At first I was saying it is a technically good shot. Exposure is good, composition isnt amazing...I see why somone thought it was a pano...as they eye goes to the center as the subject is there making it kinda static.

Then I looked closer.....tell me if I am weird...but I see a bear (a la bev doolittle) in the lower right hand corner.

The big rock makes up the nose...the think stick is laying over the eye...and the head follows the red needles fallen on the forest floor....over to the knotty tree trunk.

Wonder what it would take to make shots using pieces of rock etc. ....to make parts of a forest scene to reflect the spirit of the animals hidden within....

Very cool...

Roman