Yes, great to see you hear. I like the crop and the image design and wish only that the animal were looking a bit more towards us.
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Good to see you posting here again Chris...gorgeous light and I like the pose. Not too sure about the crop personally - how about going in a tad tighter from left and bottom, still keeping the pano (almost 6x17??) feel?
Nice shot. I don't see any problem with the fact the animal is not looking at us as it is looking at the impala...
I don't feel there is a need for such a long pano - would crop some off the right.
Some selective brightening on the face would be great IMO. Here is a quick repost with what I have in mind.
Wonderful image cropped both ways. The backlight puts this over the top, adding greatly to the dimensional quality of the image.
I think the head position is fine as taken.