Well, focused is preferable to blurry.... open is preferable to closed, I guess after 30 years of looking at pictures you reach some personal conclusions, the one I've reached in this case I guess is that portraits without eye-emphasis don't do much for me.... they can be cute, they can be arty, but still:(posted 8622 days ago)Give me a look, give me a face, That makes simplicity a grace Robes loosley flowing, hair as free Such sweet neglect more taketh me, Than all the adulteries of art; They strike mine eyes, but not my heart.
Ben Johnson
found that somewhere.....