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Not sure where this came from. I think I'd been wanting to branch out into trying something more landscape or animal-related. Sort of testing the waters and stretching myself a bit. I made the conscious choice to have the leopard facing away from the viewer, looking out across the plains toward Mt. Killimanjaro. I'm not sure how to articulate why it was important or what it means, but I think it has to do with trying to convey a sense of quiet wonder in the face of the beauty of the world beyond. As though the leopard is joining the viewer in looking out in awe at the vista, rather than being the subject of it.

Or maybe I'm just wee-todd-ed and should have made the leopard facing the viewer to engage them.
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EmmetEarwax's avatar
A leopard was found DEAD on the mountain. Lying there for years. Gone now, but the spot is named.

The mountain - kills !