Leopard in the tall grass

I was going back through some of my photos from my trip to South Africa and originally had discarded this shot but now I think I like it. Do you think it works or is the tall grass too distracting?

I think it works well. You can see its eye, which is important. The focus looks spot on. To me, it looks like exactly what it is. A leopard on the prowl in its natural environment. Obviously, it would have been a better shot without the grass covering its mouth, but when dealing with nature and photography, we sometimes have to put up with the cards we are dealt. Either way, well done.

I like it well done, However what about a tighter crop, head neck, looking into open. Just tried in photoshop, looked good. Just a suggestion.

Thanks for the comments. Nigel, someone else suggested the same thing. It didn't work as well with the neck but a much tighter crop on the head with plenty of space to the right worked well. Here it is:

Yep I think that's great........do you like it.? that's the most important thing.

I do like it and did another one with a little more of the neck at someone else's suggestion. I think I like this one best of all:

last one works the best :thumbsup:

Jeremy87 wrote in post #9470296
last one works the best :thumbsup:

Thanks Jeremy.

The first one is great and I agree with EBD about the eye, I think the crop works well to but I would have left a little more grass at the bottom

craiggci wrote in post #9472425
The first one is great and I agree with EBD about the eye, I think the crop works well to but I would have left a little more grass at the bottom

Here's a crop with more of the grass at the bottom:

That's it, looks great!

Nice image, I prefer your cropped version.

Anke wrote in post #9494010
Nice image, I prefer your cropped version.

Thanks

Very nice... I prefer the second cropped version to the first or last. The grass is a little distracting, but I like it.