Personally (as I said in my mail) I like this crop/composition very much Krish. If this were mine I would probably title this one as "The Entry". For some reason the crop and the space in front and matching colors makes this image for me. In a related note with respect to the other link on automated rating that you posted it is uncountable taste aspects like these which I think can't be programmed into computers !!

Fine details (a little bit of sharpening halo seen which can be easily corrected) and water drops further add to the image. The processed image you sent in mail (recent one) seem to have better color saturation than this one. Not sure whether you have forgotten to convert this uploaded image to s-rgb space. Thanks for sharing.

Awww!! I love the 'subtle' yet extremely effective anchoring at the bottom of the frame. That thin line of ground/concrete coupled with the lifted left leg with a puff of dust makes this image for me Krishnan. I suppose this is Bandhavgarh and these gentlemen from there are very very special and this is indeed a very special photo too. Agree with Ganesh about the title! Thanks for sharing!

Cheers

This is clearly the entry of the catwalk, like the title and I liked the crop of the tiger enhances the composition very significantly. The water droplets add punch to a walking feline.