This is a shot of a Sumatran tiger from the Toronto Zoo.
Last night I learned of a new sharpening technique in the forums. I was first alerted to it by reading the description of mpeters's photo Princess, where he described the Adamus sharpening tip. I did a search of the forums and found a posting by jdannels that included this link:
Adamus Sharpining tip.
I reallly liked the results, and will be playing with it many times over.
I really like what you've done with this; great job of bring out the detail and making the tiger seem more deadly. My only nitpick is the vertical black band on the left, it just seems to draw a bit of attention.
I like the crop and the colors. I also like the sharpening effect here but I think the tiger is a little over-sharpened (just a tad). Definitely an interesting technique and a great example of it use.