I would be happy with head, or paws, or body, or even a good backside shot of the cougar. There are lots around but they have a 6th sense in avoiding me.
Thanks so much everyone....it was a great setting to photograph this puma. Unfortunately it eventually exited the cave pathway and walked up the cliff....which of course meant we had to do the same....somehow it seems better suited for that activity than someone with an AARP card!
And I do think the rocks and dirt impart whatever tinge you are seeing...for what it's worth I don't see it but then again my color perception is not quite normal.
Eric