Sure it's a good idea to remove the static light dot from the eyes?

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Now hold on, you've chosen a very dark and moody portrait to portray what a 'real person' looks like. Let's take a look at a portrait in more neutral light.

And here you can see the catch lights are still very visible without having to be in extreme lighting conditions. There are also other parts of the eye that reflect light as well, such as the inner corner. I agree with others that the catch lights in the benchmark are far too dim and small.

That person literally has one of these shining right in his face.

I'm not arguing for a return to the dot as it was, but saying "well look humans don't have visible eye shine anyways" while showing an image of a man in a dark and moody photograph where that was clearly the goal of the photo is disingenuous.

That is not at all what I said.

And I chose that picture because the light it in was being cast from the side of his head, which is exactly what's happening in the Au Ra example and why her eyes aren't lit up like a Sailor Moon character. Unfortunately I do not have a personal archive of portraits with lighting from every conceivable angle so I have to work with what I can find, which happened to be a black and white picture. A photo being in black and white doesn't prevent you from seeing catch lights if they are present.