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This is a captive tiger. Out on a frozen pond with a dusting of snow on the ground and some brush in behind.

I've played around with several border treatments and this style was influenced by an artist I met at a photo workshop several years back. The intent is to make it feel as if the viewer and subject could interact.

Created in Photoshop with 4 layers - 2 layers of the original photo, one for the tiger and one for the background (so saturation and warmth could be controlled for both elements), a 3rd layer for the border (with transparency applied) and finally the white 'stroke'. finished off with some masks on the white line and border to 'let the tiger out'

Original photo: EOS-40D, 70-200mm lens @85mm, ISO 250, 1/3200 at f/5.0 +1/3EV

Thanks for looking!