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I'm not sure what's going on with the background, it looks like you tried to cut it out or something. Some weird artifacts and colors around the cat and on the upper right edge.
At first glance, it looked like there's too much Neat Image or something smoothing out the hairs on your cat. But I love the way he's looking at the camera, and now that I look more, the more I like the image. So I can only say, good job :-)
Either you were going for this dodged/burned effect, or you need to check your monitor calibration because it is very visible to me. Nice composition, but sharper focus make this better in my opinion.
Nice look on the cat but I can see some flaws in your processing......I see the area you erased, it seems there is a huge area missing around the cat. Keep trying!