Seeing some really unique pattern of B&W emerging in CNP, i feel that B&W has a strong power to really change an image to be percieved.
I havent seen the color version of the above but the B&W tends to supress the clutter in front of the king and creates a natural framing for those very powerful eyes. The glitter in the eyes adds a lot to the image. Good one Jayesh

The eyes comes across very nice in the monochrome version, loving the new flavour of B/W in CNP

Thoughtfulness of the Lion is very evident here. Beautiful eyes and fur texture. I likes the blurred distraction here.