1. A method for detecting a redeye defect in a digital image containing an eye, the method comprising the following steps: (a) converting the digital image into an intensity image, (b) segmenting at least a portion of the intensity image into segments each having a local intensity maximum, (c) thresholding a corresponding portion of the digital image to identify regions of relatively high intensity, (d) selecting a region from at least some of the regions of step (c) having substantially the highest average intensity, and (e) identifying segments from step (b) intersecting the region selected at step (d) according to a pre-determined criterion.