# Queen of Her Territory **URL:** \ **Category:** Image Critiques\ **Tags:** wildlife\ **Created:** [July 15, 2025, 8:41pm UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/queen-of-her-territory/47412 "2025-07-15T20:41:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![framingtheuntamed](https://assets.naturephotographers.network/user_avatar/community.naturephotographers.network/framingtheuntamed/32/80226_2.png) [@framingtheuntamed](https://community.naturephotographers.network/u/framingtheuntamed)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2025, 8:41pm UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/queen-of-her-territory/47412/1 "2025-07-15T20:41:07Z")
![NPN_LEOPARD_CSD6604.jpg](https://images.naturephotographers.network/original/3X/5/0/5035abea34d2de15f9fb6edaf16e6c60747dacf3.jpeg) > **Critique Style Requested:** _Standard_ > > The photographer is looking for generalized feedback about the aesthetic and technical qualities of their image. ### Description Great moment coming across this beautiful leopard patrolling her territory. I like including the vegetation. Do you find it distracting? ### Specific Feedback Any and all comments. ### Technical Details Nikon Z9, Nikkor Z 400mm f/2.8 TC VR S 1/1000 sec. at f/4.0, ISO 140, 560 mm Topaz AI, Lightroom Classic, minor adjustments to highlights, shadows, whites, blacks * * * ### Critique Template Use of the template is optional, but it can help spark ideas. - Vision and Purpose: - Conceptual: - Emotional Impact and Mood: - Composition: - Balance and Visual Weight: - Depth and Dimension: - Color: - Lighting: - Processing: - Technical: ---
**Author:** ![David\_Schoen](https://assets.naturephotographers.network/user_avatar/community.naturephotographers.network/david_schoen/32/368_2.png) [@David\_Schoen](https://community.naturephotographers.network/u/David_Schoen)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2025, 9:17pm UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/queen-of-her-territory/47412/2 "2025-07-15T21:17:02Z")
I hope you are in a safe place when you took this. Nice walking pose. Good color and detail. I like it ---
**Author:** ![framingtheuntamed](https://assets.naturephotographers.network/user_avatar/community.naturephotographers.network/framingtheuntamed/32/80226_2.png) [@framingtheuntamed](https://community.naturephotographers.network/u/framingtheuntamed)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2025, 9:39pm UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/queen-of-her-territory/47412/3 "2025-07-15T21:39:29Z")
Thx @David_Schoen Yes! Vehicle. Had a great angle and lens! 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Mike\_Friel](https://assets.naturephotographers.network/user_avatar/community.naturephotographers.network/mike_friel/32/28003_2.png) [@Mike\_Friel](https://community.naturephotographers.network/u/Mike_Friel)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2025, 12:26am UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/queen-of-her-territory/47412/4 "2025-07-16T00:26:17Z")
Great shot, quite scary actually. I like the vegetation and the play of light and shadow. The only thing I might try to alter is the leopard’s left eye. I just feel that if it were as piercing as the right eye, this might add to the effect a bit. But perhaps it does look more sinister as is! ---
**Author:** ![framingtheuntamed](https://assets.naturephotographers.network/user_avatar/community.naturephotographers.network/framingtheuntamed/32/80226_2.png) [@framingtheuntamed](https://community.naturephotographers.network/u/framingtheuntamed)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2025, 1:00am UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/queen-of-her-territory/47412/6 "2025-07-16T01:00:37Z")
Thank you @Sandy_Richards-Brown and @Mike_Friel I love how others see things you don’t! Will be messing with that eye now!! 😊 ---
**Author:** ![JRajput](https://assets.naturephotographers.network/user_avatar/community.naturephotographers.network/jrajput/32/10866_2.png) [@JRajput](https://community.naturephotographers.network/u/JRajput)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2025, 7:11am UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/queen-of-her-territory/47412/7 "2025-07-19T07:11:56Z")
A beautiful image with great eye contact ! I would like to see the frame more rectangular and I may burn the bright areas on the RHS. Agree, adjusting the left eye would help. ---
**Author:** ![framingtheuntamed](https://assets.naturephotographers.network/user_avatar/community.naturephotographers.network/framingtheuntamed/32/80226_2.png) [@framingtheuntamed](https://community.naturephotographers.network/u/framingtheuntamed)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2025, 11:51am UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/queen-of-her-territory/47412/8 "2025-07-19T11:51:13Z")
Thank you @JRajput . Appreciate it! ---
**Author:** ![Glenys\_Passier](https://assets.naturephotographers.network/user_avatar/community.naturephotographers.network/glenys_passier/32/33963_2.png) [@Glenys\_Passier](https://community.naturephotographers.network/u/Glenys_Passier)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2025, 6:40am UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/queen-of-her-territory/47412/9 "2025-07-20T06:40:35Z")
The leopard has given you a powerful, predatory strut with intense eyes looking straight at you, and your composition is wonderful; just centred enough and the grasses frame the animal nicely. I wonder if raising the shadows just a tiny bit on the fore legs would add anything? This is such a beautiful, moody image, Christine. Love it! ---
**Author:** ![framingtheuntamed](https://assets.naturephotographers.network/user_avatar/community.naturephotographers.network/framingtheuntamed/32/80226_2.png) [@framingtheuntamed](https://community.naturephotographers.network/u/framingtheuntamed)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2025, 12:25pm UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/queen-of-her-territory/47412/10 "2025-07-20T12:25:58Z")
Thank you @Glenys_Passier ! ---
**Author:** ![Richard\_Sandor](https://assets.naturephotographers.network/user_avatar/community.naturephotographers.network/richard_sandor/32/88084_2.png) [@Richard\_Sandor](https://community.naturephotographers.network/u/Richard_Sandor)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2025, 1:30pm UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/queen-of-her-territory/47412/11 "2025-07-21T13:30:03Z")
Christine: a wonderful image of this beautiful female made even better by the direct eye contact. An alternative presentation would be to burn the very bright areas that surround the leopard. It’s a wall hanger. ---
**Author:** ![framingtheuntamed](https://assets.naturephotographers.network/user_avatar/community.naturephotographers.network/framingtheuntamed/32/80226_2.png) [@framingtheuntamed](https://community.naturephotographers.network/u/framingtheuntamed)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2025, 3:01am UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/queen-of-her-territory/47412/12 "2025-07-22T03:01:35Z")
Thank you @Richard_Sandor . Will try that!! ---
**Author:** ![Paul\_Hetzel](https://assets.naturephotographers.network/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/p/aeb1de/32.png) [@Paul\_Hetzel](https://community.naturephotographers.network/u/Paul_Hetzel)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2025, 4:41pm UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/queen-of-her-territory/47412/13 "2025-07-22T16:41:02Z")
I think you nailed it. The light on her face is sweet. I would suggest burning in the bright area in the upper right corner which drags my eye away from the leopard. ---
**Author:** ![framingtheuntamed](https://assets.naturephotographers.network/user_avatar/community.naturephotographers.network/framingtheuntamed/32/80226_2.png) [@framingtheuntamed](https://community.naturephotographers.network/u/framingtheuntamed)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2025, 1:54am UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/queen-of-her-territory/47412/14 "2025-07-24T01:54:14Z")
Thank you @Paul_Hetzel .