nass
Aww, so beautiful!!
Jennifer Potter
What can I say , that hasn’t already been said!! I love this!! : )
Rachel Leigh replied
thank you :)
Gary Reaves
phenomenal…
Rachel Leigh replied
thank you gary!
Karin Taylor
an amazing portrait!
Rachel Leigh replied
Thank you Karin :)
djteece
Oh my! Those eyes – the expression. A great shot!
Rachel Leigh replied
Thanks DJ!
Minka Bleakley
Beautiful portrait, I love the eyes
Rachel Leigh replied
Thank you Minka!
Jody Johnson
even more lovely in in B&W…..nicely done.
Rachel Leigh replied
Thank you Jody!
michael byerley
beautiful eyes.great shot.
Rachel Leigh replied
Thanks Michael :)
Mariann Kovats
Congrats on being featured! Those eyes are just amazing! You captured it well! Fantastic in b&w!
Rachel Leigh replied
Thank you Mariann for your nonstop support :) Love ya!
Mariann Kovats
This is because you are posting and featured non-stop. I can not help it! love ya too!
Mariann Kovats
I meant to add “awesome work”, I wonder if you can add it to my comment before posting! Hahah!
Rachel Leigh replied
haha :)
Rosina Lamberti
wonderful capture,love the tones
Rachel Leigh replied
Thank you Rosina!
chen cohen
pure, lovely, beautiful…. so charming!!!!
Rachel Leigh replied
Thank you Chen :)
Geoffrey Dunn
Beautifully deep capture on the eyes – really nice work (in case you read this far down :-) )
Rachel Leigh replied
Aww Geoffrey… I always read comments :) Thank you so much for yours!!
LudaNayvelt
wow, this is awesome
Rachel Leigh replied
Thank you Luda :)
Rosina Lamberti
Congratulations on winning the eyes have it group challenge
cheers rosina
Rachel Leigh replied
Thank you Rosina!!
Nicole Goggins
congrats on winning! beautiful shot!
geoff curtis
It’s all been said…....fantastic shot.
Macky
Congrats, great job!!!
Sharon House
Absolutely beautiful. Well done and congratulations
Andrew Hogan-...
very nice
Jodie Carruthers
Congrats! Gorgeous shot – love it
Dayonda
Congratulations on having your work win in The Eyes Have It competition!
Yes, these eyes do “have it”—wonderful, beautiful eyes.
Lyn Evans
Congratulations on your fantastic shot winning the challenge. Brilliant!
amarica
Congratulaions Rachel! Well deserved win!!!!!!!!!!!!
Roz McQuillan
Beautiful picture – congrats!
NautilusBlue
Beautiful, Congratulatuons
KENDALL EUTEMEY
Hi Rachel. This is a magnificent shot. The eyes definitely do have it!
Madeleine Fors...
Congratulations to the win Rachel!
It´s a beautiful image!
Well done. :)
Squealia
Congrats, my vote :O)
David ( Cheech...
congrats Rachel :) awesome work and well done
Carole Russell
Well done Rachel for winning the challenge – beautiful
aila
Brilliant shot!Congratulations on winning.
mlgkats
congrats for your win, and this is amazing and great b&w and very beautiful eyes
Mahjabeen Mankani
stunning beauty! congrats!
LisaR
Fantastic shot!
Dave Lloyd
Beautiful image and congratulations !!
linifer
wonderful image!!! congrats!!!! :)
flipteez
Gimmie 10 minutes to pick my jaw up off the ground :-)
Talent to the empth degree XXXX
Rachel Leigh replied
Thank you Flip! So sweet of you… hope this finds you well :)
Keeli
Congratulations on your win, well done!
LudaNayvelt
congrats, I am glad that I was voting for the winner
CheriesArt
Gorgeous!! Congratz!
KazM
Congrats on winning the The Eyes Have It challenge.
Well deserved acolade for a brilliant shot
Secretwomen
Congratulations on your win :)
Mariann Kovats
Awesome! Congratulations on your win, Rachel! this is a precious picture! beautiful eyes! I love it! :)
Rachel Leigh
Thank you so much to all of you for your comments and congratulations!
L K Southward
wow beautiful!
van049
Congratulations; the child is beautiful!
Glitter
congratulations!
stunning work!
Eyal Nahmias
Congrats on winning the challenge. This image is captivating beautiful and mesmerizing. I’m really happy for you. :-)
Rachel Leigh replied
Thank you so much Eyal! :)
Glenna Walker
Congratulations on winning the challenge in The Eyes Have It…such beautiful gazing eyes…well deserved…so awesome!!!!!!!
Rachel Leigh replied
Thank you Glenna :) Your comment is very appreciated!!
Ann E. Chapman
Congratulations!!!! Beautiful shot…..
tinhearts
wow stunning eyes..precious face! congrats!!!
love, carol
xxx
BarbBarcikKeith
beautiful and congrats!
micmac
Perfection !!!!
Rachel Stickney
This is fantastic! Congrats on your well deserved win!
Snapshot20
Oh ya I voted for you.
I’m glad you wone.
Congage,
Kaiden
Butterfly2008
wow! Congrats, Great work
Rachel Leigh
I am going to attempt to visit all of your portfolios and return the compliment so if you see this and think I have missed you.. let me know! :) Thank you guys!
Carisma
Such a lovely image and absolutely deserving winning the challenge ” black and white eyes, of the The Eyes have it Group!!!
Well done my friend!!!!
Rachel Leigh replied
Thank you so much Carisma!! :)
Matt Sillence
still love seeing this one, it is so expressive to me, I always think she is very sad, just about to drop a tear from one of her eyes
Rachel Leigh replied
Thank you so much Matt… she is a great actress :))
Matt Sillence
:-))
CassPics
Fabulous!
Rachel Leigh replied
Thank you!
Madalena
OMG…............... !!!!
Compliments …
Rachel Leigh replied
Thank you Madalena!
Rachel Leigh
thank you :)
JulieM
Congratulations Rachel. So very well deserved.
Rachel Leigh replied
Thank you very much Julie :)
Jim DeMore
Stunning eyes in your shot. I’ve seen this one around and may (or should have) voted on it in a Challange.
jimd
Rachel Leigh replied
Thank you Jim :)
Mark Ramstead
Good for you!
Rachel Leigh replied
Aw.. thank you :) I know this photo has been around this online community for a while but this is the first contest it has won so I was happy :)
Jim DeMore
So you did have it in a challenge….and won!!!! That why it look familiar. Again, great job!
jimd
Rachel Leigh replied
Haha, thank you.. I thought you were thinking it had been in another contest somewhere :) I had it in only one other contest before but this is the only one it has won.
WhartonWizard
utterly stunning ! those eyes are so captivating, superb work ! Very well done.
Rachel Leigh replied
Thank you so much Wharton!
charlena
what a phenomenal photo.
Rachel Leigh replied
Thank you so much Charlena!
Kathryn Potempski
brilliant in every way possible
Rachel Leigh replied
Thank you Kathryn, that is very kind of you!
Kara Rountree
Incredible image. I really like your work.
Rachel Leigh replied
Thank you kara :)
Terri~Lynn Bealle
WOW, this is so beautiful! What an amazing capture! Stunning eyes, great close up, and what an adorable little angel…
Rachel Leigh replied
Thank you Terri!
Squealia
Cool shot, you may wish to add it to this new group
ISMAIL ALAOUI ...
this is magic,
she has a the best femenity
she will be a great woman!
Rachel Leigh replied
Thank you Ismail… i am confident she will be too. :)
Anthony Hedger
This is absolutely stunning Rachel so beautiful well done
Rachel Leigh replied
Thank you so much Anthony!
JUSTART
beautiful shot
Rachel Leigh replied
thank you!
Mukesh Srivastava
Love those eyes….. Terrific B&W portrait,Rachel!!!!! Love it… Huge congrats for the Win!!!!!!
Rachel Leigh replied
Thank you so much Mukesh!
steppeland
Beautiful portrait! Congrats with your win!
Rachel Leigh replied
Thank you!
Victor DeLor
PERFECT!!!
Garth Smith
Congratulations on a great image and your win in the Black & White Group Portraiture the Face Challenge
Te55
Amazing. I love her eyes. Great post processing here.
Brandie1 28 days ago
A lovely portait.
My she has beautiful eyes.
Rachel Leigh replied 28 days ago
Thank you Brandie!
rebeccajane 18 days ago
So Stunning.
Rachel Leigh replied 18 days ago
Thank you Rebecca!
Fraser McAlister 14 days ago
Portraits aren’t really my thing normally, but this is great!
Rachel Leigh replied 14 days ago
Fraser, they’re not really my thing either so I know what you mean :-)
Thanks so much for your comment!
DeerPhotoArts 14 days ago
Those eyes, they hypnotize! So well done.
Rachel Leigh replied 14 days ago
Thank you!
Voila and Blac... 14 days ago
gorgeous!
Rachel Leigh replied 14 days ago
Thank you kindly!
Susie Peek-Swint 6 days ago
Beautiful portrait capture ~ stunning eyes! Many congrats on your awards!
Rachel Leigh replied 6 days ago
Thank you so much!