Personally I would prefer this compared to the "nice clear portrait of the leopard in wide open". The hidden perspective is interesting and yes it looks different than the regular portraits of leopards. That said, I think you may be able to improve this further by hiding some more of its body above by cropping a few pixels on top (till the top edge of the lower curved leaf) and then balancing the image further by loosing a few pixels on the left side of the frame. Not sure if that touches your taste buds... Thanks for sharing Arun..