Way below where I expected this one to finish, maybe this would have worked better in B&W, sorry had to say it, never listen to me, have you learned your lesson....lol
This is certainly well inside my personal top 10 of the challenge. Given this is an advanced editing challenge, for me the photo would benefit with the white of the eyes being brightened/or whitened, and the piercing hole cloned from the ear lobe. Nonetheless, one of the stronger entries.
beautiful blue eyes! a great job on this photo - my only suggestion is she needed a very small earring a the whole in the ear lobe causes a slight distraction