Hi Lance - Glad you signed up and great to see you posting! I think you'll recognize some posters as well as some of the subjects in the Wildlife Forum. Intense eye contact and nice b&w treatment.
Hey Lance, good to see you here!
Looking forward to your participation in the wildlife section.
Nice first post - intense stare and good mono treatment (see you've been rocking the B&W of late)
Touching on what Hazel said - I think you can dodge the highlights a bit more for better tonal contrast, it would make the lion "pop" a bit more as well. But let's leave the critique for the critique forum