Cheetah
by sfmorris

Comment by tate:
artsy take on a stoic kitty.

Cheetah
by sfmorris

Comment by citymars:
As I understood it the challenge was to push boundaries and to aim for a more cutting edge image. This is pretty tame stuff, though a very good photo that might do well in a Free Study challenge.

Cheetah
by sfmorris

Comment by macrothing:
5 - Personal preference, I prefer not to look at a tragically sad looking, obvious zoo animal as art (hard to find the right words here), despite that - the feel and capture does first say to me 'zoo shot' - which it shouldn't, unless this was your intent (apologies in advance if so). Having said that, I too have taken zoo shots and tried to 'artify' them... Maybe it makes a difference if you can't obviously tell they're in a cage - unless, as intonated above, that is your intent.

Cheetah
by sfmorris

Comment by MinsoPhoto:
This is one of the shots I saw and thought it was pretty but wasn't really fine art so I voted a bit low. Now after coming back to it I think what you did with the light and the black background adds a nice artsy feel to it so I am bumping the score up some.

Cheetah
by sfmorris

Comment by NikonJeb:
I would never have imagined that a B&W portrait of a cheetah could be so magnificent. A true work of art, IMO.....9

Cheetah
by sfmorris

Comment by CCBrayn:
Beautiful B&W Conversion! The lighting is lovely too.

Cheetah
by sfmorris

Comment by see:
This is very-very nice..

Cheetah
by sfmorris

Comment by glad2badad:
Voted earlier - a top pick for me. 10

Cheetah
by sfmorris

Comment by bspurgeon:
regal, strong BW

Cheetah
by sfmorris

Comment by David Ey:
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