The zoom lens allowed me to get some really good shots of the big cats…
I love that I can now see the cats closer in these pictures than I could when I was standing there taking the pictures.
I also like the way his mouth was always hanging open when he paced back and forth.
I did have to take the zoom lens off and put the regular lens on for some of these… like that sleepy snow leopard.
Snow leopards are cool…
This snow leopard was having a little snack… hopefully that is a cow leg…
Sorry these are washed out… it was reflection from the glass… but he was right on the other side of the window.
That one is a little depressing to me. It reminds me of the days when zoos just had little, cement-floored cages for these animals.
Now the enclosures are so big that I had to zoom all the way in to get this picture of a sleepy mountain lion.
I did not, however, need the zoom lens to capture this photo of a sleepy Olivia.
Pouring My Art Out 
Great pics, Art & Olivia is a little cutie!! I’ve been offline a bit lately, so I need to catch up on these zoo pics 🙂
I missed you!!!
Thanks Art – I’ve missed you, too!
yay
Here Kitty, Kitty, Kitty!
Ha! You said it first! 🙂
…ooo000ooo…
ooo000ooo backatcha. Sleepy Olivia is so cute. Are you babysitting next week, too?
no… next week is Bad Company… babysitting the week after that.
let me know how that works out for you
Ha! I saw a cartoon once of a guy sitting with a cat curled up in his lap as he looked nervously down at it. The cation read: I’d be a lot more comfortable with this if I wasn’t 100% sure that if you were my size and I was your size, I would be your lunch. .
that is totally true…