I recolored the lion to be what we are use to, brown... offially the color is .... sRGBB-(r,g,b)(193, 154, 107)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lion_(color)
I hit fairly close, well sort of close, well OK, not vary close with 182,163,155, but it still looks like a typical lion that we see here wandering around the neighborhoods of rural Florida! The color is a bit gray because the brown was applied at low opacity using the "color" selection on brush settings and the gray under coat is showing thru. I started with a brown picked from the official rgb recommendation.

These RIMO, not RINO, are Republicans in "Mane" only... They have been taught to hunt down the pythons and other alien species in Florida. My understanding is the T-Party is having them also trained to hunt down "illegals". The lions are being taught to know the smell of green cards and pass those folks up. My how resourceful and vengeful those T-Party Christians are I certainly admire them.

I don't want to play semantics, but I guess it depends on what's "good enough". You might have been a bit back focused, but considering you were shooting wide open into the afternoon sun, which also makes the viewfinder hard to see, I'd say "not bad". ;) Since this big guy didn't seem to be in any hurry, next time he wanders through, you could try stopping down maybe 2 stops and still get him at 1/250th sec. But that would also bring the background more into focus. You be the judge. :)