The new lens is regarded by some as the best lens for zoo photography in the world. There’s a rather good zoo an hour or so from here. They have tigers.
In this case, they had one tiger which they had just moved into an enclosure on its own. It was sniffing around and quite literally peeing in all the corners. Some portraits:
Licking its nose. The vomeronasal organ was getting a good wotkout.
Bengal tiger. She’s seen something.
Looking pensive
Looking at the camera
“Why are you eating grass?”
“Because I’m a tiger and can do anything I want.”
“Ok then.”