The regal beauty of cougars is quite breathtaking. I could watch them for hours if allowed. I was lucky enough to capture this profile of a young one at the zoo. It's not quite full grown, yet not so much a cub anymore either. The tonality of the fur with the soft texture really came out well. It's not always easy to truly get good photos through the glass. So it's nice when a few turn out this nicely.

The four cougar siblings that had been at Cheyenne Mountain Zoo in Colorado Springs since 2007, as I recall, have all since passed. It's with a heavy heart I move on and see the new inhabitants of their home. These are young cats, some are siblings, one died last year. So there's already tragedy there. The most recent addition is younger yet, as you can see from the photo. I have a few others of this little one. So cute!

This was taken while at the zoo on December 31, 2020.

I understand people will save photos they like. That's fine to use as desktop or mobile backgrounds. I put metadata in all of them to try to have some sort of copyright, though I doubt it makes much difference. If you want to print any of them, please let me know. I don't charge a lot for prints. I'd just like to get something. This is a passion of mine, and it's not profitable no matter my wishing it were so. Yet getting a little money every so often from prints makes it feel somehow like I'm doing something right. Justifying my continued energy put into the process of taking photos and expanding my skills. I hope that all makes sense.