Oh how I love this photo! For ANY challenge! I hope maybe you got another one for a free study where it would get the score it deserves! 5.9 is ridiculous for a photo of this calibre!
At the first I thought "this doesn't meet the chalenge, but with the title, it's a perfect fit. A great picture. You can see the care and the love in her eye.
Absolutely stunning shot, awesome sharpness, great light. Would have been better in wildlife challenge, though I logically understand the connection of the lioness to death, I don't have that emotional response to the image at all, she looks way too gentle. 10 if it were a wildlife challenge, 7 in this one.