The Royal look!

The eyes should be brightened carefully! But not with dodge tool, carefully selected, given appropriate feather and adjusted brightness/contrast!

PDE

Superb shot , well done ...................... Best regards.

Amazing picture of one of the most beautiful creatures in this world.

I would just retire the fly on his nose.

Congratulations!

great pic. the king of the jungle in a romantic mood. well captured.

Amazing image with beautiful details & lighting.  Thanks for sharing.  Take care, Patsy

Here color would be easy, but B/W makes great the image!

I like it and this crop looks very good,maybe Pierre opinion is to take into account,regards.

Up close and personal showing the power of the real 'king.' 

excelente retrato. Perfecta mirada y detalle. Saludos

I think there is a new layer to a photograph when we take a creature we normally see in color photos and make them black and white, in doing so we can really enjoy the details and the feeling of the image.  I think this one works so well presented in tones of gray.  I actually think that the eyes even work with clarity in the photo... Well done. MJ