open raw, viberance up, contrast up, Open PS editor, cropped, saved tone map single image hdr, open ps editor. guassian blur background, blur edges of hair, contrast up, levels midtones darken, curves midtones messed with (can't remember which way now) sharpened, resized saved, open raw recovery, smudged burnout, resized and sharpened again. saved for web, then RESHARPENED yet again... submitt on dpc.. take off rethink ... unsharpen, submitt RETHINK.. and resharpened.. submitt for the last time!
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This is technically a very good shot of an attractive subject but sometimes the placement of the subject in the composition deflates the impact. To my eye, it needs either a slight crop off of the left to give it an elegent portrait look, or a crop off the right to get rid of some of the free atmosphere and let the animal be more claustrophobic and menacing. I'm a softy and would probably opt for the portrait approach (it really is a beautiful animal). Use the Renaissance portrait technique as a guide, locating the inner eye (right eye in this case) on the center line by cropping as first suggested. These proposals reflect my own sensitivities and quite a bit of art study back when I had more time, and may not be the most creative or dynamic solutions. I just thought I would try to help with some ideas for future consideration.
A lovely shot that draws you in to take a closer look, but then you see the halo around the right ear which takes away some of the magic. Those eyes are really piercing and impressive.
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