Greetings from the Critique Club!
WOW! This really is an image worthy of that opening. The lioness looks like the click of the shutter woke her up, and she is deciding whether or not you're worth chasing down :-)
Composition isn't the greatest, but the eye is at a third, and the subject matter helps balance it out. The crop is a bit tight, I wonder if in using the border you chopped off part of her ear and whiskers. I find borders to be more of a distraction than anything, but they also have their fans here. The colours look fine. Even if you did use a sepia filter, which I suspect you did, predators are supposed to blend into their environment. I doubt that anyone here would argue with the amount of detail you managed to capture, even her eyelashes are visible.
I feel that what turned voters off wasn't so much the subject matter, but the lack of action, and the relatively flat tones and monochromatic background. Free Study is always an Advanced challenge, don't be afraid to take advantage of that fact.
Overall a very good image and nice lens, wish I had something like that! :-)
Feel free to PM me with any questions,
Susan
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