A last look

before I left cheetah encounters. The cheetah jumped up onto it's day bed and seemed to be waiting for me to go. I used a light texture to cover the noisy background.

[winghong_ho]

So beautiful animal and nice close-up of cheetah.

[moni kozi]

Wonderful portrait

[narayani]

Those eyes are intense

[Maggiemae]

The spots are so well known for a cheetah but the face could be any cat's!

[Annie D]

what a beauty

[Beryl Lloyd]

Such wonderful eye contact !

[Valerie Chesney]

Magnificent animal.

[Joan Robillard]

Great portrait

[Renee Salamon]

Oh those eyes, I’m wondering what cheetah is thinking

[Susan Wakely]

A great portrait.

[Dione Giorgio]

Beautiful portrait shot. The eye contact s amazing.

[Brigette]

those eyes!!!

[Steve Chappell]

Great portrait, and great texturing

[Esther Rosenberg]

Great detailed shot. Her look and like those teeth and tongue just a bit open.

[Mags]

Looking cool but fierce!

[katy]

Such an intent stare but a remarkable pose

[Peter Dulis]

wonderful creature

[Lou Ann]

Such beautiful cats!

[Wylie]

If looks could kill! great pic.

[bruni]

Glad he's behind a fence. awesome to get so close to these amazing animals.

[tony gig]

Fab shot...

[mittens (Marilyn)]

Beautiful cheetah and a lovely image.

[Kate]

Great capture and edit

[LManning (Laura)]

Wonderful edit.

[Pam]

He is so very beautiful. His eyes look sad here.

[Margaret Brown]

Wonderful, capture

[Korcsog Károly]

Very super!

[Lin]

Wow - fabulous closeup

[John]

That’s quite a look!

[gloria jones]

Wow!

[Pyrrhula]

A beautiful captue and background edit.

[Elisabeth Sæter]

Awesome shot

[Velina]

Fantastic capture and details

[Ann H. LeFevre]

You have mastered this technique of erasing the background so nicely. It really helps to feature the beautiful animals you are photographing. Great shot.

[Islandgirl]

Beautiful face!

[Milanie]

Wonderful details on the cheetah

[Kerry McCarthy]

Very nice portrait and edit!

[Bill]

Really nice shot. Such magnificent animals.

[Rick]

Awesome capture and edit.

[Shutterbug]

I love how you used the textured background.

[Diana]

@wh2021 @monikozi @narayani @maggiemae @annied @beryl @happysnaps @joansmor @rensala @wakelys @sangwann @brigette @swchappell @dutchothotmailcom @marlboromaam @grammyn @pdulis @louannwarren @pusspup @bruni @tonygig @mittens @k9photo @ljmanning @pamalama @craftymeg @kork @linnypinny @congaree @seattlite @pyrrhula @elisasaeter @velina @olivetreeann @radiogirl @milaniet @mccarth1 @cwbill @rickster549 @shutterbug49 Thanks for the wonderful comments, favs and getting it on the tp and pp. It is very much appreciated :-)

[Kathy A]

Great shot!

[Rob Z]

You produce such lovely images with your great focus and then your light textures. Marvellous.

[Peter]

Such a beautiful animal So well captured Diana, Fav:)

[Heather]

A super shot, Diana! Great focus and a nice choice of background. Fav

[Jessica C]

Pretty eyes!

[Diana]

@kjarn @robz @pcoulson @365projectorgheatherb @jcoder Thanks ever so much :-)

[Vesna]

Unusual eyes!

[Diana]

@vesna0210 Thanks Vesna :-)

[Vesna]

This photo is on Top 20 Chart. Congratulations!

[bkb in the city]

Great capture

[Diana]

@vesna0210 @bkbinthecity Thanks so much :-)